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Distinguished Service Cross(DSC) Recipients
Sgt Pat Berardi
2/Lt Mills T Lowe
S/Sgt Edward B Reed
T/Sgt Robert C Steele














Silver Star Recipients
2/Lt Jack L Beeson
Capt William E Bostwick
Capt S E Cavanaugh(OLC)
Maj W L Chambers (OLC)
Maj John G Ciceri
1/Lt Glenn D Covert
1/Lt Pete E Diffenbaugh
1/Lt Albert J Ellison
1/Lt Arthur Fenske
Maj William F Frick
1/Lt Andrew B Galligan
1/Lt Melvin Garten
Col Orin D Haugen
Lt Col Frank S Holcombe
1/Lt David L C Hover
Capt C E Jenkins (OLC)
1/Lt Randolph W Kirkland
Capt Robert H Kliewer
Col Edward H Lahti (OLC)
2/Lt Mills T Lowe
Maj Robert McCleary
Maj Frederick A McGinnis
Capt Thomas A Mesereau
Capt William M Miley
1/Lt Roger L Miller
Maj Arthur L Moseley
2/Lt Robert Norris
1/Lt Stanley Orchel
1/Lt Joe C Phelan
1/Lt Lemuel T Pitts
1/Lt John Ringler(OLC)
1/Lt James E H Rumbough
2/Lt Vincent F Ryan
Lt Col Norman Shipley
Capt Ray E Spendlove
Lt Col John L Strong
Col Norman E Tipton
Capt Julius J Toth
Capt Philip Ulrich
Capt Charles E Vanepps
1/Lt Merkel Varner
Capt Hobart B Wade
Capt Patrick W Wheeler (OLC)
The 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Roll of Honor Officers

 LastName FirstName MI Tle Rank Unit Location Date   Status Cemetery

Bostwick William E Capt Hq 1 Luzon 4/13/45 SS ML
Carter Preston D 1/Lt RHQ So Manila 2/6/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/MS
Cavanagh Joseph F 1/Lt Co G Leyte 12/8/44 USA/NY
Coghill Bert D 1/Lt Co D Leyte 1/10/47 DOW/MI USA/IL
Davis Norvin L 1/Lt Co E Luzon 4/22/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/NV
Diffenbaugh Pete D 1/Lt Co H Leyte 12/13/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS ML
Egan Thomas F III 2/Lt Hq 1 Luzon 2/17/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ML
Ellison Albert J 1/Lt Co E Luzon 2/8/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS ML
Galligan Andrew B 1/Lt Hq 1 Luzon 2/6/45 SS USA/PA
Goodlett Daniel D 1/Lt Hq 2 Luzon 2/6/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ML
Hacker Herman 2/Lt Hq 3 Philippines
Haugen Orin D Col RHQ Luzon 2/22/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS/DOW USA/ND
Jenkins Charles E Capt Hq 2 Leyte 12/19/44 SS (OLC) USA/LA
Kannely Walter E 1/Lt Co D Luzon 8/12/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures BS(OLC) USA/CA
LaBar Eugene S 2/Lt Co B Leyte 12/3/44 USA/NY
Maloney John H Jr 2/Lt Co I Leyte 12/7/44 USA/MA
Mc Laughlin Arthur B 1/Lt Hq 1 Leyte 12/3/44 USA/MA
Moseley Arthur L Maj RHQ Luzon 2/16/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS/AM USA/TX
Norris Robert 2/Lt Co E Leyte 12/8/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS/MIA ML WOM
Phelan Joe C 1/Lt Co C Leyte 11/27/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS ML
Redmon Evan W 1/Lt Hq 2 Leyte 12/15/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/NE
Rumbough James E.H. 1/Lt Co E Leyte 12/3/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS ML
Ryan Vincent F 2/Lt Co A Luzon 4/27/45 USA/MN
Stoeckley Edward C 1/Lt Co H Luzon 2/8/45 USA/IN
Varner Merkel 1/Lt RHQ Leyte 11/27/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS/BS ML WOM
Wheeler Patrick W Capt Co G Luzon 2/10/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS(OLC) ML
Wilson Edgar L 1/Lt Co E Luzon 2/4/45 BS ML
Wylie James E 1/Lt Co C Leyte 11/27/44 USA/NE


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
Archer, Clark Paratroopers Odyssey : A History of the 517th Parachute Combat Team. 266p., 1985, ISBN: 0961601507
Astor, Gerald 'Battling Buzzards': The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team 1943-1945. 338p., 7/93, Donald I Fine Pub, ISBN: 0440236932
Badsey , Stephen & Chandler, David G (Editor)  Arnhem 1944: Operation "Market Garden" (Campaign No.24) 1993 96p. ISBN: 1855323028
Breuer, William B Geronimo! American Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
Brooks, Victor Hell is Upon Us: D-Day in the Pacific-Saipan to Guam, June-August 1944. Da Capo Press, (Sept 2005) 384 p. ISBN: 0306813696
Davis, Donald A Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor. New York: St. Martin Press, (March, 2005) 400 p. ISBN: 0-312-30906-6
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
Devlin, Gerard S  Paratrooper! St Martin's Press, (P) c1976 ISBN: 0312596529
Flanagan, Lt Gen E. M. Jr. USA (Ret.) The Angels: A History of the 11th Airborne Division 1943-46 10/89, Presidio Press, 422 p. ISBN: 0891413588
Gassend, Jean-Loup Operation Dragoon: Autopsy of a Battle: The Allied Liberation of the French Riviera August-September 1944 Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (May 28, 2014), 560 p. ISBN: 076434580X
Gavin, James M.  On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Golden, Lewis Echoes From Arnhem Penguin ISBN: 0718305213
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
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
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Beyond Valor  Free Press, 2001, 384 p. ISBN: 0684873842
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Into the Rising Sun: In Their Own Words, World War II's Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat  Free Press, 3/13/2002, 320 p. ISBN: 0743214803
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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