Dogsbody Posted September 25, 2017 Share #1 Posted September 25, 2017 Hello everyone, 2 years ago I was able to visit the Dead Man's Corner Museum in Saint-Come-Du-Mont, Normandy. They had some great displays of 506th paratrooper items, some of them belonging to Lt. (at the time) Winters and Forrest 'Goody' Guth. Some of the following photos suffer from reflections a little bit but it was the best I could do at the time. Since my visit the museum has expanded and i don't know if all the exhibits are still around. Futher info on the museum: www.paratrooper-museum.org contact: carentan.101@orange.fr and now the photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted September 25, 2017 Share #2 Posted September 25, 2017 Nice display but the painted binoculars case isnt his real one.THe real one is still here in the states Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted September 25, 2017 Hello everyone, 2 years ago I was able to visit the Dead Man's Corner Museum in Saint-Come-Du-Mont, Normandy. They had some great displays of 506th paratrooper items, some of them belonging to Lt. (at the time) Winters and Forrest 'Goody' Guth. Some of the following photos suffer from reflections a little bit but it was the best I could do at the time. Since my visit the museum has expanded and i don't know if all the exhibits are still around. Futher info on the museum: www.paratrooper-museum.org contact: carentan.101@orange.fr and now the photos DSC_3468.jpg DSC_3469.jpg DSC_3470.jpg DSC_3471.jpg continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted September 25, 2017 continued DSC_3473.jpg DSC_3482.jpg DSC_3472.jpg continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted September 25, 2017 continued last ones Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Detective Posted September 26, 2017 Share #6 Posted September 26, 2017 Great pics and what looks like to be a great museum...would love to see one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted September 26, 2017 Nice display but the painted binoculars case isnt his real one.THe real one is still here in the states Hi Ron, thanks for the info. Do you know if that binoculars case always remained in the states or that it perhaps could have been loaned to the museum and meanwhile been returned? The pics are two years old. Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted September 26, 2017 Share #8 Posted September 26, 2017 As far as I know they never left the states and are in a private collection.As far as I know the ones in the museum were copied after seeing Winters originals when he still owned them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchfoot Posted September 27, 2017 Share #9 Posted September 27, 2017 I went to that museum on my tour of Normandy this year. It had impressive displays and I would recommend going to it if you happen to be in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy502 Posted October 1, 2017 Share #10 Posted October 1, 2017 The binoculars displayed at the museum in Normandy are the real ones carried and used by Lt. Winters. They were purchased long time before the book was written (and of course the series made) with all other memorabilia of Dick Winters. ALL items (jump jacket, musette bag, footlocker, holster, etc...) were directly purchased from Dick Winters himself. Binoculars are even engraved Lt. Winters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted October 1, 2017 Share #11 Posted October 1, 2017 The binoculars displayed at the museum in Normandy are the real ones carried and used by Lt. Winters. They were purchased long time before the book was written (and of course the series made) with all other memorabilia of Dick Winters. ALL items (jump jacket, musette bag, footlocker, holster, etc...) were directly purchased from Dick Winters himself. Binoculars are even engraved Lt. Winters. Here are the ones on display and owned by Bill Shea.As I understand it Shea purchased these direct from Winters when many things were sold prior to the BoB series and still has ownership.This display at the Gettysburg Museum of history was done in the last year or so.Jake Powers states these are Winters originals shown in the museum and if anyone would know it would be JP as he has literally handled any and all of Winters material personally. https://www.gettysburgmuseumofhistory.com/portfolio/8325/ (photo courtesy of GMH)Note the painted white stripe on the lid of the ones at GMH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backtheattack Posted January 7, 2018 Share #12 Posted January 7, 2018 It`s a great museum with a lot of interesting items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted January 12, 2018 Share #13 Posted January 12, 2018 Interesting museum...thank you for sharing the images! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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