How cool is this people? A friend send me an email this morning letting me know about a combat engineer's Ike jacket up for bid. Read it to my hubby and he said go for it. So wish me luck. One day left. Fingers crossed, even though I'm NOT superstitious! 
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ORIGINAL WW2 COMBAT ENGINEER UNIFORM 48TH BATTALION. Bought from local veterans estate. Corporal served with the 48th Engineer combat battalion in the ETO. Ike jacket just as found hanging in a closet for decades. Has 1944 dated spec tag, size 36R. Has 2nd Corps and 7th Army patches, engineer seahorse patch on chest pocket, corporal stripes, 4 overseas bars. Looks like it has a discharge patch at one time. Comes with 2 period photos of buddies and a foreign bank note. Has some scattered mothing but not too bad, a dry cleaning probably is in order, displays well, name of veteran will be given to winner as well as a copy of his photo from his unit history.
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"