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517th PIR Patch

(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
2nd Battalion - Trooper Pictures

Company D
Sgt Edgar R Attebery Jr

Sgt Edgar R Attebery Jr
517th PIR Co D
KIA 27 Sept 1944

Sgt Homer C Beaver (Source:B Jeffries)

Sgt Homer C Beaver
517th PIR Co D
KIA 4 Nov 1944 (BS)

T/5 James Elmer Boyd  (Source:B Jeffries)

T/5 James E Boyd
517th PIR
Company D


Pfc Joseph B (Eggle Beak) Egelhof

Pfc Joseph B. Egelhof
517th PIR
Company D

Pfc S.E.(Sambo) Emmons Jr

Pfc S.E.Emmons Jr
517th PIR
Company D

Pfc Anthony A Fabrick Jr

Pfc Anthony A Fabrick Jr
517th PIR Co D
KIA 6 Sept 1944


Pfc Raymond W Hanish

Pfc Raymond W Hanish
517th PIR Co D
KIA 26 Jan 1945

Pvt Joseph E James

Pvt Joseph E James
517th PIR Co D
KIA 6 Jan 1945

Pvt Laverne La Bar Jr

Pvt Laverne La Bar Jr
517th PIR Co D
KIA 6 Sept 1944


Sgt Charles B Mc Dade

Sgt Charles B Mc Dade
517th PIR Co D
KIA 3 Jan 1945

Pfc Travis V Mc Donald

Pfc Travis V Mc Donald
517th PIR Co D
KIA 7 Sept 1944

Pfc S D Moxon - 517th PIR (Source: B Jeffries)

Pfc S D Moxon
517th PIR
Company D


Pfc Daniel L Ogniewski

Pfc Daniel L Ogniewski
517th PIR Co D
KIA 4 Nov 1944

Pvt William F Thorng

Pvt William F Thorng
517th PIR Co D
KIA 4 Sept 1944

Pfc Charles L Twibell BS/PH(OLC)

Pfc Charles L Twibell
517th PIR Co D
DOW 28 July 1945 (BS)


Pvt Walter Vanderpool

Pvt Walter Vanderpool
517th PIR Co D
KIA 4 Nov 1944

1/Lt Quincy A Kennedy III

1/Lt Quincy A Kennedy III
517th PIR
Company D



Company E
Pvt Marion E Anderson Jr - Bronze Star Recipient(Source: Randall C Anderson)

Pvt Marion E Anderson Sr
513/517th PIR Co E
Bronze Star Recipient

S/Sgt Roger J Bender

S/Sgt Roger J Bender
517th PIR Co E
KIA 8 Feb 1945

S/Sgt Russell Brami - Bronze Star Recipient also 325th GIR (Source: B Jeffries)

S/Sgt Russell Brami
325/517th PIR Co E
Bronze Star Recipient


Sgt Eugene L Brissey - Bronze Star Recipient/PH(Source: B Jeffries)

Sgt Eugene L Brissey
517th PIR Co E
Bronze Star Recipient

Pvt Alexander Derese - Company E

Pvt Alexander Derese
517th PIR Co E
KIA 24 Jan 1945

Sgt Robert W Farmer - Company E

Sgt Robert W Farmer
517th PIR Co E
KIA 24 June 1944


T/Sgt Ray V Helm - (Source: b Jeffries)

T/Sgt Ray V Helm
517th PIR
Company E

S/Sgt David T Hines - Company E (BS(OLC))

S/Sgt David T Hines
517th PIR Co E
KIA 21 Jan 1945 (BS(OLC))

Pfc Clarence B Jones - Company E (3rd Platoon 1st Squad)

Pfc Clarence B Jones
517th PIR Co E
DOW 4 Jan 1945


Pfc Robert L Morris - Bronze Stars (2) Recipient - 3rd Platoon-1st Squad (Source: Bill Morris)

Pfc Robert L Morris
517th PIR Co E
Bronze Star Recipient

Pfc Charles E Parker - (Source: Dominique Potier)

