(above insignia)17th Airborne Division
After D-Day the 507th PIR was permanently assigned as a unit of this Division.
17th Airborne WW II
Medal
of Honor Recipients
Pfc Melvin E Biddle
T/Sgt Clinton M Hedrick
S/Sgt Isadore S Jachman
Pvt George J Peters
Pfc Stuart S Stryker
articles
R E L A T E D
A R T I C L E S
Securing
the Douve Line (CMH)
The Drop Zone: Fractured - Normandy Remembered
D-Day: The Paratroopers Experience
The Decision to Launch Operation Market Garden
The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge
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The 17th Airborne during World War II
Pictures
Individual Trooper pictures are organized
by Units in the column on the (far left) .
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the Comments listing on the above navigation bar to the right. It would be my honor to assist you.
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Pfc William Huffman
17th Abn Div
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Pvt Harold Park
17th Abn Div
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Pvt Myron G Washburn
17th Abn Div
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Members of the 466th PFAB prepare for Operation Varsity.
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Brig Gen Floyd Parks (right), Chief of Staff for the 1st Allied Airborne
Army, talks with
Maj Gen William Miley, CO 17th Airborne Division,
before take-off for Operation Varsity.
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- 194th GIR - Paris 45
- Photo of troopers from the 194th GIR in Paris 1945 in front of the Arche de Triumphe. (Photo
courtesy of
Susan Bonfanti daughter of Pfc Louis Ihlendorf)
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- A photo of Pvt Ebb "Dick" Gibbs and other troopers of the 194th Glider Infantry Regiment Hq Company loading a mortar.
(Photo courtesy of
Chris Bundren)
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books
R E L A T E D B O O K S
Ambrose, Stephen E D-DAY June 6,1944:
The Climatic Battle of WW II. 6/93, Simon & Shuster ISBN: 0671673343
Badsey , Stephen & Chandler, David G (Editor)
Arnhem 1944:
Operation "Market Garden" (Campaign No.24) 1993
96p. ISBN: 1855323028
Bradley, James Flags of Our Fathers Bantam (May 2,2000), 384 p.
ISBN: 0553111337
Breuer, William B Geronimo! American
Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
D'Este, Carlo
Patton: A Genius for War 1024 pp ISBN: 0060927623
De Trez, Michel
At the Point of No Return : Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers in the
Invasion of Normandy 7/98, D-Day Pub, 200 p. ISBN: 2960017617
Francois, Dominique 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment: A Forgotten Regiment Heimdal (Aug 2002), 120 p. ISBN: 2840481642
Gavin, James M.
On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Golden, Lewis Echoes From Arnhem Penguin
ISBN: 0718305213
MacDonald, Charles B A Time For
Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge Wm Morrow & Co
(P), 720 p. ISBN: 068151574
McKenzie, John
On Time, On Target Novato, CA: Presidio, May 15,2000. 304 p. ISBN: 089 141 714 1
Nordyke , Phil All American All the Way: Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II Zenith Press, April 2005. 880 pgs ISBN: 0760322015
Ryan, Cornelius
A Bridge Too Far 670p. ISBN: 0684803305
Wildman, John B All Americans 82nd
Airborne. Meadowlands Militaria, 6/83 ISBN:091 208 1007
The Center of Military History The War in the Mediterranean: A WWII Pictorial History Brasseys, Inc.,
465 p. ISBN:1574881302
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