Original U.S. WWII 101st Airborne 501st PIR Captain’s Uniform & Garrison Cap with Type 6 White Tongue Patch - Captain William P. Heaton, Company E Spanish Militaria Naval Aviator Working Green Uniform

Naval Aviator Working Green Uniform (tunic & pants) with embroidered breast wings and rank on cuffs

with an Waffenamt (code illegible)

The war saw over 300 Seabees killed in action while over 500 died on the job site

This fine example features the original long 8 inch barrel

It was probably dropped in the field

Original U.S. WWII 101st Airborne 501st PIR Captain’s Uniform & Garrison Cap with Type 6 White Tongue Patch - Captain William P. Heaton, Company E Spanish Militaria Naval Aviator Working Green UniformOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a fantastic uniform group that came to us with identification to Captain William P. Heaton, commander of Company E, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. It comes with a note of recollections about the uniform from Mark A. Bando, renowned 101st Airborne historian, who notes that As to the jacket, I suppose its possible that it actually belonged to Heaton, but it could have been easily humped