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509th Parachute Infantry Battalion Shoulder Patch
(above picture)
509th PIB Patch






509th PIB WW II
Medal of Honor Recipient

Cpl Paul B Huff








Silver Star Recipients
1/Sgt William H King
Pvt Henry D Klisiewicz
Sgt Robert E League
Cpl Joseph W Lee
Pvt Joseph T Martin
S/Sgt Wilbur D Martin
Pvt Don L Maxson
Sgt Walter L McCook
T/5 Victor A Osburn
Cpl Milo P Peck
Pvt Hyman M Perlo
T/5 Alfred C Petzold
Sgt Frank Pfluger
T/Sgt Walter C Pope
Sgt John E Pumphrey
Cpl Travis J Russell
Pfc Charles W Robert
Cpl Travis J Russell
Pvt Wilson Simons
T/4 James F Singleton
Cpl Frank M Speer
Sgt Gerald K Tilney
Pvt Alvin L Trumbull
T/Sgt John S Webster
T/4 Paul V Wilson
Sgt Dillard T Winkler
















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Home Was Never Like This: Memoirs of Col Doyle R Yardley

USAAF Airborne Troop Carriers in World War II

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The 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
Roll of Honor K - Z


 LastName FirstName MI Tle Rank Unit Location Date   Status Cemetery

Kalinoski Richard C Pvt Anzio 2/29/44 S-R
Kalinowski Edward Pvt Co A Belgium 1/20/45 H-C
Kaplar Joseph J Pfc Co B So France 8/25/44
Kelly Charles D Pfc
Kennedy Harold M Jr Pfc Anzio 2/4/44 DOW USA/NY
Knapp Burl J Cpl Co B So France 8/25/44 PH (OLC) RHO
Knibbs Robert L Pvt Co E No Afr 6/6/43 KODY NAF
Knopp James R Cpl Co B Belgium 1/20/45 PH (OLC) H-C
Kobel Harold L Pvt Co C So France DOW USA/MI
Korejtko Elmer G Pvt Co B Anzio 2/16/44 S-R
Kubic Joseph Pfc Co B Italy 6/19/44 KODY S-R
La Forge Richard Sgt Co D Italy 11/10/43 S-R
Lauer Leroy A Pvt Co D Italy 9/16/43 USA/MD
League Robert E Sgt Co E Italy 2/12/43 SS NAF
LeCompt Lehman Jr S/Sgt Co D Italy 11/11/43 USA/AL
Leonard Ocko F Pvt Co F So France 9/20/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/NC
Le Roy Edward A Pvt Co F
Lester R Q Pfc Co A Belgium 2/20/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  H-C
Lijewski Andrew F Jr Pfc Co C Belgium 1/21/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  H-C
Lindsey Lewis N Cpl Co A So France 8/15/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/TN
Logan Walter Pvt Anzio 3/1/44 S-R
Lowhorn James C Pfc Srv Co Italy 9/15/43 USA/TN
Luksis Albert V Pfc Co A So France 9/10/44 PH (OLC) RHO
Lundquist Arthur E Pfc Co B So France 8/25/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/NY
Lynch George R Pfc Co B So France 8/15/44 MIA/BS RHO WOM
Mackall John T Pvt Co E No Africa 11/12/42   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW/503 USA/OH
Manchrzek Chester Cpl Co E Italy 11/11/43
Mancini Orlando A Pvt Anzio 3/16/44 S-R
Marino Albert F Pfc Co A
Mariott Jack B Pvt 3/7/45 MIA/BS LOR WOM
Marshall John Pvt
Martin James M Cpl Co A Anzio 2/29/44 DOW USA/NY
Martin Joseph T 1/Sgt
Martin Wilbur D S/Sgt Co E So France 8/17/44 MIA/SS S-R   WOM
Mastrosimone Thomas Pvt Co A Anzio 3/14/44 S-R
Matheny James T Pfc Co A
Mayle Robert L Pfc Co D Italy 11/25/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures S-R
McCay Earl R Pvt Italy 2/2/44 DOW USA/IN
Mc Clure James M Cpl Co D Italy 11/25/43 USA/MO
Mc Gee Warren Pfc Co D Italy 11/24/43 USA/PA
Mc Grath James E Pfc Hq Co Italy 9/15/43 S-R
Mc Kinnon Jack R Pvt USA/MI
Metzger Harold D Cpl Co C So France 8/19/44 RHO
Miller Edward R Sgt Co F Italy 9/14/43 S-R
Millican Johnie W Pvt Co B Anzio 1/25/44 USA/AL
Mitchell Marshall E Pvt Co E Anzio DOW USA/WV
Moffo Joseph S Pvt Co F Anzio 4/12/44 SS/PH2(OLC) S-R   WOM
Moore Stanley W Pvt Co B So France 8/44 USA/OK
Morgan Gaines L Pvt Belgium 12/29/44 H-C
Mrvosh Peter Pvt Co F Anzio USA/PA
Nachefski Philip K Pvt Co B Belgium 1/20/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  H-C
O'Brien Joseph J Pvt Hq Co Italy 9/15/43
O'Connell Patrick R Pvt Co B Anzio 2/17/44
Ommen Henry W Pfc Co B Belgium 1/45 USA/IA
Osburn Victor A T/5 Hq Co So France 8/21/44 SS/PH2(OLC) USA/WV
Palaha Stanley E Pfc Co E Italy 11/10/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R
Panusko Andrew Pvt Co E Italy 2/12/43 USA/IL
Parker William R Pvt
Patrick Julius F Pvt Co B
Pennebaker Thomas W Pvt Co B So France 8/15/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA/BS RHO WOM
Pettijohn Cyrus A Pvt USA/VA
Petzold Alfred C T/5 Co F Italy 11/10/43 SS S-R
