
504th PIR WW II Medal of Honor Recipient
Pvt
John R.Towle
Distinguished Service Cross Recipients
Major Robert B Acheson
Major Julian Cook
Pfc Daniel T Del Grippo
Major Don B Durham
Sgt Shelton W Dustin
Cpl John Grenado
Pvt Thomas S Gugliuzza
1/Lt Roy M Hanna
Maj Willard Harrison
Pfc Raymond S Holsti
Pvt Shelby R Hord
Cpl Joseph Jusek
2/Lt Bernard E Karnap
1/Lt James R Kiernan
Pfc Joseph M Koss
Pfc William G Lanseadel
Major John S.Lekson
1/Lt James Megallas
Pvt Walter J Muszynski
Cpl Charles E Nau
Pvt Leonard Opper
S/Sgt Thomas L Rodgers
Colonel Rueben Tucker
S/Sgt William P Walsh
Silver Star Recipients
Pvt Howard Albert
1/Lt Chester Anderson
Pfc T H Bachenheimer
S/Sgt Edmund R Bilby Jr
Sgt Lawrence F Blazina
Pvt Maurice Bledsoe
Pfc William C Boyle
1/Lt Reneau G Breard
Cpl Daren R Broadhead
Captain T. Moffatt Burriss
S/Sgt Ross S Carter
Sgt John C Chamberlin
S/Sgt Louis P. Damore
T/4 Rockwell R Easton
2/Lt Wayne M Fetters
1/Lt Hanford A Files
Pfc Philip J Foley
Pfc Frank E Gould
Pfc Abraham Gurley
2/Lt Wayne Hockett
S/Sgt William C Kossman
Capt.Delbert A.Kuehl
Major John S.Lekson
Pvt Eddie H Livingston
Pvt Albert L Lodge
1/Lt James Megallas (OLC)
Sgt Thomas McCarthy
Sgt Harold W Piper
M/Sgt William L Reed
1/Lt John E Schaeffer
T/Sgt Elmer R Scheffler
S/Sgt Marion Shagdai
1/Lt John S Thompson
S/Sgt William Thurman
PFC Benjamin P Walker
Captain George J Watts
S/Sgt William H White
2/Lt William G Yepsen

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S I T E S
The Factory 1944
3rd Infantry Division
36th
Infantry Division
ETO Cross Channel Attack (Hyperwar)
Traces of War
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The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion - Trooper Pictures
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Company D |
 Pfc Herbert H Adams
504th PIR Co D 3rd Platoon |

M/Sgt Richard D Aldridge
504th PIR Co D Silver Star Recipient |
 S/Sgt Charles L Anderson
504th PIR Company D |
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 Pvt Dominic T. Biello
504th PIR Co D
KIA 26 Dec 1944 |
Pvt John E Boyette
504th PIR Company D |
Cpl Joseph P Capobianco
504th PIR Company D |
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 Pvt Ralph F Carrier
504th PIR Company D |
 Pfc Peter Casale
504th PIR Company D |
 Sgt Norris B Case
504th PIR Co D DOW 20 Sept 1944 |
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Pfc William F Cockle
504th PIR Company D |
Sgt Johnnie L Collins
504th PIR Company D |
 Pvt William J Connolly
504th PIR Co D POW - Stalag 4A |
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 Pfc Lawrence E Cross
504th PIR Company D |
 Sgt Joseph H Cupples
504th PIR Company D |
 Pfc Ray C Eddy
504th PIR Company D |
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 Cpl Henry W Ehlert 504th PIR Company D |
 Pfc Gerald Page Hereford
504th PIR Co D
KIA 24 Sept 1944 |
 Cpl Wesley C Hines
504th PIR Company D |
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 2/Lt Wayne Hockett
504th PIR Co D
MIA 25 Jan 1944 (SS) |
Pvt John P Leduc
504th PIR Company D |
 S/Sgt Warren J Le Vangia
504th PIR Co D POW - Stalag Luft 3 |
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Sgt Robert W Lowe
504th PIR Co D 2nd Platoon |
S/Sgt Leonard Olsen
504th PIR Company D |
S/Sgt Ernest W Parks
504th PIR Company D |
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Pvt Willard E Pike
504th PIR Co D KIA 4 Jan 1945 |
 Pfc William J Westerman
504th PIR Co D
Pathfinder (BS) |
Pfc Virgil Widger
504th PIR Co D 1st Platoon |
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 1/Lt John E Schaeffer
504th PIR Co D Silver Star Recipient |
