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Maj
Gen Omar N. Bradley
Gen
Matthew B Ridgway
Gen
James M Gavin
Lt Gen Lewis H Brereton
Gen
Mark W Clark
Gen
George S Patton
82nd Airborne WW II
Medal
of Honor Recipients
Pfc
Charles N. DeGlopper
Pvt
John R.Towle
1st
Sgt Leonard Funk
R E L A T E D
S I T E S
USAAF Airborne Troop Carriers in World War II
Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
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Infantry Division
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Etat de Lieux
ETO
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Personal
Rembrance of Crossing the Waal Canal
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Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge
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The 82nd
Airborne during World War II
Pictures
Individual Trooper pictures are organized
by Units in the column on the (far left) .
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Sgt Benny L Bays
82nd Abn Div
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Pfc Charles W Berryhill
82nd Abn Div
Regiment/Battalion? |
1/Lt Harold P Clark
82nd Abn Div
Regiment/Battalion? |
Pfc Charles E Coffman
504th PIR
Company I |
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Pfc Robert B Coker
82nd Abn Div
Regiment/Battalion? |
Sgt Russell C Knott
504th PIR
HQ 1 |
Pvt Joseph J Oliver
82nd Abn Div
Regiment/Battalion? |
Pvt Douglas R Reich
504th PIR
Company H |
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Pfc Edward L Reiss
504th PIR
HQ 1 |
Pfc Walter Summers
82nd Abn Div
Regiment/Battalion? |
Maj Walter B Coughran
82nd Abn Div
Regiment/Battalion? |
 Sgt Michael E Flanagan
82nd Abn Div
2677 Regiment - OSS |
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- 80
- These photos are of the men of D Battery, 80th AA during WW II.
(Photos
courtesy of Frank Oder and
Robert Burns)
- 307th AEB
- Photos of members of B Company 307th AEB on parade in Burbage, England circa May,1944. (Photo
courtesy of
Brian Siddall)
- 504
- This photo is a HQ Co 1st Battalion 504th PIR party in Leicester, England in August, 1944. (Photo
courtesy of
Steve Lekson)
- 504
- This photo depicts three troopers from F Co. 2nd Battalion 504th PIR. (Photo
courtesy of
Bob Swanson)
- 504
- This photo depicts four troopers from H Co. 3rd Battalion 504th PIR. (Photo
courtesy of
James Mc Namara)
- 504
- This photo depicts troopers from C Co. 1st Battalion 504th PIR marching through Nijmegen September 1944. (Photo
courtesy of
Benny Overhand)
- 504
- This photo depicts troopers from the 504th PIR Co H somewhere in England 1944. (Photo
courtesy of
Benny Overhand)
- 504
- This photo depicts a Platoon from Co.H of the 504th PIR assemble beside a C-47 before Operation Market Garden. (Photo
courtesy of
Phil Rosenkrantz and Mr.& Mrs. T.Finkbeiner)
- 504
- This photo depicts troopers from HQ Co. 1st Battalion 504th PIR. (Photo
courtesy of
James Mc Namara)
- 504
- View members of the 3rd Battalion of the 504th PIR near Ste Pierre Eglise, France. (Photo
courtesy of
Deborah Dunn)
- 504
- This photo depicts 3 troopers from HQ Co. 1st Battalion 504th PIR. (Photo
courtesy of
James Mc Namara)
- 504
- Various photos of Corporal Thomas Garcia and other troopers of H Company 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
(Photo courtesy of
April Jordan)
- 505
- Photo of E Company, 505th PIR troopers preparing for the D-Day invasion.
(Photo
courtesy of
Anthony Amorose)
- 505
- Photo of Company H 3rd Platoon, 505th PIR on the Company street in Quorn, England circa February 1944. (Photo
courtesy of
Les Cruise)
- 505
- Photo of Colonel James M Gavin, 505th PIR Commanding Officer giving last minute instructions prior to the invasion of Sicily. (Photo courtesy of Les Cruise)
- 508
- Photos of members of the 508th PIR in Frankfurt, Germany circa July, 1945.
(Photo
courtesy of
Janet Smylie Hart)
- 508
- Photos of Private C.H.Ellis of the 508th PIR Hq 2nd Battalion. (Photo courtesy of Caroline Hines)
- 320
- View a picture of Captain Hubert C Stewart the Battalion Surgeon of the 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion plus an entry in his diary during the Italian Campaign.
(Photo courtesy of
Robert Stewart)
- 325
- This photo depicts 3 Officers from F Co. 325th GIR. (Photo is part of the
325th GIR F Company Reenactor Website. e-mail:
David Bronson)
- 376
- Various photos of Tech 4 Darrell J Collette and other troopers of the 376 Parachute Field Artillery Battalion.
(Photo courtesy of
Dianna Jeanne Collette Davis)
- 376
- Additional photos of Tech 4 Darrell J Collette and other troopers of the 376 Parachute Field Artillery Battalion.