Pfc Charles E Parker
517th PIR
Company E

Sgt Leland O Wood - (Source: b Jeffries)

Sgt Leland O Wood
517th PIR
Company E


1/Lt Charles V Whitley - BS/PH(OLC) (Source: b Jeffries)

1/Lt Charles V Whitley
517th PIR Co E
KIA 3 Jan 1945 (BS)

Capt Robert H Newberry - (Source:)

Capt Robert H Newberry
517th PIR Co E
Commading Officer



Company F
Pfc Robert B Armbruster

Pfc Robert B Armbruster
517th PIR Co F
KIA 3 Jan 1945

S/Sgt Raymond Bunce - Co F  BS/PH(OLC) (Source: B Jeffries)

S/Sgt Raymond Bunce
517th PIR
Company F (BS)

Sgt Randolph Coleman - Co F

Sgt Randolph Coleman
517th PIR
Company F


Sgt Melvin John William Dahlberg

Sgt Melvin J W Dahlberg
517th PIR Co F
1st Platoon (BS)

Pvt Edward J Henry

Pvt Edward J Henry
517th PIR Co F
KIA 7 Feb 1945

Pvt Edward T Higgins - Co F  (Source: B Jeffries)

Pvt Edward T Higgins
517th PIR
Company F


Pvt Lloyd R Johansen

Pvt Lloyd R Johansen
517th PIR Co F
DOW 26 Jan 1945

Pvt John G Oblick

Pvt John G Oblick
517th PIR Co F
KIA 3 Jan 1945

Pvt James J Pacey

Pvt James J Pacey
517th PIR Co F
KIA 12 Sept 1944


Pvt Rex M Wacker - Co F - Bronze Star Recipient (Source: B Jeffries)

Pvt Rex M Wacker
517th PIR Co F
Bronze Star Recipient

1/Lt George E Giuchici - Silver and Bronze Star Recipient (1946 promoted to Captain 505th PIR Co A Commander

1/Lt George E Giuchici
517th PIR Co F
Silver Star Recipient

1/Lt Harry E Riddle Co F - Bronze Star

1/Lt Harry E Riddle
517th PIR
Company F


1/Lt John C Casselman - BS/PH(OLC)

1/Lt John C Casselman
517th PIR Co F
KIA 3 Jan 1945 (BS)

Capt John J Lissner 517th PIR Co F Commander

Capt John J Lissner
551st/517th PIR Co F
CO - 1944 France (SS)

Capt Bill Smith 517th PIR Co F Commander/ 551st PIB Co C

Capt Bill Smith
551st/517th PIR Co F
Company Commander



Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion (HQ 2)
Cpl Archie E Brown - Hq 2

Pvt Al D Beggett
517th PIR Hq 2
KIA 12 Sept 1944

Cpl Ray L Boyce - Hq 2

Cpl Ray L Boyce
517th PIR Hq 2
KIA 6 Feb 1945 (SS)

Cpl Archie E Brown - Hq 2

Cpl Archie E Brown
517th PIR Hq 2
KIA 1 Jan 1945


Pfc Donald N Burnside - Company Hq 2

Pfc Donald N Burnside
517th PIR Hq 2
KIA 12 Sept 1944

Pvt Robert A Harp - Hq 2

Pvt Robert A Harp
517th PIR Hq 2
KIA 22 Jan 1945

Pvt Holger R Johnson - Company Hq 2

Pvt Holger R Johnson
517th PIR Hq 2
DOW 23 June 1944


2/Lt Maurice J Miley (Source: b Jeffries)

2/Lt Maurice J Miley
517th PIR Hq 2
KIA 15 Aug 1944

2/Lt Albert M Robinson Jr - Company Hq 2

2/Lt Albert M Robinson Jr
517th PIR Hq 2
KIA 17 Aug 1944

Major Thomas R Cross - 2nd Battalion Executive Officer

Maj Thomas R Cross
517th PIR
2nd Bn XO


LTC Richard J Seitz - 2nd Battalion Commanding Officer

LTC Richard J Seitz
517th PIR
2nd Bn CO




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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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