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""owed by so many to so few."
................................................... ...Sir Winston Churchill
 
 
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    319th GFAB
    320th GFAB
    376th PFAB
    456th PFAB
    80th AAA
    82nd Signal Co
    782nd Ord Maint Co
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504th PIR WW II
Medal of Honor Recipient

Pvt John R.Towle




Silver Star Recipients
1/Lt Chester Anderson
1/Lt Reneau G Breard
Captain T. Moffatt Burriss
1/Lt Hanford A Files
2/Lt Wayne Hockett
Capt.Delbert A.Kuehl
Major John S.Lekson
Captain George J Watts
2/Lt William G Yepsen







R E L A T E D
R E S O U R C E S

The 82nd Airborne (CMH) Center for Military History

Sicily (CMH)

Salerno (CMH)

Naples Foggia (CMH)

Anzio (CMH)
The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Roll of Honor  Officers

 LastName FirstName MI Tle Rank Unit Location Date   Status Cemetery

Bartley Jack M Capt Serv Belgium 12/21/44 H-C
Beall William R Major Hq 3 Italy 9/24/43 S-R
Beld James B 2/Lt Hq-Hq Sicily 7/11/43 S-R
Breathwit James G 2/Lt Co G Italy 12/14/43 S-R
Briggs Richard H 2/Lt Co I Sicily 7/10/43 MIA S-R WOM
Busby Harry F 1/Lt Co I Holland 9/20/44 MAR
Cannizzaro Francis R 1/Lt Med Sicily 7/11/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  MIA S-R WOM
Cline George W II 1/Lt Co G Sicily 7/10/43 MIA S-R WOM
Cohen Eugene R 1/Lt Serv Sicily 7/11/43 USA/NY
Collins Patrick C 1/Lt Co C Belgium 12/21/44 H-C
Crochet Milton J 1/Lt Co B Anzio 1/25/44 USA/LA
Crockett G P 1/Lt Hq 1 Belgium 2/2/45 USA/AZ
Cummings Harry J Capt Serv Sicily 7/11/43 USA/NY
Currier Robert S 1/Lt Co A Holland 9/21/44 USA/DE
Danneman Otis A Capt Serv Sicily 7/11/43 S-R
Digan Edward C 2/Lt Hq 3 Sicily 7/13/43 USA/NY
Dunavant Henry C 1/Lt Co A Belgium 1/30/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures USA/NC
Dunham Don B Major Hq-Hq Italy 9/17/43 USA/CA
Ferrill Willis J 1/Lt Co I Anzio 1/23/44 USA/MI
Files Hanford A 1/Lt Co E Holland 9/17/44 SS MAR
Foley Thomas J Jr 1/Lt Hq 1 Anzio 3/19/44 S-R
Gerard Gus 1/Lt Co C Anzio 2/10/44 LUX
Gerle Peter Jr 2/Lt Co H Italy 12/17/43 USA/PA
Gilson Frank W 1/Lt Co I Italy 12/12/43 S-R
Gutterman Harold M 2/Lt Hq-Hq Italy 11/14/43 S-R
Harris Richard A 1/Lt Co F Belgium 1/7/45 USA/NJ
Henderson Hugh A 2/Lt Hq 2 Sicily 7/11/43 USA/OK
Henderson James F 2/Lt Co D Ardennes 2/21/45 DOW USA/OK
Heneisen Robert V 2/Lt Co F Holland 10/6/44 ARD
Hockett Wayne 2/Lt Co D Anzio 1/25/44 SS/MIA S-R
James Roy L 1/Lt Co E Germany 2/2/45 USA/MD
Johnson Robert N Capt Hq 2 Italy 12/16/43 S-R
Johnson Lawrence P Capt Co H Sicily 7/11/43 MIA S-R
Kaufman Herbert C Capt Hq 3 Sicily 7/11/43 S-R
Kemble Howard A 1/Lt Hq 1 Belgium 12/20/44 USA
Kennedy Edward W 1/Lt Co I Holland 11/1/44 DOW USA/MA
Kierstead James C 2/Lt Co G Italy 12/12/43 USA/NH
McOmber Marshall C 1/Lt Co G Sicily 7/11/43 S-R
Messina John S 1/Lt Hq 3 Sicily 7/13/43 S-R
Morin Earl V 1/Lt Co A Belgium 1/29/45 DOW H-C
Morrison Earl F 2/Lt Co D Italy 12/18/43 DOW USA/NY
Neilson Alexander 2/Lt Co A Anzio 1/30/44 USA/CT
Nightingale Lyle 2/Lt Co C Italy 11/18/43 S-R
Norman Herbert H Capt Co E Ardennes 2/8/45 DOW USA/GA
Reilly James F 2/Lt Co B Anzio 1/25/44 USA/MA
Rollins Harry W 2/Lt Co D Belgium 12/26/44 POW
Scheibelein Edward M 2/Lt Co F Holland 10/25/44 MAR
Seyebe Steve 1/Lt Co G Holland 9/20/44 USA/NJ
Sharp William E Jr 1/Lt Co E Germany 2/2/45 H-C
Simmons James D 1/Lt Co F Anzio 2/16/44 USA/NC
Smith Richard A 2/Lt Co B Belgium 12/21/44 USA/WVA
Snyder Charles J 2/Lt Hq 3 Holland 9/28/44 USA/VA
Spooner John W 1/Lt Co A Germany 4/7/45 BS/PH(3OLC) MAR
Wall Ned E 1/Lt Co A Italy 9/17/43  Photo on Trooper Pictures USA/KS
Washburn Hubert H 1/Lt Med Sicily 7/11/43 USA/PA
Watts George J Capt Co G Italy 12/12/43 SS S-R
Wisniewski Edward T 1/Lt Co D Holland 9/26/44 DOW USA/NY
Wright Robert S 2/Lt Co G Holland 11/2/44 USA/CA
Yepsen William G 2/Lt Hq 1 Belgium 12/20/44 SS H-C

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
Breuer, William B  Agony at Anzio: The Allies Most Controversial and Bizarre Operation of WW II Jove Publishing, 1989 ISBN: 0515102113
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
Carter, Ross S  Those Devils in Baggy Pants  Buccaneer Books, Reprint,1996 ISBN: 0899666132
Crutchfield, Winston S  Pathfinder: A conversation with Buck Hilton and other historical documents about Native American veterans  CreateSpace, 180 pp, Aug 2009 ISBN: 1448679559
D'Este, Carlo  Patton: A Genius for War 1024 pp ISBN: 0060927623
Devlin, Gerard S  Paratrooper! St Martin's Press, (P) c1976 ISBN: 0312596529
Gavin, James M.  On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Keegan, John The Second World War Penguin (P), 708 p. ISBN: 014011341X
MacDonald, Charles B  A Time For Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge Wm Morrow & Co (P), 720 p. ISBN: 068151574
Messina , Phillip Anzio: Song of Destiny A.G.Halldin Publishing Company, 1992. ISBN: 0 935 64838 0
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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