Jake McNiece - 101st Airborne Div. Filthy 13 D-Day 1944

This figure is fully authorized by Jake McNiece himself. Upon entering the military Jake McNiece volunteered for the U.S. Army paratrooper duty on September 1 1942. He was assigned to the 506th Paratroop Infantry Regiment (PIR) which was the first Paratrooper Regiment formed whose enlisted men were trained as paratroopers from their first day of basic training at Camp Toccoa GA which became known as Col. Sink’s “Muscle College.” As a Demolition – Saboteur (Demo-Sabo) Jake was Sgt. of a stick of paratroopers known as ‘The Filthy Thirteen’. The film The Dirty Dozen is loosely based on Jake's group of men and like their leader these men were a well trained and finely tuned group of soldiers. Presently there is talk about a feature film on Jake's life. Recipient of awards such as the World War II Victory Ribbon Good Conduct Medal American Theatre Ribbon EAME Theatre Ribbon with 4 Bronze Stars and 2 Bronze Arrowheads Presidential Unit Citation for Normandy for Holland and 2 for Bastogne (1 for being a Pathfinder and one because he was part of 101st AB) Bronze Star Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters Combat Infantry Badge Jump wings with 4 Bronze Stars Army Of Occupation Medal Cold War Victory Medal Overseas Service Medal 5 hash marks left sleeve each hash mark signifies he served all or part of six months overseas and the Army Service Ribbon. Jake McNiece is also entitled to wear the Airborne Pathfinder Insignia and of course the Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster. Jake McNiece has also been given the foreign Awards: French Croix de Guerre with Palm Belgian Croix de Guerre Belgian Fourragere and the Netherlands Orange Lanyard On August 2 2002 Jake inducted into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame and since that time a book entitled The Filthy Thirteen: From the Dustbowl to Hitler's Eagle's Nest: The True Story of the 101st Airborne’s Most Legendary Squad of Combat Paratroopers Written by Richard Killblane and Jake McNiece. Jake McNiece will be at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum WWII air and re-enactment show in Reading PA this June 4th5th and 6th. They will have over 60 W.W.II planes including six P51s P40 three B25s and three B17s. All three of the surviving The Filthy Thirteen will be there. Jake is expected to sign his action figures there. Jake also plans on attending the 101st airborne reunion in Toccoa Georgia for all of the W.W.II veterans that went through camp toccoa which was the first training camp for the newly formed 101st airborne division. This is where the Band of Brothers and The Filthy Thirteen went through. CalTek USA is proud to bring to you a true American Hero...Jake McNiece.