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517th PIR Patch

(above insignia)
517th PIR Patch


517th PIR WW II
Medal of Honor Recipient

Pfc Melvin E Biddle





































517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Service Company & Regimental Headquarters - Trooper Pictures


Service Company
Cpl Joseph - Johnny - Borgerding - Service Company attached to A Company (Source: Pam Rodriguez

Cpl Joseph Borgerding
517th PIR
Service Company

T/5 John Clark Wyatt - Rigger

T/5 John C Wyatt
517th PIR Svrc Co
KIA 28 Jun 44

2/Lt Floyd Louis Coil - Service Company

2/Lt Floyd Louis Coil
517th PIR
Service Company



Regimental Headquarters (RHQ)
Pvt Elmer J Anderson - Silver Star Recipient

Pvt Elmer J Anderson
517th PIR RHQ
KIA 15 Aug 1944 (SS)

Pfc John Bradovich

Pfc John Bradovich
517th PIR RHQ
Demo Platoon

Pfc Henry A Ciner

Pfc Henry A Ciner
517th PIR RHQ
KIA 15 Aug 1944


Sgt Robert V Dahlstrom

Sgt Robert V Dahlstrom
517th PIR RHQ
Radio Operator

Pfc William H Faltysek

Pfc William H Faltysek
517th PIR
Company RHQ

Pvt Anthony A Mandio PH(OLC) BSM OLC with V device- Pathfinder (Source:B Jeffries)

Pvt Anthony A Mandio
517th PIR RHQ
BS(OLC) V device (PF)


Pfc Frank L Parker Jr (Source: Sarah Tanner)

Pfc Frank L Parker Jr
517th PIR/504th PIR
Company RHQ

S/Sgt Charles H Walter - Later M/Sgt 504th PIR (Source: Dominique Potier)

S/Sgt Charles H Walter
517th PIR/504th PIR
Company RHQ

1/Lt John A (Boom-Boom) Alicki

1/Lt John A Alicki
517th PIR
RHQ Company


Capt Alfred Guenette - Chaplain (Source:B Jeffries)

Capt Alfred Guenette
517th PIR RHQ
Chaplain

Captain John N Nieler - S2

Captain John N Nieler
517th PIR RHQ
Regimental S-2

Major Herbert M Bowlby - S3

Major Herbert M Bowlby
517th PIR RHQ
Regimental S-3


Capt Marshall McDonald Jr - IE Officer

Capt Marshall McDonald Jr
517th PIR RHQ
IE Officer

Lt Col Melvin Zais - 3 Battalion Commander & Regimental Executive Officer

Lt Col Melvin Zais
517th PIR RHQ
Executive Officer



Regimental Medical Detachment (RMD)
Capt James C Mc Namara Jr - Medical Detachment (Source:B Jeffries)

Capt James C Mc Namara Jr
517th PIR
Med Detachment

Cpl Harold C Daniels - Silver Star Recipient

Cpl Harold C Daniels
517th PIR Med
KIA 8 Feb 1945 (SS)



Other - (Company Unknown)
Sgt Melvin John William Dahlberg

Sgt Melvin J W Dahlberg
517th PIR
PH (OLC)

Cpl James G Turner - 517th PIR (Source: B Jeffries)

Cpl Jame G Turner
517th PIR
Company Unknown

Pfc Robert H Yates

Pfc Robert H Yates
517th PIR
Bronze Star







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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