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(above insignia)
517th PIR Patch


517th PIR WW II
Medal of Honor Recipient

Pfc Melvin E Biddle










































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517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion - Trooper Pictures

Company A
Pfc John B Dickson - WIA 25 Dec 44 Soy-Hotten Belgium

Pfc John B Dickson
517th PIR
Company A

Pfc Robert Lee Crawford

Pfc Robert Lee Crawford
517th PIR
Company A

Cpl Jack W Dallas - Silver Star Recipient

Cpl Jack W Dallas
517th PIR Co A
KIA 8 Feb 45 (SS OLC)


Pfc Fred Davalos

Pfc Fred Davalos
517th/551st
Company A

Pvt Jesse Ellington  (Source: B Jeffries)

Pvt Jesse Ellington
517th PIR Co A
DODY 1 Oct 1943

Pvt Calvin Haar

Pvt Calvin Haar
517th PIR
Company A


S/Sgt Richard G Hollister

S/Sgt Richard G Hollister
517th PIR
Company A

Sgt Albert R Wise

Sgt Albert R Wise
517th PIR Co A
KIA 5 Jan 1945 (BS)

Capt Joseph Broudy Commanding Officer - BS/PH(OLC) (Source: B Jeffries)

Capt Joseph Broudy
517th PIR Co A
Commanding Officer (BS)



Company B
Pfc Melvin E Biddle Medal of Honor Recipient

Pfc Melvin E Biddle
517th PIR (MOH)
Company B

Pfc Francis A Bloom

Pfc Francis A Bloom
517th PIR Co B
KIA 3 Jan 1945

Cpl Cpl James C Carpenter - Bronze Star/Purple Heart Recipient (Source:B Jeffries)

Cpl James C Carpenter
517th PIR Co B
Bronze Star Recipient


Pvt Ian Cowan - Bronze Star Recipient

Pvt Ian Cowan
517th PIR
Company B

Sgt John Raul D Flores

Sgt John Raul D Flores
517th PIR
Company B

Pvt Doyle E Gray

Pvt Doyle E Gray
517th PIR Co B
KIA 2 Feb 1945


Pfc David B Haight

Pfc David B Haight
517th PIR Co B
KIA 27 Sept 1944

Pvt Harry A Hill

Pvt Harry A Hill
517th PIR
Company B

Pfc Michael Hreben Sr

Pfc Michael Hreben Sr
517th PIR Co B
DOW 17 Feb 1945


Sgt David A Rivers - Silver Star Recipient

Sgt David A Rivers
517th PIR Co B
KIA 23 Dec 1944 (SS)

S/Sgt Joseph F Van Ness - Bronze Star Recipient

S/Sgt Joseph F Van Ness
517th PIR Co B
KIA 31 Aug 1944 (BS)

Cpl Cornelius Van Regenmorter - Silver Star/Purple Heart Recipient (Source:B Jeffries)

Cpl C. Van Regenmorter
517th PIR Co B
Silver Star Recipient


1/Lt Thomas L Rea

1/Lt Thomas L Rea
517th PIR Co B
KIA 9 Feb 1945



Company C
Pvt Frank Barringer - Replacement (Source:Shawn Smith)

Pvt Frank Barringer
517th PIR Co C
KODY 13 Apr 1945 *[Repl]

1/Sgt E.W.Bolin

1/Sgt E. W. Bolin
517th PIR
Company C

Sgt Stanley S Brown PH(OLC)

Sgt Stanley S Brown
517th PIR Co C
KIA 24 Dec 1944


Cpl Albert J Caraciolo

Cpl Albert J Caraciolo
517th PIR Co C
KIA 14 Jan 45

Cpl Edward J Lang

Cpl Edward J Lang
517th PIR Co C
KIA 24 Dec 1944

Pvt Alvie F Ren

Pvt Alvie F Ren
517th PIR Co C
KIA 5 Jan 1945


Pvt Carl G Salmon - Silver Star Recipient

Pvt Carl G Salmon
517th PIR Co C
DOW 17 Aug 1944 (SS)

Pfc Tildon W Shaddox

Pfc Tildon W Shaddox
517th PIR Co C
DOW 9 Feb 1945

T/5 John D Wilkins - PH(OLC)

T/5 John D Wilkins
517th PIR Co C
KIA 5 Jan 1945


2/Lt Roland A Beaudoin

2/Lt Roland A Beaudoin
517th PIR Co C
KIA 24 Dec 1944

Captain Charles E La Chausee

Capt Charles E La Chausee
517th PIR
CO Company C



Headquarters Company 1st Battalion (HQ 1)
Pvt Lincoln W Ackerman - Company Hq 1 (Source: B Jeffries)

Pvt Lincoln W Ackerman
517th PIR Co Hq 1
KIA 16 Jan 1945

Pvt Robert (Bobby) Fidler - Company Hq 1 (Source: B Jeffries)

Pvt Robert (Bobby) Fidler
517th PIR Co Hq 1
DOW 23 Dec 1944

Cpl Daniel A Fisher - Company Hq 1

Cpl Daniel A Fisher
517th PIR Co Hq 1
KIA 15 Aug 1944


Pfc Ed Henzl - Company Hq 1

Pfc Ed Henzl
517th PIR
Company HQ 1

Pfc George E Marshall - Company Hq 1 Source: Philip Hoyle

Pfc George E Marshall
517th PIR
Company HQ 1

Pfc Dervyn F Muth - Company Hq 1

Pfc Dervyn F Muth
517th PIR Co Hq 1
KIA 14 Jan 1945


Pfc Gerald Nelson - Company Hq 1

Pfc Gerald Nelson
517th PIR Co Hq 1
1st Battalion

Cpl Eugene L Taylor - Company Hq 1

Cpl Eugene L Taylor
517th PIR Co Hq 1
KIA 18 June 1944

LTC William J Boyle - 1st Battalion Commanding Officer DSC/PH(OLC) (Source:B Jeffries)

LTC William J Boyle
517th PIR
1st Bn CO (DSC)



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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
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
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  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
Devlin, Gerard S  Paratrooper! St Martin's Press, (P) c1976 ISBN: 0312596529
Eberle, Henrik & Matthias Uhl (editors) The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin November 14, 2005, PublicAffairs Pub, 416 p. ISBN: 1586483668
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
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
Ingrisano, Michael N. Jr And Nothing is Said: Wartime Letters, August 15, 1943 - April 21, 1945 Sunflower University Press, Sept 2002, 540p. ISBN: 0897452631
Irwin, Will (Lt. Col [RET.]) The Jedburghs: The Secret History of the Allied Special Forces, France 1944 Sept 6, 2005, PublicAffairs Pub, 323 p. ISBN: 1586483072
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
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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