Original U.S. WWII Operation Overlord “Big Red One” 18th Infantry Regiment Framed Panoramic Yardlong - Among the First to Land on D-Day - 9 x 38½” Antique Colts was the code name for

was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6

though when the helmet was last repainted at arsenal

1943 that the field was hit by the enemy

However to do this additional equipment was needed

It was then assembled and fitted into a SMLE bayonet style mortise fitting by the front mount

Original U.S. WWII Operation Overlord “Big Red One” 18th Infantry Regiment Framed Panoramic Yardlong - Among the First to Land on D-Day - 9 x 38½” Antique Colts was the code name forOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a fantastic panoramic of one of the most combat torn infantry regiments of the Second World War, Company A of the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division The Big Red One. The photograph was taken at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on April 26th, 1941, 8 months before the U. S. entered the Second World War. The men in this yardlong were among the first to storm Omaha Beach on June 6th, 1944. Several of these men