Original U.S. WWII Silver Star 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Named Officer Grouping - Lieutenant Chester Anderson Japanese Helmets and others to Kansas and

and others to Kansas and Missouri

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that led to its later introduction on the S

and Iwo Jima

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Original U.S. WWII Silver Star 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment Named Officer Grouping - Lieutenant Chester Anderson Japanese Helmets and others to Kansas andOriginal Item: One of a kind. The Silver Star Citation about this U. S. WWII Paratrooper Officer says it all: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Infantry) [then Second Lieutenant] Chester R. Anderson (ASN: 0 545570), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne