{"product_id":"ww2-us-82nd-airborne-grouping","title":"WW2 US 82nd Airborne- 325th Glider - D-Day - Named Grouping","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere we have for sale a large named 325th GIR named grouping. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePFC Jack L Elliott\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAsn: 35291852\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHQ\/325 GIR - 82nd Airborne\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe flew into Normandy on D-Day afternoon aboard a WACO glider. It is recorded on 9th June that he was wounded by enermy action, this was probably much earlier that the 9th. Due to these wounds he didn't return to action August 1944 just in time for the next gliderborne adventure in Holland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAs you will see from the photo's there is a large volume of material dating pre war all the way through to the end of WW2 when he was on occupation duty in Germany. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe letter is written to his parents on VE day and describes the scenes that he has witnessed at a liberated concentration camp, being the end of the war the censors have left all the detail in the letter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eYou just don't see airborne grouping with quantity of attributed material, \u003c\/span\u003eThis grouping is from my own personal collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STATION 136 Ltd - T\/A Station 136 MILITARY ANTIQUES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59003374043471,"sku":null,"price":1100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1032\/5072\/3151\/files\/FDE6FD39-9E69-44CC-A654-2E03F99BEAC9.jpg?v=1791127285","url":"https:\/\/station136.co.uk\/products\/ww2-us-82nd-airborne-grouping","provider":"STATION 136 Ltd - T\/A Station 136 MILITARY ANTIQUES","version":"1.0","type":"link"}