Comments on: G.I. Joe D-Day Salute “12 Inch African-American”! (G.I. Joe Classic Collection “1st In A Series Holiday Figure” WWII Forces Limited Edition) “Rare-Vintage” (1997) https://www.nowandthencollectibles.com/product/d-day-salute/ RARE VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:49:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Paul Cunningham https://www.nowandthencollectibles.com/product/d-day-salute/#comment-726 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:49:28 +0000 http://www.nowandthencollectibles.com/Catalog2/?product=gi-joe-classic-collection-d-day-salute-limited-1997#comment-726 _______D-DAY SALUTE_______
*1997*
The D-Day Salute figure pays tribute to the soldiers who gave their lives during the Battle at Normandy on June 6, 1944. The 1st and 29th Infantry Division landed on “Omaha” and, in the face of savage enemy resistance, 4,500 soldiers (2,000 of which were Americans) were killed. The D-Day Salute figure is dressed in a helmet with netting, wool knit cap, boots, leggings, jacket, personnel belt and dog tags and is equipped with a canteen and holder, ammo pouches, mess kit, M-1 rifle, bayonet with sheath, t-handle entrenching tool with cover, tent, wire snips with holder, gas mask with holder, haversack and a bed roll.

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