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1st
Sgt Leonard Funk
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The 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion - Trooper Pictures
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| Company A |
Pvt Gene J Appleby
508th PIR Co A
KIA 18 Sept 1944 |
Pfc George E Barron
508th PIR Co A
KIA 19 Sept 1944 |
Pvt Nicholas V Battiste
508th PIR Co A
KIA 8 June 1944 |
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Pvt Ralph P Bellesfield
508th PIR Co A
KIA 17 Sept 1944 |
S/Sgt Robert R Brewer
508th PIR Co A
POW/DOW 08 Feb 1945 |
Pvt Edwin F Carpenter
508th PIR Co A
KIA 6 June 1944 |
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S/Sgt George W Clement III
508th PIR Co A
KIA 31 Dec 1944 BS(OLC) |
Pfc Roy W Coburn
508th PIR Co A
KIA 23 Dec 1944 |
Pvt Richard R Davis
508th PIR Co A
KIA 19 Sept 1944 |
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Pfc Clyde W Deaver Jr
508th PIR Co A
KIA 19 Sept 1944 |
Pvt Walter Dikoon
508th PIR Co A
KIA 21 Sept 1944 |
Sgt John A Dilliner
508th PIR Co A
KIA 24 Dec 1944 |
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Cpl Thomas M Dobbs
508th PIR Co A
KIA 29 Dec 1944 (SS) |
Cpl Walter Firestine
508th PIR Co A
KIA 31 Dec 1944 (SS) |
Pvt Oscar Gomez
508th PIR Co A
KIA 24 Dec 1944 |
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Pfc Ernest J Lamson
508th PIR
Company A |
Pfc Hugh Van Winkle
508th PIR Co A
KIA 31 Dec 1944 |
Pfc Donald E Walling
508th PIR Co A
KIA 15 June 1944 |
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1/Lt Rex G. Combs
508th PIR Co A
Silver Star(OLC)Recipient |
2/Lt Boyd A Alexander
508th PIR Co A
KIA 20 Sept 1944 |
Capt Lionel O Frigo
508th PIR Co A
Bronze Star Recipient |
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Company B |
Pfc Jafet Alfonso
508th PIR Co B
KIA 20 Sept 1944 |
Pvt Carl A Angeloff Jr
508th PIR Co B
KIA 20 Sept 1944 |
Pvt William V Askren
508th PIR Co B
MIA 21 Sept 1944 |
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S/Sgt Harold J Brogan
508th PIR Co B
KIA 4 July 1944 |
Pvt Elmer T Bryant
508th PIR Co B
KIA 06 June 1944 |
Cpl Cecil W Cassity
508th PIR Co B
MIA 21 Sept 1944 (BS) |
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Pvt Ewell T Cooper
508th PIR Co B
KIA 06 June 1944 |
Pvt John A Daum
508th PIR Co B
KIA 8 June 1944 |
1/Sgt Robert S Gerald
508th PIR Co B
KIA 08 June 1944 |
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Cpl Jack Gunter
508th PIR Co B
KIA 05 July 1944 |
Pfc George E Krixer
508th PIR Co B
KIA 7 Jan 1945 |
Pvt Milton E Mackey
508th PIR Co B
3rd Platoon 3rd Squad |
|
Sgt John Edward Payet
508th PIR Co B
KIA 26 Dec 1944 |
M/Sgt Shufford C Rowe
508th PIR Co B
BS(OLC)/PH(OLC) |
Pfc Roland E. Terhune
508th PIR Co B
KIA 7 June 1944 |
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Pfc William Windom
508th PIR
Company B |
1/Lt Edward Wheelock
508th PIR
Company B |
2/Lt Thomas L Rockwell
508th PIR Co B
KIA 24 Dec 1944 |
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2/Lt William S Scudder
508th PIR Co B
KIA 3 July 1944 |
2/Lt Herbert Hoffman
508th PIR Co A/B
Platoon Leader |
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Company C |
T/5 Donald R Adams
508th PIR Co C/Med
KIA 20 Sept 1944 (SS/BS) |
Pvt George J Bates
508th PIR Co C
KIA 14 Feb 1945 |
Pvt Edward B Brown
508th PIR Co C
KIA 18 Sept 1944 |
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Pfc James A Childs
508th PIR Co C
KIA 18 Sept 1944 (BS) |
Pfc Gordon H Cullings
508th PIR Co C
Silver Star Recipient |
Pfc Cyril K De Vay
508th PIR Co C
KIA 23 Aug 1944 |
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1st Sgt Leonard A. Funk
508th PIR Co C
Medal of Honor |
S/Sgt George Hamman
508th PIR
Company C |
Pvt John E Lane
508th PIR Co C
KIA 7 June 1944 |
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Sgt Andrew W Lowei
508th PIR Co C
KIA 5 Jan 1945 |
S/Sgt Russell F Milliken
508th PIR Co C
Bronze Star Recipient |
Pfc Coy Lee Moore
508th PIR
Company C |
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Pvt Robert Nobles
508th PIR Co C
POW - Normandy |
T/Sgt William (Doc) Savage
508th PIR
Company C |
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Headquarters Company 1st Battalion (HQ 1) |
Pvt James D Bateman
508th PIR Co Hq 1
KIA 15 June 1944 |
Pvt Daniel R Benton
508th PIR Hq 1
KIA 15 June 1944 |
Pfc Steve Birow
508th PIR Hq 1
KIA 22 June 1944 |
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Cpl Forrest V Brewer
508th PIR Co Hq 1
KIA 06 June 1944 |
T/Sgt Warren R Brown
508th PIR Co Hq 1
Bronze Star Recipient |
Pfc William H Brown
508th PIR
Hq 1 |
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Pfc William P Brown
508th PIR
HQ 1 |
Pfc John Derzipilski
508th PIR HQ 1
KIA 10 Feb 1945 |
Sgt Owen B Hill
508th PIR
HQ 1 Company |
