RARE WW2 ERA GERMAN BAYONET FOUND OMAHA BEACH -NORMANDY FRANCE

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RARE WW2 ERA GERMAN BAYONET FOUND OMAHA BEACH -NORMANDY -A PIECE OF D-DAY HISTORY - RANGER ASSAULTED CLIFFS ON JUNE 6TH - 1944 TO TAKE OFF 155 MM GERMAN ARTILLERY BATTERY - THEY FOUGHT UP THE CLIFFS TO FIND AND CONCRETE BUNKERS EMPTY - THE GUNS HAD BEEN MOVED A SHORT DISTANCE TO PROTECT THEM FROM ALLIED BOMBER ATTACK - THE RNAGERS DESTROYED THE GUNS AND FOUGHT A COSTLY BATTLE  WITH THE 914THE GERMAN GRENADIER REGIMENT TO HOLD THE HIGH GROUND AND PREVENT ANY MOBILE GERMAN 155MM ARTILLERY TO MOVE WITHIN THE 12 MILE RANGE OF THE LANDING BEACHES - OF THE 225 RANGERS LANDED 90 WERE LEFT WHEN ELMENTS OF 2  AND 5 RANGERS AND 1ST BATTALION OF THE 116TH (29TH DIV) RELEIVED THEM ON JUNE 8TH AFTER FIGHTING TWO HARD DAYS TO GIVE TO THEM - RELIC MEASURES 4" BY 3" BY 2" WEDGE SHAPED - OCLLECTED JUNE 6TH 2014 ON THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDINGS - RARE WW2 COLLECTIBLE- ON E NOT TO MISS - SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE DETAILS