Offered for auction is a beautiful WW2 US 4th Infantry Division Ike Jacket uniform, famous from their heavy combat during the D-Day landings and afterwards (landed at Utah Beach on 6th of June) with the 4th Infantry Division patch, an originally mounted Presidential Citation Bar (showing his unit earned it which is consistent with the historic reports). The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation, is awarded to units of the uniformed services of the United States, and those of allied countries, for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after 7 December 1941 (the date of the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of American involvement in World War II). The unit must display such gallantry, determination, and esprit de corps in accomplishing its mission under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions so as to set it apart from and above other units participating in the same campaign. You can clearly see the bar has been on the ike jacket since the war. This is rare to find on an ike jacket and probably suggests he was at least involved in the D-Day operations of which the citation also was awarded. This beautiful Ike jacket has also originally applied technician 4th grade chevrons on the sleeves and several medals and medal ribbons, i.e., the combat infantry badge, the european and meditaraean campaign with TWO battle stars, the good condcut medal and the WW2 victory medal. The jacket has beautifu patina and has a label which is in nice condition as well as the jacket itself. The right sleeve on the bottom was repaired at some stage, presumably a field repair because it looks very old. Ideal for a mannequin or buste, Overall a very nice WW2 4th US infantry Division ike jacket! History of the 4th Infantry Division The 4th Infantry Division sailed to England where it arrived on 26 January 1944.[5] France The 4th Infantry Division assaulted the northern coast of German-held France during the Normandy landings, landing at Utah Beach, 6 June 1944. The 8th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division claimed being the first surface-borne Allied unit (as opposed to the parachutist formations that were air-dropped earlier) to hit the beaches at Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Relieving the isolated 82nd Airborne Division at Sainte-Mère-Église, the 4th cleared the Cotentin peninsula and took part in the capture of Cherbourg on 25 June. After taking part in the fighting near Periers, 6–12 July, the division broke through the left flank of the German 7th Army, helping to stem the German drive toward Avranches[citation needed]. By the end of August the division had moved to Paris, and gave French forces the first place in the liberation of their capital. During the liberation of Paris, Ernest Hemingway took on a self-appointed role as a civilian scout in the city of Paris for his friends in the 4 ID. He was with the 22nd Infantry Regiment when it advanced from Paris, northeast through Belgium, and into Germany. J. D. Salinger, who met Hemingway during the liberation of Paris, was with the 12th Infantry Regiment.[citation needed] Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany The 4th then moved into Belgium through Houffalize to attack the Siegfried Line at Schnee Eifel on 14 September, and made several penetrations. Slow progress into Germany continued in October, and by 6 November the division entered the Battle of Hurtgen Forest, where it was engaged in heavy fighting until early December. It then shifted to Luxembourg, only to meet the German Army's winter Ardennes Offensive head-on (in the Battle of the Bulge) starting on 16 December 1944. Although its lines were dented, it managed to hold the Germans at Dickweiler and Osweiler, and, counterattacking in January across the Sauer, overran German positions in Fouhren and Vianden. Halted at the Prüm River in February by heavy enemy resistance, the division finally crossed on 28 February near Olzheim, and raced on across the Kyll on 7 March. After a short rest, the 4th moved across the Rhine on 29 March at Worms, attacked and secured Würzburg and by 3 April had established a bridgehead across the Main at Ochsenfurt. Speeding southeast across Bavaria, the division had reached Miesbach on the Isar on 2 May 1945, when it was relieved and placed on occupation duty. Writer J. D. Salinger served with the division from 1942–1945.