File:AmericanArmyUniformPatchWorldWarII Pathfinder.jpg

Summary
Photograph taken by Richard Chambers, March 4, 2006 of the Pathfinder patch worn by Pvt. William (Bill) Wheeler, pathfinder of the 506th PIR, who served in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II participating in the D-Day jump of the Battle of Normandy as a pathfinder and the Operation Market-Garden jump as parachute infantry. He originally served in 2nd Battalion, Headquarters Company and then moved to 2nd Battalion, Easy Company where he remained through the end of the war.

Photograph taken with Olympus C-740 digital camera through glass front of shadowbox. Photograph slightly modified with levels adjustment layer using Adobe Photoshop.