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The XVIII Airborne Corps during World War II
Trooper Pictures

1/Lt Gerard G Cameron (18 Corp)   CIC (Source: B Jeffries)

1/Lt Gerard G Cameron
218th/17th Abn CIC
KIA 24 March 1945 3(BS)

1/Sgt David H Ferrari - 54th Sig Bn

1/Sgt David H Ferrari
XVIII Abn Corps
Communications

T/4 Homer W Green - BS Attached from SC, 513th  (Courtesy: B Jeffries)

T/4 Homer W Green
XVIII Abn Corps
Company Hq (BS)


M/Sgt Arthur Heimer -  (Courtesy: Gary E Banas)

M/Sgt Arthur Heimer
XVIII Abn Corps
Company Hq

Pvt Royal A Walker also 320B/504 SvCo (Source:B Jeffries)

Pvt Royal A Walker
XVIII Abn Corps/320 B
Company Hq - Det A

T/Sgt Charles F Lumpkin

T/Sgt Charles F Lumpkin
XVIII Abn Corps
Communications


T/4 Leonard C Messer - Division Artillery/HQ Battery XVIII Corps Artillery - (Source: B Jeffries)

T/4 Leonard C Messer
XVIII Abn Corps Artillery
HQ Battery (101st)

1/Lt Harold P Clark  XVIII Corps Artillery Airborne, Assistant G-2 on the staff of the Theater Artillery Officer, ETO and Aide de Camp to the European Theater Inspector General.

1/Lt Harold P Clark
XVIII Abn Corps Artillery
Asst G-2



1st Allied Airborne Army
Pfc Rex K Booth(Source:B Jeffries)

Pfc Rex K Booth
1st AAB Army (US)
HQ-2ND AB Inf Brigade

S/Sgt Thomas J Blakey - BS/PH  (Courtesy: B Jeffries)

S/Sgt Thomas J Blakey
1st AAB Army (US)
HQ-2ND AB Inf Brig (BS)

Cpl Norbert A Gallas 194 Hq 1(Source:B Jeffries)

Cpl Norbert A Gallas
1st AAB Army (US)
HQ Co


Brig Gen Floyd L Parks -   (Courtesy: FAG)

Brig Gen Floyd L Parks
1st AAB Army (US)
Chief of Staff



I Airborne Corp (British)
LTG Sir Frederick M Browning -   (Courtesy: FAG)

LTG Frederick M Browning
1st AAB Army (British)
Deputy Command General



1st Airborne Division (British)
MG Roy E Urquhart -   (Courtesy: FAG)

MG Roy E Urquhart
1st AAB Army (British)
CO 1st Airborne Division

 >Maj Richard  Lonsdale -second-in-command (2IC) -   (Courtesy: FAG)

Maj Richard Dickie Lonsdale
1st AAB Army (British)
11th Para Btn (2IC)



  - 1st Parachute Battalion (British)
Lt Alastair D Clarkson -   (Courtesy: FAG)

Lt Alastair D Clarkson
1st AAB Army (British)
KIA 22 Sept 1944

Pvt Thomas Bailey - S ccompany 6th Platoon  (Courtesy: FAG)

Pvt Thomas Bailey
1st AAB (British) S Co
KIA 18 Sept 1944

Pvt Frederick A Strachan -   (Courtesy: FAG)

Pvt Frederick A Strachan
1st AAB Army (British)
KIA 25 Sept 1944



  - 2nd Parachute Battalion (British)
LTC John Dutton Frost -   (Courtesy: FAG)

LTC John Dutton Frost
1st AAB Army (British)
2nd Para Btn CO (MC/DSO)

Maj Digby Tatham-Warter -   (Courtesy: FAG)

Maj Digby Tatham-Warter
1st AAB Army (British)
Co A 2nd Para Btn CO

Capt John H Grayburn -  Victory Cross Recipient (Courtesy: FAG)

"Capt John H Grayburn
1st AAB Army (British) Co A
KIA 20 Sept 1944 (VC)


Maj Robert Henry Cain -  Victory Cross Recipient (Courtesy: FAG)

"Maj Robert Henry Cain
1st AAB Army (British)
Co B 2nd Para Btn CO (VC)

Lt Peter H Cane 6 Platoon, B Company, of the 2nd Parachute Battalion
		  (part of the 1st Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division) (Courtesy: FAG)

"Lt Peter H Cane
1st AAB Army (Brit) Co B
DOW 17 Sept 1944

Sgt William Burns (Courtesy: FAG)

"Sgt William Burns
1st AAB Army (British)
KIA 18 Sept 1944


Sgt John Thomson (Courtesy: FAG)

"Sgt John Thomson
1st AAB Army (British)
KIA 22 Sept 1944

Cpl John Ruddy (Courtesy: FAG)

"Cpl John Ruddy
1st AAB Army (British)
KIA 21 Sept 1944

Pvt Archibald H McAuslan (Courtesy: FAG)

