Wwii Us Army 60th Regiment Painted M1 Helmet Ww2

WWII US Army painted 60th Infantry regiment painted M1 combat helmet has legitimate combat and field use. The front seam fixed bale helmet has 60th Infantry regiment unit insignia painted to each side. The liner is named with first initial K and last four of his ASN 3495. The liner was produced by Mine Safety Appliance and is also painted with the unit insignia. The outside shell, like the interior shows plenty of use but shows a tremendous amount of character. Helmet still retains both chinstraps. Excellent. The “Go Devils” insignia of the 60th Infantry Regiment, depicting a red devil head, had its origin back in 1942. In an interview with Lt. Col. Arden C. Brill, who at that point in time was a 2nd Lt., and Motor Officer of the 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, he vividly remembered how the name came to life. During the Carolina Maneuvers the 60th Infantry Regiment was opposing the 44th Infantry Regiment in a mock battle. The 60th Infantry Regiment was smashing through all opposition, as they would later do in combat. The split second timing, precisioned movements and aggressiveness of the regiment during these motorized maneuvers gave birth to their name. Someone shouted “way to go, you devils!” The story and the name was shared by many men, and it became clear that the story reached far later that summer. Colonel Manham, later to be the Commanding Officer of the 33rd Infantry Division and to be killed in an airplane accident, issued orders to the men of the 60th Infantry Regiment for an attack, and stated in part “Go you Devils!“ The Regiment would later enter the battlefields of World War 2, forever known as the “Go Devils”. The men painted the letter G and O on both sides of a devil’s head on their helmets.Combat chronicleThe 9th Infantry Division was among the first U.S. combat units to engage in offensive ground operations during World War II. (The others were the 32nd and the 41st in the Pacific on New Guinea, Carlson's Raiders on Makin Island, the 1st Marine, and the Americal on Guadalcanal, and, alongside the 9th in North Africa, were the 1st Infantry, 3rd Infantry and the 2nd Armored Divisions.) The 9th saw its first combat on 8 November 1942, when its elements landed at Algiers, Safi, and Port Lyautey, with the taking of Safi by the 3rd Battalion of the 47th Infantry Regiment standing as the first liberation of a city from Axis control in World War II. With the collapse of French resistance on 11 November 1942, the division patrolled the Spanish Moroccan border. The 9th returned to Tunisia in February and engaged in small defensive actions and patrol activity. On 28 March 1943 it launched an attack in southern Tunisia and fought its way north into Bizerte, 7 May. In August, the 9th landed at Palermo, Sicily, and took part in the capture of Randazzo and Messina. After being sent to England for further training, the division landed on Utah Beach on 10 June 1944 (D plus 4), cut off the Cotentin Peninsula, drove on to Cherbourg and penetrated the port's heavy defenses. After a brief rest in July, the division took part in the St. Lo break-through and in August helped close the Falaise Gap. Turning east, the 9th crossed the Marne, 28 August, swept through Saarlautern, and in November and December held defensive positions from Monschau to Losheim. Moving north to Bergrath, Germany, it launched an attack toward the Roer, 10 December, taking Echtz and Schlich. From mid-December through January 1945, the division held defensive positions from Kalterherberg to Elsenborn. On 30 January the division jumped off from Monschau in a drive across the Roer and to the Rhine, crossing at Remagen, 7 March. After breaking out of the Remagen bridgehead, the 9th assisted in the sealing and clearing of the Ruhr Pocket, then moved 150 miles (240 km) east to Nordhausen (where it assisted in the liberation of the local concentration camp) and attacked in the Harz Mountains, 14–20 April. On 21 April the Division relieved the 3d Armored Division along the Mulde River, near Dessau, and held that line until VE-day.