(above insignia)517th PIR Patch
Silver Star Recipients
1/Lt Harry D Allingham
1/Lt Ralph Allison
Capt James P Birder
1/Lt Flave J Carpenter
1/Lt Leonard S Cooper
2/Lt Paul E Craig Jr
Maj Thomas R Cross
2/Lt Paul E Craig Jr
Capt A P Dearing
Capt Daniel W Dickinson
Maj Donald W Fraser
2/Lt Harold M Freeman
1/Lt Ludlow Gibbons
Capt George E Giuchici
Col Rupert D Graves
1/Lt Howard E Hensleigh
1/Lt Charles J Hillsdale
2/Lt Fred P Hughes
Capt Walter G Irvin
1/Lt Richard C Jackson
Capt Milton M Kienlen
1/Lt H.R. Kleinendorst
Capt John J Lissner
Capt Joseph T McGeever
Capt J McNamara
1/Lt Russell T Miller
1/Lt John H Neiler
1/Lt Thomas E Patin
Lt Col Forest X Paxton
1/Lt Timothy P Quigley
1/Lt Benjamin E Renton
1/Lt Arthur W Ridler
Capt Dean D Robbins
1/Lt Carl E Starkey
1/Lt Paul P Way
Lt Col Melvin Zais
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517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Roll of Honor - Officers
| LastName |
FirstName |
MI |
Tle |
Rank |
Unit |
Location |
Date |
Status |
Cemetery |
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| Allingham |
Harry |
D |
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1/Lt |
Co C |
Belgium |
12/25/44 |
SS |
USA/MI |
| Beaudoin |
Roland |
A |
|
2/Lt |
Co C |
Belgium |
12/24/44 |
 |
USA/MA |
| Birder |
James |
P |
|
Capt |
Co I |
Germany |
2/7/45 |
SS |
USA/IN |
| Burwell |
William |
E |
|
2/Lt |
Co D |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
USA/NJ |
| Casselman |
John |
C |
|
1/Lt |
Co F |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
BS |
H-C |
| Craig |
Paul |
E |
Jr |
2/Lt |
Co E |
Belgium |
1/6/45 |
SS |
USA/MO |
| Freeman |
Harold |
M |
|
2/Lt |
Co H |
So France |
8/16/44 |
SS |
USA/WA |
| Mc Geever |
Joseph |
T |
|
Capt |
Hq 3 |
So France |
9/11/44 |
SS |
USA/MT |
| Miley |
Maurice |
J |
|
2/Lt |
Hq 2 |
So France |
8/15/44 |
|
USA/OH |
| Rea |
Thomas |
L |
|
1/Lt |
Co B |
Belgium |
2/9/45 |
|
MAR |
| Ridler |
Arthur |
W |
|
1/Lt |
Co G |
So France |
9/9/44 |
SS |
USA/NJ |
| Robinson |
Albert |
M |
Jr |
2/Lt |
Hq 2 |
So France |
8/17/44 |
|
RHO |
| Sadlo |
Charles |
J |
|
2/Lt |
Co A |
So France |
10/8/44 |
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USA/NY |
| Stott |
Floyd |
A |
|
1/Lt |
Co I |
Belgium |
12/27/44 |
|
RHO |
| Thomas |
Hillard |
B |
|
2/Lt |
Co H |
So France |
9/18/44 |
|
RHO |
| Whitley |
Charles |
V |
|
1/Lt |
Co E |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
BS |
H-C |
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books
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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
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Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
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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
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
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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