Fortunately for posterity, Colonel Bob Piper, a paratroop officer in the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII, chose to disregard the order against taking a camera into combat in all six of his campaign
This photographic catalogue of the helmets worn by WWII American parachutists during D-Day and beyond is based on the multiple exhibits at the D-Day Paratroopers Historical Centre (Centre Historique d
