Jim \"Pee Wee\" Martin auto/sign 4x6 photo Paratrooper WW II Europe Rare COA LOOK For Sale

I am selling an auto/signed Jim \"Pee Wee\" Martin4x6 photo.

On June 6, 1944, James Martin was among the first Allied paratroopers to jump into Normandy with the 101st Airborne, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. At 19 years old, he had trained for that moment since joining theArmyin 1942. His unit\'s objective was to capture two bridges and keep the Germans from sending reinforcements to the beaches.

He told theDayton Daily Newsin 2014 that his main goal after the war, should he survive, was to find a plot of land, settle down and live a quiet life. When he came home, he found that plot of land in Sugarcreek Township, Ohio. He died there on Sunday, according to the Daily News, after living the quiet life he promised himself.

He joined the Army not long after the Japanese attack onPearl Harbor. He initially wanted to enlist in theNavy, but there was a six-month wait to get in, so he joined the Army instead. He ended up at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, where he trained to be a new kind of soldier, a paratrooper. While there, he also got a new nickname: \"Pee Wee\" for his small stature.

Martin not only survived D-Day; he would later drop into occupied Holland during Operation Market Garden, find himself surrounded by Nazis at the Battle of the Bulge and fight his way into Germany, where he helped capture the Berghof, Adolf Hitler\'s private home.

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