"Pvt Archibald H McAuslan
1st AAB Army (British)
KIA 22 Sept 1944



6th Airborne Division (British)
MG Eric L Bois 6th Brit AB Div CO) (Courtesy: FAG)

MG Eric L Bois
1st AAB Army (British)
CO 6th Airborne Div (44-45)

LTC Jevon Nicklin - KIA 3/24/45 6th Brit AB Div  (Courtesy: FAG)

LTC Jevon Nicklin
1st AAB Army (Canadian)
KIA 24 March 1945

LTC George Hewetson 6th Brit AB Div  (Courtesy: FAG)

LTC George Hewetson
1st AAB Army (British)
CO 8th Para Battalion


Maj John Tilley 6th Brit AB Div (2IC) (Courtesy: FAG)

Maj John Tilley
1st AAB Army (British)
8th Para Battalion (2IC)



1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Polish)
Brig Gen Stanislaw Sosabowski -   (Courtesy: FAG)

BG Stanislaw Sosabowski
1st AAB Army (Polish)
CO 1st Polish Para Brigade

Sgt Ludwik Podolanski -   (Courtesy: PaulPD)

Sgt Ludwik Podolanski
1st AAB Army (Polish)
1st Polish Para Brigade

Pvt Dymitr Abramiuk - Rifleman  (Courtesy: Polish War Graves)

Pvt Dymitr Abramiuk
1st AAB Army (Polish)
KIA 25 Sept 1944


Cpl Boleslaw Aniol - Medical Co  (Courtesy: Polish War Graves)

Cpl Boleslaw Aniol
1st AAB (Polish) Med Co
KIA 25 Sept 1944

Pvt Bronislaw Banas - Rifleman 8th Rifle Battalion (Courtesy: Polish War Graves)

Pvt Bronislaw Banas
1st AAB Army (Polish)
KIA 26 Sept 1944





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Ambrose, Stephen E Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945. Simon & Schuster, (Nov 1997) 528 p. ISBN: 0-684-81525-7
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
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
Bando, Mark A  Avenging Eagles: Forbidden tales of the 101st Airborne in World War 2. Bando Publishing, (2006) 183 p. ISBN: 0977911705
Bando, Mark A  101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles at Normandy. Zenith Press, (Apr 2001) 156 p. ISBN: 0760308551
Bando, Mark A  Vanguard of the Crusade: The US 101st Airborne Division in WW II. The Aberjona Press, (June 2003) 320 p. ISBN: 0971765006
Blair, Jr, Clay Ridgway's Paratroopers: The American Airborne in WW II. New York: Doubleday, 1985 588 p. ISBN: 0385278888
Bowen, Robert 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles at Normandy. Motorbooks International, (April 15,2001) 156 p. ISBN: 1853674656
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 Operation Dragoon: The Allied Invasion of the South of France. Presidio Press, Sept 1987 261 p. ISBN: 0891413073
Breuer, William B Unexplained Mysteries of World War II. John Wiley & Sons, Sept 1998 256 p. ISBN:0471291072
Burgett, Donald R Currahee!. Presidio Press, (Sept 1999) 256 p. ISBN: 0-891-41681-1
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  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
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
Gabel, Kurt The Making of a Paratrooper: Airborne Training and Combat in World War II Univ Press of Kansas (Jan 1990), 282 p. ISBN: 070060409X
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
Giard, Régis & Frédéric Blais Helmets of the ETO: A Historical & Technical Guide Histoire & Collections (Jan 2008), 216 p. ISBN: 2352500621
Hastings, Max Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy Simon and Shuster(JUV), 396 p. ISBN: 0671554352
Hicks, Anne The Last Fighting General: The Biography of Robert Tryon Frederick Schiffer Pub Ltd, 320pp, ISBN: 0764324306
Inglesby, Leo C A Corporal Once Xlibris  2/2/2001, 108 p. ISBN: 0738838209
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
Kershaw, Alex The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon Da Capo Press, 288 pp November 30, 2004 ISBN: 0306813041
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Koskimaki, George E Hell's Highway: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in Holland, September-November 1944 Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, 453 pp March 1, 2003 ISBN: 193203305X
Koskimaki, George E The Battered Bastards of Bastogne: A Chronicle of the Defense of Bastogne, December 19, 1944 - January 17, 1945 Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, 484 pp December 1, 2002 ISBN: 1932033068
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
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Beyond Valor  Free Press, 2001, 384 p. ISBN: 0684873842
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
Post, Robyn, Guarnere, William & Heffron, Edward  Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends  Berkley Hardcover, 10/2/2007. 320 p. ISBN: 0425217280
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Ryan, Cornelius  A Bridge Too Far 670p. ISBN: 0684803305
Tomedi, Rudy Ridgeway: A Biography of One of America's Greatest Generals William Morrow & Company, 320 p. ISBN: 068816207X
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