https://news.ncsu.edu/2019/06/rendezvous-with-history/

NC State alum William Carey Lee, 'Father of the U.S. Airborne,' trained the elite paratroopers dropped behind German lines during the Allied invasion of Europe on D-Day. A museum in Dunn, North Carolina, honors his life, service and athletic accomplishments at Wake Forest and NC State.

The museum in his family home, dedicated on June 6, 1986, honors his life, military career and athletic accomplishments at both NC State and Wake Forest. Along with displays of his uniforms, early parachutes and other military artifacts, there is a modified molded Riddell football helmet that Lee and his paratroopers used as a makeshift safety device