Description: Offered: Walter D. Ehlers - D-Day Medal of Honor Recipient - Original Signed OVER-SIZED D-Day Postal Cover HUGE 9.5"x6" - Also Signed by the Sculptor of the Memorial Jim Brothers - Dated June 6, 2001 - Scarce Combination of Hand-Signed AutographsEhlers joined the United States Army from the city of Manhattan, Kansas, in October 1940. He and his older brother Roland served in the same unit and participated in the fighting in North Africa and Sicily. By D-Day on June 6, 1944, Ehlers was a staff sergeant and squad leader in the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. His squad, part of the invasion's second wave, waited offshore in a Landing Craft, Infantry, while the first group of soldiers landed. When the first wave became pinned down on the beach, his unit was transferred to a Higgins boat and sent forward early to assist. They fought their way off the beach and by June 9 were near the town of Goville, 8 miles (13 km) inland. On that day, he led his unit's attack against German forces and single-handedly defeated several enemy machine gun nests. The next day the platoon came under heavy fire. Ehlers was wounded, but managed to cover the platoon's withdrawal; this included carrying a wounded automatic rifleman to safety and running back through enemy fire to retrieve his Browning Automatic Rifle. After treatment of his wounds, Ehlers refused to be evacuated and continued to lead his squad.[5] For his actions he was awarded the Medal of Honor five months later, on 11 December 1944. He was decorated in Paris in the office of Lieutenant General John C. H. Lee, Commanding General, Communications Zone, ETO. By this time Ehlers had received a battlefield commission to second lieutenant.On July 14, more than a month after D-Day, Ehlers learned that his brother Roland had died at Omaha Beach when his landing craft was struck by a mortar shell. Buy with 100% Confidence - I am liquidating my 35+ year Autograph Collection ~ I have completed Over 8,000 Transactions - See Feedback My 100% Positive Feedback ~ NOTE - re: SALES TAX - Virginia Only - Buyers that mailing address IN VIRGINIA will be required to pay Virginia Sales Tax. My State Permit number is: 10-565507255F-001
Price: 40 USD
Location: Esmont, Virginia
End Time: 2024-11-26T17:03:33.000Z
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Industry: Military
Signed by: Medal of Honor Recipient
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Autograph Authentication: 30+ Year as a Historical Autograph Collector
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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