US Army Officers Shirt of 28th Infantry Division ”Bloody Bucket” – Hürtgen – Named – Militair uniform – 1945

Nice 100% WW2 Officers Shirt from an officer of the 28th Infantry Division ''Bloody Bucket''. It has some wear due to age, see photo's, i.e. holes. It has two labels neatly sewn in the shirt. It was certainly worn in the field, see photo's, but in OK condition. The label is present and dates the shirt to 1944 and has the name. Overall a great shirt - please see attached photo's for an important own impression; they are part of the description. A very nice and 100% original shirt of a famous infantry unit that saw heavy combat in Hürtgen, among others, during WW2! History of the 28th Infantry Division ''Bloody Bucket''The division, now under Major General Lloyd Brown, left the United States and went overseas on 8 October 1943, arriving in South Wales soon afterwards, where it began training for the invasion of Northern France. On 22 July 1944, the division landed in Normandy, seven weeks after the initial D-Day landings and was almost immediately involved in Operation Cobra.The 28th Infantry Division pushed east towards the French capital of Paris through the Bocage, its roads littered with abandoned tanks and bloated, stinking corpses of men and animals. In little... lees verder bij Catawiki