 Lt.G.W. Jaubert
Co. D Plt Ldr Retired a LTC |
 Capt S.M. Dallzal
504th PIR Co D CO 1942 |
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 Capt Adam A Komosa
504th PIR Co D CO 1943-45 |
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Company E |
 Pfc William C Boyle
504th PIR Co E Silver Star |
 Sgt Charles D Colligan
504th PIR Co E 2nd Battalion |
 1/Sgt Arthur E Duebner
504th PIR Co E 2nd Battalion |
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 Pvt Ozzie A. Johnson
504th PIR Co E KIA 01 Jan 1945 |
 Pvt Leon La Pointe
504th PIR Co E KIA 06 Jan 1945 |
 S/Sgt Diego Lisciani
504th PIR Co E KIA 02 Feb 1945 |
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![Pfc Orlan H Manning - Picture circa July 1943 in Sicily POW (Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 [Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011 - Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11] ASN: 18157006)](504images/troopers/g/pfc_orlan_h_manning_504g.jpg) Pfc Orlan H Manning
504th PIR Co E POW - Holland |
 S/Sgt Louis E Napier
504th PIR Co E 2nd Battalion |
 Pfc George Roth
504th PIR Co E 2nd Battalion |
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 Pvt Arvil Webster
504th PIR Co E 2nd Battalion |
 1/Lt John S Thompson
504th PIR Co E Silver Star Recipient
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 Capt Herbert H Norman
504th PIR Co E DOW 08 Feb 1945 |
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Company F |
SSgt Emmett A Anderson Jr
504th PIR Company F |
T/5 Robert H Arnold
504th PIR Company F |
Pfc John C Atkins
504th PIR Co F Bronze Star |
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Sgt John C Chamberlin
504th PIR Co F Silver/Bronze Star |
Pfc Willie C Cooper
504th PIR Company F |
T/4 Louis F Fattore
504th PIR Co F KIA 21 July 1943 |
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Pvt Richard H Gentzel
504th PIR Co F MIA 06 Oct 1944 |
Pfc John A Haas
504th PIR Co F 2nd Battalion |
 S/Sgt M. Martinson
504th PIR Co F 2nd BN KIA 16 Dec 1943 - Italy |
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Pfc John A McAfee
504th PIR Company F |
S/Sgt Paul M Roepke
504th PIR Co F KIA 11 July 1943 |
Pvt Edward Swanson
504th PIR Co F 2nd Battalion |
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 2/Lt Edward M Scheibelein
504th PIR Co F
KIA 25 Oct 1944 |
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Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion (HQ 2) |
 Cpl Robert E. Barnes
504th PIR Co HQ 2nd Bn KIA 11 July 1943 |
 T/5 Adrian J Fillion 504th PIR Co HQ 2nd Bn KIA 11 July 1943 |
Pvt Gordon R Henderson
504th PIR HQ 2nd Battalion |
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Pvt Earl B Levitt
504th PIR HQ 2nd Battalion |
Sgt Francis W Locke
504th PIR Co HQ 2nd Bn Bronze Star |
Pfc Lankford C Morgan
504th PIR HQ 2nd Battalion |
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 Pfc Raymond E Myers
504th PIR Co HQ 2nd Bn KIA 28 Sept 1944 |
![Major Robert Johnston Cellar - ([2 Bronze Stars & Purple Heart OLC] Courtesy of his grandson: Michael Williams)](504images/troopers/hq2/maj_robert_j_cellar504hq2.jpg) Major Robert J Cellar
504th PIR HQ 2nd Battalion |
 Capt Lewis P. Fern
504th PIR Co HQ 2nd Bn 2nd BN S-1,S-2 |
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Cpl James T Sapp
504th PIR HQ 2nd Battalion |
S/Sgt Marion C Shagdai
504th PIR Co HQ 2nd Bn Silver Star |
Pfc Walter T Skelton
504th PIR HQ 2nd Battalion |
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 1/Sgt Alvin E Tway
504th PIR Co HQ 2nd Bn KIA 30 Jan 1944 |
Lt Col Edward N Wellems
504th PIR CO 2nd Battalion |
