SOS Find BCD 41 with ship home label

mdarnell19

mdarnell19

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Got this at the SOS this year. I thought @Hambone would like it since it has vet history with it.

All matching bcd41 in fantastic condition. Vet mailed it home to his wife using a label on the side. Looks like some type of medical tape. Ryan and I figured out the address and the house still exists.

513 Lyndon Ave
Ashtabula. OH 44004

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513 Lyndon Ave, Ashtabula, OH 44004 | Zillow

513 Lyndon Ave, Ashtabula OH, is a Single Family home that contains 2300 sq ft and was built in 1910.It contains 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.This home last sold for $226,000 in April 2024. The Zestimate for this Single Family is $251,200, which has increased by $3,343 in the last 30 days.The...
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Also you can see on the label that his last name is Arnold and he was in G Company 329 Infantry Regiment. Should be fun researching the guy. The 329th saw a lot. They landed at Normandy and were the closest American unit to Berlin at the end of the war.
 

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Found his obituary, and it looks like he died in May 1981 (no day listed). Born on June 6 (D Day) in 1914.

A library in Maine posted a digital copy of the official history of the regiment, published just after the war. The 329th landed in Normandy on 23 June 1944. It includes lists of soldiers who won medals (Bronze Star, etc.) and were wounded, but I do not see Arnold included on any of them.

On 28th June, the regiment actually relieved the 101st Airborne after they took Carentan. Pretty cool!

Here is the PDF copy of the book:
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329 "Buckshot" Infantry Regiment: a history

This history is taken from the official records of the 329th Infantry. It covers the battle actions of the regiment from the dogged yard by yard bloody and uninspiring slugging match of the hedgerows of Normandy, to our spectacular dash from the Rhine to the Elbe. The record of accomplishments...
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That's an awesome rifle and the veteran provenance is pretty sweet, doesn't get any better than that. Congrats on a fantastic rifle!
 
I realize times were VERY different back then, but it's still blows my mind that someone could mail a rifle halfway around the world with a piece of tape on the butt. Incredible and an amazing find IMHO.
 
Great rifle Matt. That medical tape shows up quite a bit on various things, particularly helmets for mail home labels.

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M.40 Lw. camo twins / vet mailing label

The helmet without the label is direct vet bringback from a combat engineer in the 99th Inf. Div. The one with the label was mailed home by Pvt. Louis Waldron of Co. E, 413th Regt., 104th Inf. Div. ("Timberwolves"). His company commander won the Medal of Honor. Both are Luftwaffe, both named...
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