Wwii D-Day 1st Engineer Special Brigade Uniform

This is the extensive uniform and M41 jacket grouping of Major Charles Waldrop Sullivan, Headquarters Company, 1st Engineer Special Brigade. Sullivan landed with the 1st ESB on D-Day and received the Bronze Star Medal for service during the war. The group includes his officer’s dress uniform jacket and; trousers, his service shirt and trousers, his M43 Field jacket, and his officer’s visor cap. Also included is a copy of “On Hostile Shores” by Sam Daughtery, who served alongside Sullivan. There is a document shown in the back of the book which was authored by Sullivan. This grouping also includes extensive digital copies of 1 st Engineer Special Brigade materials, including Operation Neptune, D-Day, logistics planning, supply dump management and materials, obstacle clearing operations, as well as ship inventory unloading records following the landings. Many of these documents, including unit assignments and morning reports are authored by Captain/Major Charles Sullivan as one of the adjutants for the 1 st .Charles Waldrop Sullivan was born on February 25th, 1912 in Smith County, Mississippi. He graduated with a degree in Agricultural Education and joined the Army during World War II, becoming an Engineer and being commissioned as an officer. Major Charles Waldrop Sullivan of the 1 st Engineer Special Brigade 531 st , served in amphibious landings in both Sicily and Normandy. During Operation Torch and Operation Neptune/Overlord, Major Sullivan would serve under Colonel Caffey, a legendary figure of the 1 st ESB. During both Operation Torch, and Operation Neptune, Sullivan was removed from the Headquarters unit and placed on a temporary assignment with thirty six commissioned officers with the destination and purpose listed as “Top Secret”. Starting on May 18 th of 1944, these thirty six officers, including Colonel Caffey and Meyer of the 1 st Engineer Special Brigade as well as many other high ranking officers that were attached to said unit, would be ushered off a “Top Secret” destination and remain . Colonel Caffey and others identified in the “Top Secret” assignment roster would be among the first men to land on Utah Beach the morning of June 6 th , indicating that then Captain Charles Waldrop Sullivan would have been among his landing wave and helped establish the principal military landing officer position for the beach as well as helped open the beach for further landing forces. Further research indicates that Major Sullivan was most likely among a select group of 1 st ESB officers given “BIGOT” clearance and was aware of his exact landing location for D-Day. Despite extensive research, much of which is included in this stunning lot, the specifics of the “Top Secret” Assignment Colonel Caffey and Major Sullivan were assigned to for both Operation Torch and Operation Neptune has remained a mystery, however it does seem that he was considered important enough to be given access to the info pertaining to the landings notably early, and given clearance for limited BIGOT Top Secret Materials. One of the officer’s that landed with him, Lt. Colonel Samuel W Forgy, noted in a short interview that he was given the precise landing location as early as January of 1944 and Lt Colonel Forgy is mentioned and listed as on the same assignment as Major Sullivan. It is also noted that Colonel Caffey and many of the First Wave members of the 1 st ESB were serving in the direct vicinity of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr during his actions and leadership on D-Day. Major Sullivan would earn a bronze arrowhead for his participation in the D-Day landings. During his time in service he would also serve in the Asian Pacific Theater, potentially at Okinawa, establishing him as one of the rarer multi-theater officers. He passed away on July 25th, 1991 at the age of 79. The group includes: - Sullivan’s officer’s uniform jacket with an Engineer Special Brigade patch on the left shoulder and six bullion overseas stripes on the left cuff. There is an Amphibious Engineers Seahorse patch on the left breast pocket, and a three-place ribbon bar over the left breast pocket with the Bronze Star, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon with four campaign stars and an arrowhead, and the Asiatic-Pacific campaign medal with two stars. There are bullion Major ranks on the shoulder boards and US &; Engineer officer’s collar insignia. It is a Regulation Officer’s uniform with a label dated March of 1944. The trousers are also included and they match the jacket well. - Sullivan’s officer’s service shirt with - Sullivan’s M43 Field Jacket with an Engineer Special Brigade patch on the left shoulder and an Amphibious Engineers Seahorse patch on the left breast. There are Major rank patches on the shoulder boards. There is no name on the interior. The zipper is marked TALON. - 2 Officer-piped garrison caps, no insignia. an Engineer Special Brigade patch on the left shoulder and six gold tape overseas stripes on the left cuff, wit