1997 - Liner 9th Infantry Division, 39th Infantry Regiment. Liner en materiaux composite haute pression, fabrication Firestone 94. Coiffe en toile complete avec son sweatband. Jugulaire en cuir presente, mais cassee. Nuquiere manquante. Cordon de serrage present. Reste de marquages nominatifs illisible a l interieur du liner. Quelques manques sur les bordures. Peinture OD d origine a 70%. Double marquage a la peinture blanche AAAO sur les cotes du liner. AAAO veux dire Anything, Anytime, Anywhere, Bar Nothing. Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le 39e regiment d’infanterie americain combattit au sein de la 9e division d’infanterie. Surnommes les Fighting Falcons, ses hommes furent parmi les premieres troupes de combat americaines engagees sur le sol etranger lorsqu’ils participerent, en novembre 1942, au debarquement allie sur les plages d’Alger, dans le cadre de l’operation Torch. Au cours de la campagne de Sicile, en 1943, le regiment passa sous le commandement du colonel Harry A. Paddy Flint, officier aussi energique qu’excentrique, qui marqua profondement l’identite de son unite. Il lui donna pour devise Anything, Anywhere, Anytime, Bar Nothing , generalement abregee en AAAO. L’annee suivante, le 39e fut engage dans la liberation de l’Europe occidentale. Il debarqua a Utah Beach le 10 juin 1944, soit quatre jours apres le Debarquement de Normandie, avec d’autres unites venues renforcer les forces deja presentes sur le continent. Il participa ensuite aux difficiles combats menes a travers le bocage et les campagnes francaises. Aux cotes du 47e regiment d’infanterie, il participa notamment a la prise de Roetgen, l’une des premieres localites allemandes conquises par les forces americaines au cours de leur progression sur le territoire du Reich. Durant les derniers mois du conflit, le 39e prit part aux violents affrontements de la bataille des Ardennes, puis contribua a la securisation de la tete de pont de Remagen sur le Rhin. Il poursuivit ensuite son avance a travers l’Allemagne, accompagnant la progression des forces alliees jusqu’a l’effondrement definitif de la resistance allemande au printemps 1945. A noter une certaine usure et patine de la piece. Etat II+. 9th Infantry Division, 39th Infantry Regiment liner. Highpressure composite liner manufactured by Firestone 94. Complete web suspension with its sweatband. Leather chinstrap present but broken. Nape strap missing. Drawstring present. Remains of illegible name markings inside the liner. Some losses around the edges. Approximately 70% of the original OD paint remaining. Double AAAO marking in white paint on the sides of the liner. AAAO means Anything, Anytime, Anywhere, Bar Nothing. During the Second World War, the US 39th Infantry Regiment fought as part of the 9th Infantry Division. Nicknamed the Fighting Falcons, its men were among the first American combat troops committed on foreign soil when they took part in the Allied landings on the beaches of Algiers in November 1942 during Operation Torch. During the Sicily campaign in 1943, the regiment came under the command of Colonel Harry A. Paddy Flint, an energetic and eccentric officer who profoundly shaped the identity of his unit. He gave it the motto Anything, Anywhere, Anytime, Bar Nothing, generally abbreviated AAAO. The following year, the 39th took part in the liberation of Western Europe. It landed at Utah Beach on 10 June 1944, four days after the Normandy landings, with other units sent to reinforce the forces already present on the continent. It subsequently took part in the difficult fighting through the bocage and French countryside. Alongside the 47th Infantry Regiment, it notably participated in the capture of Roetgen, one of the first German localities taken by American forces during their advance into the Reich. During the final months of the conflict, the 39th took part in the fierce fighting of the Battle of the Bulge and later contributed to securing the Remagen bridgehead on the Rhine. It then continued its advance through Germany, accompanying the Allied advance until the final collapse of German resistance in the spring of 1945. Some wear and patina to the piece. Condition II+.