My father-in-law was a 40mm bofors crew member with an anti-aircraft battalion assigned to protect 9th AF airfields. He was at Y-29, home of the 352nd FG, when the Germans launched Operation Bodenplatte. They did alot of shooting that day. I have a beautiful WW2 German Helmet he brought back, amongst other things. His Lugar and some daggers disappeared over the years before I joined the family. His son tried to get the helmet back about 25 years ago, but he had sold all of the stuff he had and I was not going to let him sell it.