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460 PFAB Patch

(above insignia)
460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion Patch



Silver Star Recipient
Pvt Richard E Donnelly







Bronze Star Recipients
T/5 Eugene R Beck
Capt Nicholas K Biddle
Capt Wallace R Buelow
Lt Col Raymond L Cato
Pfc William H Cude
Pfc Richard R Daley
Maj Edward C Frank
S/Sgt Bruce R Guy
2/Lt George F Heafy
Cpl Leroy C Kelly
T/5 Elmer D Kendrick
Capt Robert P Woodhull
Pfc Francis E Young
















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460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
Trooper Pictures

A Battery
Pvt Leo Balestrini (Source:B Jeffries)

Pvt Leo Balestrini
460 PFAB
Battery A

Pvt Dale Francis Bartholomew

Pvt Dale F Bartholomew
460 PFAB
Battery A

T/5 Eugene R Beck - Bronze Star

T/5 Eugene R Beck
460 PFAB
Battery A


Pfc Robert W Brown

Pfc Robert W Brown
460 PFAB A Btry
KIA 5 Sept 1944

Cpl Leroy C Kelly (Source: Timothy C Kelly Col Ret)

Cpl Leroy C Kelly
460 PFAB A Btry
Bronze Star Recipient

T/5 Domenico L Turco

T/5 Domenico L Turco
460 PFAB
Battery A


1/Lt George F Heafy - Bronze Star Recipient

1/Lt George F Heafy
460 PFAB A Btry
DOW 5 Jan 1945 (BS)



B Battery
Pvt Richard E Donnelly - Silver Star Recipient

Pvt Richard E Donnelly
460 PFAB B Btry
KIA 4 Jan 1945 (SS)

Cpl Ben Gomez - B Battery 2nd Section (Source: Steven Gomez)

Cpl Ben Gomez
460 PFAB
Battery B

S/Sgt John A Harte Jr B Battery 2nd Section

S/Sgt John A Harte Jr
460 PFAB
Battery B


Sgt Joe Sanford - B Battery 2nd Section (Source: Steven Gomez)

Sgt Joe Sanford
460 PFAB
Battery B

Pvt Richard J Trotter - B Battery 2nd Section (Source: Matt Trotter)

Pvt Richard J Trotter
460 PFAB
Battery B

Pvt Richard Wheeler - B Battery 2nd Section (Source: Steven Gomez)

Pvt Richard Wheeler
460 PFAB
Battery B


Pfc Alvin Clifton Willet

Pfc Alvin C Willet
460 PFAB
Battery B

1/Lt Herman Windisch - B Battery 2nd Section

1/Lt Herman Windisch
460 PFAB
Battery B



C Battery
S/Sgt Joseph P Habetz (Source:B Jeffries)

S/Sgt Joseph P Habetz
460 PFAB
Battery C

Pfc Patrick A Moran

Pfc Patrick A Moran
460 PFAB
Battery C

Pfc Philip M Kennamer

Pfc Philip M Kennamer
460 PFAB C Btry
KIA 15 Aug 1944


Pfc Patrick A Moran

Pfc Patrick A Moran
460 PFAB
Battery C



D Battery
T/5 Bryon W Carroll (courtesy of his grandson: Jim Miller)

T/5 Bryon W Carroll
460 PFAB
D Battery

Sgt Julius W Merritt (courtesy: B Jeffries)

Sgt Julius W Merritt
460 PFAB
D Battery

Pfc Joseph J Richardson

Pfc Joseph J Richardson
460 PFAB
D Battery


Pvt Joe Stringfellow

Pvt Joe Stringfellow
460 PFAB
D Battery



HQ Battery
Cpl Jess A Darden - Radio Operator Hq Battery (Courtesy: Gordon Stewart: WW II Airborne Demonstration Team)

Cpl Jess A Darden
460 PFAB
Hq Battery

Pvt Herb Jeff

Pvt Herb Jeff
460 PFAB
Hq Battery

Pfc James E Mortensen

Pfc James E Mortensen
460 PFAB
Hq Battery


Capt Robert P Woodhull - Bronze Star Recipient

Capt Robert P Woodhull
460 PFAB Hq Btry
KIA 7 Feb 1945



Unknown Battery
S/Sgt Rushing E Smith (Source:B Jeffries)

S/Sgt Rushing E Smith
460 PFAB
Battery Unknown





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
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
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
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
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
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


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