ecco le info che mi ha dato il venditore a rigurdo del soldato che lo riportò a casa come souvenir:
ARDENNES/BATTLE OF THE BULGE
SGT. ALBERT PROCCACINA (28th DIVISION, 7TH ARMY)
The 28th Infantry Division [Mechanized] is a unit of the United States Army and is the oldest division in the armed forces of the United States.[1] The division was officially established in 1879 and was later redesignated as the 28th Division in 1917, at the outset of the First World War. It continues its service today as part of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
It is nicknamed the "Keystone Division", as it was formed from units of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard; Pennsylvania is known as the "Keystone State". It was also nicknamed the "Bloody Bucket" division by German forces during the Second World War, after its red insignia. It was also the army division in the film When Trumpets Fade, a movie about the battle at Hurtgen Forest.
Activated: 17 February 1941.
Overseas: 8 October 1943.
Campaigns: Normandy, North France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe.
Days of combat: 196.
Awards: MH-1 ; DSC-29 ; DSM-1; SS-435; LM-27; SM-21 ; BSM-2,312 ; AM-100.
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