17th Airborne Division

"This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with
destiny."
.................... ......Franklin Delano Roosevelt - June 27,1936
 
 
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Silver Star Recipients
Pfc Lowell N Beard
S/Sgt Pete Horick











17th Airborne WW II
Medal of Honor Recipients

T/Sgt Clinton M Hedrick
S/Sgt Isadore S Jachman
Pvt George J Peters
Pfc Stuart S Stryker
The 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
Roll of Honor


 LastName FirstName MI Tle Rank Unit Location Date   Status Cemetery

Beard Lowell N Pfc Germany 3/24/45  SS USA/IN
Bidwell John E Cpl HQ Btry Germany 3/28/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  MAR
Fillback Harvey L Cpl Germany 3/25/45  DOW USA/IL
Halstead Earl B T/5 Germany 3/24/45 MAR
Horick Pete S/Sgt Germany 3/28/45  SS USA/PA
Kissinger Edmund L 1/Sgt D Btry Germany 3/24/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/KS
Matthews Eric C T/4 Germany 3/25/45  DOW USA/NJ
Rittelmeyer Ben V 2/Lt Germany 4/20/45 USA/TN
Vanlandingham C B Pfc A Btry Germany 4/8/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW USA/MS






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
Gavin, James M.  On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Golden, Lewis Echoes From Arnhem Penguin ISBN: 0718305213
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
Wilson, Robert L. & Phillip K. A Paratrooper's Panoramic View: Training with the 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion for Operation Varsity. pps, 244, 11/30/2005, Authorhouse ISBN: 1420854291


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