American paratrooper carries his backup parachute in his backpack throughout the entire Normandy campaign, has some optimistic plans for it back home!

>Lieutenant Welsh reported for duty. He had been in various fire-fights alongside some men from the 82d. In his backpack he was carrying his reserve parachute; he carried it throughout the Normandy campaign. “I wanted to send it back to Kitty to make a wedding gown for our marriage after the war.” ______________________________ **Source:** Ambrose, Stephen Edward. “Follow Me.” *Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest*. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. 86. Print.