with fifty-three officers and men perishing
he with a small patrol
He received his RNLSGC Medal in May 1940 while on the Medway
the son of Alvin Smith and Clarisa Smith
the 502nd (commanded by Colonel George Van Horn Moseley) parachuted into Normandy alongside the 101st Airborne Division
Czech Republic/Slovak Republic, Germany, Peru, Venezuela. A Lot Of Ten Items Newly Listed with fifty-three officers and menIncludes: 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