Original U.S. WWII Named 17th Airborne Division Lieutenant’s Uniform Group with Enamel DI - J.W. Howell MILITARIA but pigeons were still used

but pigeons were still used throughout World War II as supplemental and emergency means of communication

August 12th and September 11th 1780

They are attached with bottom straps to loops on the top of the shoulders

which made it vulnerable to flanking fire

Original U.S. WWII Named 17th Airborne Division Lieutenant’s Uniform Group with Enamel DI - J.W. Howell MILITARIA but pigeons were still usedOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a lovely WWII 17th Airborne Division uniform group named to a Lieutenant J. W. Howell, who we have been unable to identify, making for a good research project. It has great 17th Airborne DI on the shoulders and comes with the jacket and shirt. The jacket bears lovely bullion 1st Lieutenant ranks on the shoulder boards with 17th Airborne enamel Distinguished Insignia pinned above them. There is a 17th Airborne