Battle of The Bulge-Paratrooper Captured & Signed Nazi Flag and "8-17-3B" likely denotes the

and "8-17-3B" likely denotes the production date of August 17

The left shoulder bears the ETO Advanced Base patch

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Battle of The Bulge-Paratrooper Captured & Signed Nazi Flag and "8-17-3B" likely denotes theThis Nazi flag was captured during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II by Lieutenant Colonel Wild Bill Boyle, the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Accompanying the flag are patches representing both Colonel Boyle's unit and the 13th Armored Division. Historical records indicate that these two units fighting together in the theater only once, at the Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg. The Luftwaffe patches