(Photo courtesy of
Dianna Jeanne Collette Davis)
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Articles
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- 504
- This recent newspaper article honors Colonel Delbert Kuehl who was one of the Chaplains of the 504th PIR during WW II. During Operation Market Garden then Captain Kuehl made the famous Waal River Crossing with the men of the 3rd Battalion under the command of Major Julian Cook.
(Article courtesy of
Birdie Westerdahl)
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PT
HF
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Homefront
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- 504
- View a newspaper article about the Biello Family during World War II.
(Article printed in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, March 10, 1945)
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Other
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Other
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- 504
- View page 9 of the S-2 Unit Journal for the 2nd Battalion of the 504th PIR on 26 December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge.
(Photo courtesy of
Thomas Pitt)
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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
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
Breuer, William B Drop Zone Sicily:
Allied Airborne Strike,July 1943. Novato, CA: Presidio, c1983. 212 p. ISBN: 089 141 1968
Breuer, William B
They Jumped at Midnight Jove Publishing, (P) c1990 ISBN: 0515104256
Burriss, T Moffatt
Strike and Hold: A Memoir of the 82nd Airborne in WW II Brasseys, Inc, 256 pp August,2000 ISBN: 1574882589
D'Este, Carlonbsp;
Decision in Normandy William S Konnecky Assc(P), 560 p. ISBN: 1568522606
D'Este, Carlo
Patton: A Genius for War 1024 pp ISBN: 0060927623
De Trez, Michel
American Paratrooper Helmets: Mediterranean & European Theater of Operations
June, 2010, Histoire & Collections, 272 p. ISBN: 2352501415
De Trez, Michel
American Warriors: Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers Prior to Normandy
July, 1998, D-Day Pub, 212 p. ISBN: 2960017609
De Trez, Michel
The Way We Were: "Doc" Daniel B. McIlvoy: Regimental Surgeon, 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division (WW II American Paratroopers Portrait Series)
August 20, 2004, D-Day Pub, 167 p. ISBN: 2960017668
De Trez, Michel
Colonel Bob Piper: G Company 505 PIR (WW II American Paratroopers Portrait Series)
March, 2003, D-Day Pub, 48 p. ISBN: 2960017641
De Trez, Michel
Orange is the Color of the Day: Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers in the
Invasion of Holland April, 2004, D-Day Pub, 506 p. ISBN: 2960017633
Falerios, Kenton J.
Give Me Something I Can't Do: The History of the 82nd Military Police Company, WW 1 to Iraq
Nov 2007, Authorhouse, 192 p ISBN: 1434337197
Francois, Dominique 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment: A Forgotten Regiment Heimdal (Aug 2002), 120 p. ISBN: 2840481642
Francois, Dominique 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Red Devils Heimdal (Aug 2003), 120 p. ISBN: 2840481723
Gavin, James M.
On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Hastings, Max Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy Simon and Shuster(JUV), 396 p.
ISBN: 0671554352
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
MacDonald, Charles B A Time For
Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge Wm Morrow & Co
(P), 720 p. ISBN: 068151574
Megallas , James All the Way to Berlin:
A Paratrooper at War in Europe 336p., Presidio Press, March, 2003. ISBN: 0891417842
Messina , Phillip Anzio: Song of
Destiny A.G.Halldin Publishing Company, 1992. ISBN: 0 935 64838 0
Nigl, Dr Alfred J & Charles A Nigl
Silent Wings - Savage Death Santa Ana, CA: Graphic Publishing, Dec 3,2007. 288 p. ISBN: 1882824318
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
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Beyond Valor
Free Press, 2001, 384 p. ISBN: 0684873842
Ospital, John
We Wore Jump Boots and Baggy Pants Willow House, 1977. 118 p. ISBN: 0912450150
Ruggero, Ed
Combat Jump: The Young Men who Led the Assault into Fortress Europe, July, 1943
HarperCollins, 10/21/2003. 388 p. ISBN: 0060088753
Ryan, Cornelius
The Longest Day Touchstone Books (P), 350 p. ISBN: 0671890913
Ryan, Cornelius
A Bridge Too Far 670p. ISBN: 0684803305
van Lunteren, Frank Blocking Kampfgruppe Peiper: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Battle of the Bulge Casemate, Sept 19,2015. 368 p. ISBN: 1612003133
van Lunteren, Frank The Battle of Bridges: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Operation Market Garden Casemate, June 1,2014. 336 p. ISBN: 1612002323
van Lunteren, Frank Spearhead of the Fifth Army: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Italy from the Winter Line To Anzio Casemate, Sept 16,2016. 320 p. ISBN: 161200427X
The Center of Military History
The War in the Mediterranean: A WWII Pictorial History Brasseys, Inc.,
465 p. ISBN:1574881302
Verier, Mike
82nd Airborne Division in
Colour Photographs (Europa Militaria, No 9) ISBN: 187 200 4857
Wildman, John B All Americans 82nd
Airborne. Meadowlands Militaria, 6/83 ISBN:091 208 1007
Wurst, Spencer & Gayle Descending From the Clouds: A Memoir of Combat in the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment: 82nd Airborne Division Casemate (Oct 2004), 256 p. ISBN: 1932033319
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