82nd Airborne WW II Medal
of Honor Recipients
Pfc
Charles N. DeGlopper
Pvt
John R.Towle
1st
Sgt Leonard Funk
articles
R E L A T E D
A R T I C L E S
Confusion and Triumph at La Fiere
Britannica Online:Normandy 1944 (links)
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The 82nd
Airborne during World War II
Division Statistics
| Campaigns |
|
Missing in Action |
| |
Wounded in Action |
| |
Injured in Action |
| |
Killed in Action |
| Sicily.................. |
|
12 |
|
810 |
|
x |
|
206 |
|
| Italy.................... |
|
2 |
|
1,939 |
|
x |
|
327 |
|
| Normandy........... |
|
0 |
|
3,927 |
|
1,206 |
|
1,282 |
|
| Holland............... |
|
80 |
|
2,617 |
|
523 |
|
658 |
|
| Belgium.............. |
|
7 |
|
3,109 |
|
973 |
|
670 |
|
| Germany............ |
|
5 |
|
202 |
|
80 |
|
75 |
|
| TOTALS............ |
|
106 |
|
12,604 |
|
2,782 |
|
3,218 |
x - Figures not kept for these campaigns
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( Note: Computations are based on official reports received to 25 October 1945; Source: "Saga of the All-Americans")
| Congressional Medal of Honor..... |
|
3 |
|
| Distinguished Service Cross........ |
|
78 |
|
| Distinguished Service Medal........ |
|
1 |
|
| Legion of Merit........................... |
|
32 |
|
| Silver Star.................................. |
|
894 |
|
| Bronze Star............................... |
|
2,478 |
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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
Breuer, William B Geronimo! American
Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
D'Este, Carlonbsp;
Decision in Normandy William S Konnecky Assc(P), 560 p. ISBN: 1568522606
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
Keegan, John The Second World War Penguin
(P), 708 p. ISBN: 014011341X
Keegan, John Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris Penguin USA(P), 365 p.
ISBN: 0140235426
Nigl, Dr Alfred J & Charles A Nigl
Silent Wings - Savage Death Santa Ana, CA: Graphic Publishing, Dec 3,2007. 288 p. ISBN: 1882824318
Nordyke , Phil All American All the Way: Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II Zenith Press, April 2005. 880 pgs ISBN: 0760322015
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Beyond Valor
Free Press, 2001, 384 p. ISBN: 0684873842
Ryan, Cornelius The Longest Day
Touchstone Books (P), 350 p. ISBN: 0671890913
Turnbull, Peter
I Maintain The Right: The 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion in WW II Authorhouse, Oct 31,2005. 204 p. ISBN: 1420871447
The Center of Military History
The War in the Mediterranean: A WWII Pictorial History Brasseys, Inc.,
465 p. ISBN:1574881302
van Lunteren, Frank The Battle of Bridges: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Operation Market Garden Casemate, June 1,2014. 336 p. ISBN: 1612002323
Verier, Mike
82nd Airborne Division in
Colour Photographs (Europa Militaria, No 9) ISBN: 187 200 4857
Wildman, John B All Americans 82nd
Airborne. Meadowlands Militaria, 6/83 ISBN:091 208 1007
Wurst, Spencer & Gayle Descending From the Clouds: A Memoir of Combat in the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment: 82nd Airborne Division Casemate (Oct 2004), 256 p. ISBN: 1932033319
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