Your post brought up an old memory.  This was over 25 years ago.  The unit I was with was associated to missiles.  It was standard practice for officers and senior enlisted to collect fired missile launchers and give them mounted on plaques to each other when someone retired or transferred.   Lower enlisted never got these.  So, I was on an exercise where some missiles were fired.  I watched a senior NCO collect several launchers minus the classified components and load them on a truck for future presentations.   I had always wanted one of these.  I knew I would never get one.  So, when we drove back and unloaded the gear, I went straight to the truck that had the empty launchers.  The truck was backed up near a steep hill.  I grabbed one and hurled it over the side of the hill and it landed about 20 feet down below in the vegetation.  It could not be seen from the top of the hill.   I knew it would be looked for.  So, I went back about my business unloading trucks and gear for the rest of the afternoon.  This was on a Friday.  I drove back on the following Sunday in the evening (things are generally slow on a Sunday evening on a base).  I walked down the hill and retrieved the empty launcher from the vegetation...   ... hence, I had one for my own collection...   😏    

CIB

We all suffer from blindness at one point or another.

During Nov 43, he is shown as assigned to Battery C 391st AAA Bn at Richmond AAB, VA:   During Aug 44, he is shown as assigned to the same unit, Battery C 391st AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (Semi-mobile), in France: Source: NARA   The 391st AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (Semi-mobile) was formed on 10 Jan 43 at Camp Davis, NC as the Separate Coast Artillery Bn AA-AW. It was re-designated from the Coast Artillery on 30 Apr 43. The battalion departed the Boston Port of Embarkation on 27 Feb 44; arrived England 8 Mar 44; arrived in France on 14 Jul 44. Its location during Aug 45 was Mondorff-Bains, France. The battalion was given Campaign Credit for Normandy, Northern France and the Rhineland Campaigns. (Source: Shelby, Stanton. US Army WWII Order of Battle).

That does fit, the more I look. I kept seeing wings...lol Thank you, I'm obviously going blind!

He’s wearing the CIB aka Combat Infantry Badge. 

Original patches from a grouping I posted years ago on the forum              

My grandfather.  Staff Sgt George D. Jackson.  WW II. Started out a medic, finished Infantry Staff Sgt. His discharge papers are on my profile. I am very new here and new to this, so please pardon my ignorance. I'm trying to learn and piece things together.  He was in the 90th Division, Company E  359th Infantry.  I have his medals. (Except the ones he's wearing in both attached pictures and the "ruptured duck") I'm attaching a picture of the medals to this post. His discharge papers/medals all match up.  But there's a picture of him (also attached to this post) wearing wings? I think it's wings anyway. It's a photo he sent home. He wrote on the back of the picture. Anyone have any ideas what that would be? He wasn't a pilot.

My grandfather.  Staff Sgt George D. Jackson.  WW II. Started out a medic, finished Infantry Staff Sgt. His discharge papers are on my profile. I am very new here and new to this, so please pardon my ignorance. I'm trying to learn and piece things together.  He was in the 90th Division, Company E  359th Infantry.  I have his medals. (Except the ones he's wearing in both attached pictures and the "ruptured duck") I'm attaching a picture of the medals to this post. His discharge papers/medals all match up.  But there's a picture of him (also attached to this post) wearing wings? I think it's wings anyway. It's a photo he sent home. He wrote on the back of the picture. Anyone have any ideas what that would be? He wasn't a pilot.

That's an awesome looking knife there.  Love the damascus steel and I really like the shape of the knife.  It looks like it would fit in the hand wonderfully as far as retention and the I love the red, white and blue spacers that definitely add a special touch to the piece.  What's more as much work must've gone into the sheath for it to come out looking like it does, which is super nice looking as well.  Overall, spectacular in my opinion.  What kind of wood is that on the handle, out of curiousity?