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Sgt William B Goudy
508th PIR
HQ 1 Company |
Cpl Wilbur E James
508th PIR HQ 1
KIA 24 Dec 1944 |
Sgt Augustus D Labate
508th PIR HQ 1
KIA 7 June 1944 |
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Pvt George A Luperchio
508th PIR HQ 1
1st Battalion |
Sgt Kenneth Merritt
508th PIR HQ 1
Silver Star Recipient |
Sgt Harry N Metcalf
508th PIR HQ 1
1st Battalion |
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Pvt George Allen Newby
508th PIR
HQ 1 Company |
Pfc Joseph Nadeau
508th PIR HQ 1
KIA 6 June 1944 |
Pfc Arnold J Sims
508th PIR HQ 1
KIA 7 June 1944 |
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Pvt Martin J Teahan
508th PIR HQ 1
KIA 23 June 44 |
Pvt Donald W Wininger
508th PIR HQ 1
KIA 6 June 44 |
1/Lt George I Stoeckert
508th PIR HQ 1
Platoon Leader |
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Capt Gerard A Ruddy
508th PIR HQ 1
KIA 6 June 44 |
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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
Astor, Gerald
A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It.
Mass Market Paperback, 1994 ISBN: 0440215749
Badsey , Stephen & Chandler, David G (Editor)
Arnhem 1944:
Operation "Market Garden" (Campaign No.24) 1993 96p. ISBN: 1855323028
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(World War II 50th Anniversary Series). Crestwood House, 48 pp May,1993 ISBN: 0896865681
Blair, Jr, Clay Ridgway's Paratroopers:
The American Airborne in WW II. New York: Doubleday, 1985 588 p. ISBN: 0385278888
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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
Breuer, William B Unexplained
Mysteries of World War II. John Wiley & Sons, Sept 1998 256 p. ISBN:0471291072
Burns, Dwayne T & Leland Burns Jump Into the Valley of the Shadow: The War Memories of Dwayne Burns Communications Sergeant - 508th PIR. Casemate, (Sept 2006) 256 p. ISBN: 1932033491
Burriss, T Moffatt
Strike and Hold: A Memoir of the 82nd Airborne in WW II Brasseys, Inc, 256 pp August,2000 ISBN: 1574882589
Butler, Rupert
SS: Leibstandarte: The History of the First SS Division 1933-45 (Waffen SS Divisional Histories) Amber Books,
192 p. ISBN:1782742492
Butler, Rupert
SS: Wiking: The History of the Fifth SS Division 1941-45 (Waffen SS Divisional Histories) Amber Books,
192 p. ISBN:1782742484
Butler, Rupert
SS: Hitlerjugend: The History of the Twelfth SS Division 1943-45 (Waffen SS Divisional Histories) Amber Books,
192 p. ISBN:1782742476
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
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
Cpl Forrest Guth: E Company 506 PIR 101st Airborne Division (WW II American Paratroopers Portrait Series)
March, 2002, D-Day Pub, 56 p. ISBN: 296001765X
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
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
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 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
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
Inglesby, Leo C A Corporal Once Xlibris
2/2/2001, 108 p. ISBN: 0738838209
Jakeway, Don Paratroopers Do or Die!
ASIN: B0031HBGC0 1996
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
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
Nordyke , Phil The All Americans in World War II: A Photographic History of the 82nd Airborne Division at War Zenith Press, May 2006. 192 pgs ISBN: 0760326177
Nordyke , Phil Four Stars of Valor: The Combat History of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II Zenith Press, November 2006. 480 pgs ISBN: 0760326649
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
Ruggero, Ed
The First Men In: US Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Day
HarperCollins, 6/13/2006. 368 p. ISBN: 0060731281
Ryan, Cornelius
The Longest Day Touchstone Books (P), 350 p. ISBN: 0671890913
Ryan, Cornelius
A Bridge Too Far 670p. ISBN: 0684803305
The Center of Military History
The War in the Mediterranean: A WWII Pictorial History Brasseys, Inc.,
465 p. ISBN:1574881302
Turnbull, Peter
I Maintain The Right: The 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion in WW II Authorhouse, Oct 31,2005. 204 p. ISBN: 1420871447
Turnbull, Peter
The Last Full Measure of Devotion: Roll of Honour for the 307th Abn Engr Bn WWII Independent, Jan 13, 2021. 255 p. ISBN-13: 979-8581529140
sp;Authorhouse, Oct 31,2005. 204 p. ISBN: 1420871447
Van Lunteren, Frank The Battle of Bridges: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Operation Market Garden Casemate, June 1,2014. 336 p. ISBN: 1612002323
Verier, Mike
82nd Airborne Division in
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Wildman, John B All Americans 82nd
Airborne. Meadowlands Militaria, 6/83 ISBN:091 208 1007
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