17th Airborne Division

....."If everyone is thinking alike,
..........then somebody isnt thinking."

....................................... ......General George S. Patton

 
 
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    680th GFAB
    681st GFAB
    411th QM
    155th AAA
    224th Med Co
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Gen Matthew B Ridgway

Lt Gen Lewis H Brereton

Gen George S Patton

Gen Dwight D Eisenhower

FM Bernard L Montgomery



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17th Airborne WW II
Congressional Medal
of Honor Recipients

T/Sgt Clinton M Hedrick
S/Sgt Isadore S Jachman
Pvt George J Peters
Pfc Stuart S Stryker




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USAAF Airborne Troop Carriers in World War II

Camp Claiborne, Louisiana

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articles


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A R T I C L E S

The Drop Zone: Varsity - 513th PIR e-History

The Drop Zone: Operation Varsity - My Longest Day

The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge
The 17th Airborne during World War II
Documents

Organization, Equipment, and Tactical Employment of the Airborne Division - 17 June 45 (PDF)


Thunder From Heaven (Newsletters)

TMC Newsletter # 1 - 6 April 2008 (PDF)
TMC Newsletter # 2 - 28 April 2008 (PDF)
TMC Newsletter # 3 - 6 June 2008 (PDF)
TMC Newsletter # 4 - 29 June 2008 (PDF)
TMC Newsletter # 5 - 2 Aug 2008 (PDF)
TMC Newsletter # 6 - 3 Sept 2008 (PDF)
TMC Newsletter # 7 - 3 Oct 2008 (PDF)
TMC Newsletter # 8 - 5 Nov 2008 (PDF)
TMC Newsletter # 9 - 5 Dec 2008 (PDF)
TMC Newsletter #10 - 5 Jan 2009 (PDF)
TMC Newsletter #11 - 3 Feb 2009 (PDF)
TMC Newsletter #12 - 1 Mar 2009 (PDF)


books
R E L A T E D   B O O K S

Annussek, Greg Hitler's Raid to Save Mussolini: The Most Infamous Commando Operation of World War II. Sept 1, 2005, Da Capo Press, 353 pp. ISBN: 0306813963
Astor, Gerald  A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It. Mass Market Paperback, 1994 ISBN: 0440215749
Breuer, William B Geronimo! American Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
Breuer, William B Unexplained Mysteries of World War II. John Wiley & Sons, Sept 1998 256 p. ISBN:0471291072
D'Este, Carlo  Decision in Normandy William S Konnecky Assc(P), 560 p. ISBN: 1568522606
D'Este, Carlo  Patton: A Genius for War 1024 pp ISBN: 0060927623
Devlin, Gerard S  Paratrooper! St Martin's Press, (P) c1976 ISBN: 0312596529
Francois, Dominique 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment: A Forgotten Regiment Heimdal (Aug 2002), 120 p. ISBN: 2840481642
Gabel, Kurt The Making of a Paratrooper: Airborne Training and Combat in World War II Univ Press of Kansas (Jan 1990), 282 p. ISBN: 070060409X
Gavin, James M.  On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Giard, Régis & Frédéric Blais Helmets of the ETO: A Historical & Technical Guide Histoire & Collections (Jan 2008), 216 p. ISBN: 2352500621
Hastings, Max Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy Simon and Shuster(JUV), 396 p. ISBN: 0671554352
Hicks, Anne The Last Fighting General: The Biography of Robert Tryon Frederick Schiffer Pub Ltd, 320pp, ISBN: 0764324306
Keegan, John The Second World War Penguin (P), 708 p. ISBN: 014011341X
Keegan, John Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris Penguin USA(P), 365 p. ISBN: 0140235426
Kershaw, Alex The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon Da Capo Press, 288 pp November 30, 2004 ISBN: 0306813041
Kormann, John G  Echoes of a Distant Clarion: Recollections of a Diplomat and Soldier Vellum (P), 520 p. ISBN: 0979448832
MacDonald, Charles B  A Time For Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge Wm Morrow & Co (P), 720 p. ISBN: 068151574
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Beyond Valor  Free Press, 2001, 384 p. ISBN: 0684873842
Wilson, Robert L. & Phillip K. A Paratrooper's Panoramic View: Training with the 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion for Operation Varsity. pps, 244, 11/30/2005, Authorhouse ISBN: 1420854291


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