WWII KIA letter 47th Infantry 9th Inf. Div. \"he\'s a servant to mankind\" Normandy For Sale

(This is an Original WWII letter and envelope and not a copy)

This letter was written by2nd Lt. James W. Pardue of Tennessee, 9th Infantry Division, Co. I, 47thInfantry. The letter is written to his wife while he was in England.

2nd Lt. James W. Parduewas Killed in Action June 20, 1944, shortly after D-Day.

Killed in Action letters are very important because they represents some of the last thought of asoliderbefore he (or her) death in Battle, he was 24 years old when he was killed.

This 9 page letter was written April 22, 1944 whileLt. Parduewas in preparation for theinvasionof France.The letter has very interesting content but what is most powerful ishas he describes himself to his wife:\"he\'s a servant to mankind\"

Here is some History 47thInfantry and where he was Killed in Action. The copy below is from Wikipedia:

\"On 10 June, four days after D-Day, the 9th Infantry Division landed at Utah Beach. Assigned to VII Corps, it was allocated to the liberation of the Cotentin Peninsula and was the division that sealed off the peninsula to prevent additional German reinforcements from breaking through. Medical supplies for the regiment had been lost during its movement from England to Normandy, but were replaced and captured German vehicles were pressed into service by the regiment\'s medical detachment.

By 14 June, the entire regiment had landed, and the following day the 47th began combat operations, fighting alongside regiments of the 82nd Airborne Division, attacking along a path which was near, or included, Orglandes, Hautteville-Bocage, and Ste. Colombe.

The regiment reached Saint-Lô-d\'Ourville, via Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Saint-Sauveur-de-Pierrepont, and Neuville-en-Beaumont, by 18 June. Relieved by the 357th Infantry Regiment (of the 90th Infantry Division) along the English Channel, facing Jersey, the regiment moved to Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou where it began its push northward to Vasteville, via Bricquebec; on 20 June it began its push towards Cherbourg, but was initially halted near Sideville by stiff German prepared defenses around the outskirts of the port city.

On 22 June, the attack on Cherbourg began, with the regiment errantly being attacked by aircraft of the IX Bomber Command, and the 39th Infantry Regiment following behind its advancement; by the 24th the regiment had broken through the enemy defenses, and along with the 39th, where fighting within the suburb of Octeville. The regiment continued to fight in the western portion of Cherbourg, and by the 26th it captured German General Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben and Admiral Walter Hennecke. The city fell to the Allies by the next day; following the liberation of the port city, along with the 60th Infantry Regiment, the 47th fought the remaining German forces in Cap de la Hague, ultimately capturing over 6,000 Germans by 1 July 1944.

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