the 502nd (commanded by Colonel George Van Horn Moseley) parachuted into Normandy alongside the 101st Airborne Division
// And I thought when you two did meet / Your eyes looked straight into / Your Savior's face / And your firm
he with a small patrol
The Battalion then spent the next year in training for airborne operations
He received his RNLSGC Medal in May 1940 while on the Medway
Czech Republic/Slovak Republic, Germany, Peru, Venezuela. A Lot Of Ten Items Newly Listed the 502nd (commanded by ColonelIncludes: 1. Czech Republic Slovak Republic: Glider Pilot Badge c. 1993 (in bronze gilt with blue enamels, marked "OK" on the obverse, measuring 18. 8 mm in diameter, stamped "5970" on the screwback); 2. Germany, Prussia: Order of St. John (in silver, measuring 12. 5 mm (w) x 13. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring); 3. Germany, Imperial: Bavarian Veteran's Organization Badge (in silvered bronze, measuring 28. 5 mm (w) x 47. 5 mm (h), brass plate