Pipino Alfred Jr Pvt Co B So France 8/15/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA/BS RHO WOM
Polson Lee W T/5 Hq Co So France 8/23/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures Medic USA/SC
Potter Leon V Pfc Co B So France 8/15/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA/BS RHO WOM
Powell Billy D Pfc Co B Anzio 2/17/44 USA/OK
Puckett Elihu Cpl Co Hq Italy 12/2/43 USA/KY
Pyles James M Pvt Co Hq Italy 2/29/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/VA
Redd Randolph S Pvt Co C Belgium 12/23/44 USA/AL
Reid George W T/5 Co B So France 8/15/44 MIA/BS RHO WOM
Relling Egil A Pvt Co B So France 10/1/44 USA/PA
Rich Rudolph C Pfc Anzio 2/23/44 S-R
Roediger John E Jr Pvt Co B Belgium 12/30/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures PH(OLC) H-C
Rogge William A Pfc Co A So France 8/23/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/WI
Romero Frank Pvt Italy 9/15/43 USA/WI
Ruder George F Jr Pfc Co B Belgium 1/20/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  H-C
Russell Travis J Cpl Belgium 12/24/44 SS H-C
Sexton Rex D Pfc Co F So France 8/19/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R
Shaposka Steve Pfc Belgium 1/20/45 H-C
Shrewberry Varna C S/Sgt Co D Anzio 3/13/44 USA/WV
Silva Jesse A S/Sgt Co F Anzio 2/2/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/MA
Simons William E Pvt Co E Italy 11/15/43 DOW S-R
Simmons William H Pvt Hq Co Italy 11/11/43 DOW
Sinjem Russell A Pvt Co C Belgium 1/22/45 DOW USA/WI
Slavin Jeff Jr Pvt Anzio 1/27/44 S-R
Smith Glenwood Cpl Germany 4/6/45 [505] USA/MI
Smith James F Pfc Co B Belgium 1/31/45 DOW USA/IL
Sprenkle Wilbert E Cpl Co E NAF 11/8/42 USA/PA
Stambaugh Leo E S/Sgt Co A Anzio 2/27/44 USA/WY
Stanuikynas Casimir A Pvt Avellino 9/13/43 POW USA/PA
Stapleton Edwin M Cpl Co D Anzio 2/29/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R
Stevens Gilbert M Pfc KODY USA/NC
Stilley Harvey T Pfc
Sutherland William A Sgt Co B So France 8/15/44 BS/PH2(OLC) RHO WOM
Sweetitz Frank J Pvt Hq Co So France 8/21/44 RHO
Thompson Robert D Pvt Italy 12/9/43 POW S-R
Thompson Robert M Sgt
Tilney Gerald K Sgt Co C So France 8/25/44 SS USA/IN
Towarnicki Walter Pvt Co A
Vallachi Phillip Pvt
Van Ess John M Jr Pfc Co A Belgium 12/31/44 H-C
Walker John K Pvt
Way Pete Pfc Co A Anzio 2/19/44 USA/SC
Webre Percy J Pvt Co A Belgium 12/31/44 DOW H-C
White James E Pvt Co A So France 8/23/44 RHO
Wilburn Henry G Pfc Co F Anzio 3/16/44 DOW S-R
Wilson Sgt
Winslow John R Pvt Anzio 11/4/42 (503rd) CAM
Withem William F S/Sgt Co C Belgium 12/28/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures PH(OLC) H-C
Wojcik Edward F T/4 Co A Belgium 1/30/45 USA/IL
Worthington George A Cpl Anzio 1/30/44 S-R
Wutzke Kenneth R Pvt Co C Anzio 2/22/44 S-R
Young John P Cpl Belgium   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/TX
Yurchak Andre N Sgt 7/7/45 [508F] USA/OH
Zadell Alvin Pfc 2 Btn Sicily 12/1/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures DODY USA/OH
Zadlo Joseph L Pfc Co B So France 8/25/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  RHO
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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
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
Broumley, Jim T The Boldest Plan is the Best: The Combat History of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion during WWII. Rocky Marsh Publishing,(Aug 29 2011) 336 p. ISBN: 0983963215
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
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
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
Inglesby, Leo C A Corporal Once Xlibris  2/2/2001, 108 p. ISBN: 0738838209
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
van Lunteren, Frank Blocking Kampfgruppe Peiper: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Battle of the Bulge Casemate, Sept 19,2015. 368 p. ISBN: 1612003133
van Lunteren, Frank The Battle of Bridges: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Operation Market Garden Casemate, June 1,2014. 336 p. ISBN: 1612002323
van Lunteren, Frank Spearhead of the Fifth Army: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Italy from the Winter Line To Anzio Casemate, Sept 16,2016. 320 p. ISBN: 161200427X
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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