(028914) McCall, Edna Daves. Silver Wings and a Gold Star: the Story of T/5 Robert D. Daves, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, First U.S. Paratroops to Jump in Combat. Drexel, NC: C & M Resources, 2003. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 350 pages. Fine with no DJ. B&W Photographs. Small blue & silver foil award winner seal from the NC Society of Historians on front endpaper. Signed by the author on half- title. Robert Daves was stationed at Fort Bragg, NC and wrote to his folks back home in Drexel. The book follows his incredible journey with the 509 th Parachute Infantry Battalion, the first U. S. Paratroops to fight in World War II. Daves was a T/5 radio operator in the 2nd Platoon of F Company and was killed in action in the vicinity of Mount Croce above Venafro, Italy. Very scarce book ISBN: 189147801X (Daves, Robert, Paratroopers, World War II)
