U.S.Airborne

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much
""owed by so many to so few."
................................................... ...Sir Winston Churchill
 
 
Trooper Pictures
    509th PIB
    550th AB
    551st PIB
    334th QM Co
 
  Division History
    1st ABTF
    11th Abn Div
    13th Abn Div
    17th Abn Div
    82nd Abn Div
    101st Abn Div
 
  Resources
    Multimedia
    Books
    Glossary
 
    Form (SF-180)
 
    Combat Jumps
    C.R.I.B.A.
 
 
Organizations
  82nd Airborne Assoc
  325th GIR Assoc
  504th PIR Assoc
  508th PIR Assoc
  Other Airborne Assoc
 

Bookmark and Share
















Distinguished Service Cross(DSC) Recipients
Cpl Robert H Hill
Pfc Milo C Huempfner






R E L A T E D
S I T E S

Night Raid (The Dropzone)

USAAF Airborne Troop Carriers in World War II

551st Parachute Infantry Battalion
Trooper Pictures

Lt Col Wood G Joerg

Lt Col Wood G Joerg
551st PIB CO
KIA 7 Jan 45

Pvt Joseph M Cicchinelli

Pvt Joseph M Cicchinelli
551st PIB Co A
POW

S/Sgt Douglas C Dillard

S/Sgt Douglas C Dillard
551st PIB
Company A


Pfc Archie P Coward (Source: Pat Avinger)

Pfc Archie P Coward
551st PIB
Company A

Cpl Robert H Hill - DSC Recipient (Courtesy: Gordon Stewart: WW II Airborne Demonstration Team)

Cpl Robert H Hill
551st PIB Co A
KIA 7 Jan 45 (DSC)

Pfc Charles W Miller - 551st Company A

Pfc Charles W Miller
551st PIB
Company A


Pfc Albert Anthony Pate - 551A/508F

Pfc Albert A Pate
551st PIB
Company A

Sgt Lawrence C Stankus

Sgt Lawrence C Stankus
551st PIB Co A
KODY 31 July 44

1/Lt Lester E Kurtz

1/Lt Lester E Kurtz
551st PIB Co B
KIA 27 Dec 44


T/5 Jack Roland (Courtesy: Dominique Potier)

T/5 Jack Roland
551st PIB/508 PIR
Company B

S/Sgt James Morton Davis - 551st PIB/82nd Airborne

S/Sgt James Morton Davis
551st PIB
Company C

Pfc Joseph Viserta - 551st PIB (Courtesy: Dominique Potier)

Pfc Joseph Viserta
551st PIB
Company C


Cpl John M Clark

Cpl John M Clark
551st PIB
Company Hq

Pvt James T Cleary - Silver Star Recipient (Courtesy: Gordon Stewart: WW II Airborne Demonstration Team)

Pvt James T Cleary
551st PIB Co Hq
KIA 7 Jan 45 (SS)

Pfc Milo C Huempfner

Pfc Milo C Huempfner
551st PIB Serv Co
DSC


1/Lt Richard Hallock - 504 PIR Co A 3rd Platoon & 551st PIB Company C(Courtesy: Frank Van Lunteren)

1/Lt Richard Hallock
551st PIB
Company C

Captain William Smith - 517th PIR Co F Commander and 501st PIR (Courtesy: Dominique Potier)

Captain William Smith
551st PIB/517th PIR
Company C

Captain Edward W Hartman

Capt Edward W Hartman
551st PIB
S-2





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
Breuer, William B Geronimo! American Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
Breuer, William B Operation Dragoon: The Allied Invasion of the South of France. Presidio Press, Sept 1987 261 p. ISBN: 0891413073
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
De Trez, Michel  First Airborne Task Force: Pictorial History of the Allied Paratroopers in the Invasion of Southern France 7/98, D-Day Pub, 500 p. ISBN: 2960017625
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
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
Orafalea, Gregory  Messengers of the Lost Battalion : The Heroic 551st and the Turning of the Tide at the Battle of the Bulge Free Press, March 14,1997. 432 p. ISBN: 068 482 804 9
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
Yardley, Doyle R  Home Was Never Like This. Yardley Enterprises, Aug, 2002, 312 p. ISBN:0971743908


More Books  |  Multimedia  |  WW2-Airborne Store  |  Support  |  Comments  |  Glossary