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books
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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
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Arnhem 1944:
Operation "Market Garden" (Campaign No.24) 1993
96p. ISBN: 1855323028
Blair, Jr, Clay Ridgeway's Paratroopers:
The American Airborne in WW II. New York: Doubleday, 1985 588 p. ISBN: 0385278888
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Agony at Anzio: The Allies Most Controversial and Bizarre Operation of WW II
Jove Publishing, 1989 ISBN: 0515102113
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Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
Breuer, William B Drop Zone Sicily:
Allied Airborne Strike,July 1943. Novato, CA: Presidio, c1983. 212 p. ISBN: 089 141 1968
Breuer, William B
They Jumped at Midnight Jove Publishing, (P) c1990 ISBN: 0515104256
Breuer, William B Unexplained
Mysteries of World War II. John Wiley & Sons, Sept 1998 256 p. ISBN:0471291072
Burriss, T Moffatt
Strike and Hold: A Memoir of the 82nd Airborne in WW II Brasseys, Inc, 256 pp August,2000 ISBN: 1574882589
Carter, Ross S
Those Devils in Baggy Pants Buccaneer Books, Reprint,1996 ISBN: 0899666132
D'Este, Carlo
Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life 880 pp Owl Books (May, 2003) ISBN: 0805056874
D'Este, Carlo
Patton: A Genius for War 1024 pp ISBN: 0060927623
D'Este, Carlo & John S.D.Eisenhower
World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945 (Major Battles & Campaigns) 272 pp Algonquin Books (July, 1990) ISBN: 0945575041
De Trez, Michel
American Paratrooper Helmets: Mediterranean & European Theater of Operations
June, 2010, Histoire & Collections, 272 p. ISBN: 2352501415
De Trez, Michel
American Warriors: Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers Prior to Normandy
July, 1998, D-Day Pub, 212 p. ISBN: 2960017609
De Trez, Michel
Cpl Forrest Guth: E Company 506 PIR 101st Airborne Division (WW II American Paratroopers Portrait Series)
March, 2002, D-Day Pub, 56 p. ISBN: 296001765X
De Trez, Michel
Orange is the Color of the Day: Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers in the
Invasion of Holland April, 2004, D-Day Pub, 506 p. ISBN: 2960017633
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
Devlin, Gerard S
Paratrooper! St Martin's Press, (P) c1976 ISBN: 0312596529
Falerios, Kenton J.
Give Me Something I Can't Do: The History of the 82nd Military Police Company, WW 1 to Iraq
Nov 2007, Authorhouse, 192 p ISBN: 1434337197
Fox, Tyler
Our Salvation : The 504th PIR Legendary Fight At Altavilla ISBN: 0692781676
Gavin, James M.
On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Hove, Duane T American Warriors: Five Presidents in the Pacific Theater of WW II Burd Street Press (Oct 2003) 224 pp. ISBN: 1572493070
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
Megallas , James All the Way to Berlin:
A Paratrooper at War in Europe 336p., Presidio Press, March, 2003. ISBN: 0891417842
Messina , Phillip Anzio: Song of
Destiny A.G.Halldin Publishing Company, 1992. ISBN: 0 935 64838 0
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
Nordyke , Phil The All Americans in World War II: A Photographic History of the 82nd Airborne Division at War Zenith Press, May 2006. 192 pgs ISBN: 0760326177
Nordyke , Phil Four Stars of Valor: The Combat History of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II Zenith Press, November 2006. 480 pgs ISBN: 0760326649
Ospital, John
We Wore Jump Boots and Baggy Pants Willow House, 1977. 118 p. ISBN: 0912450150
Ruggero, Ed
Combat Jump: The Young Men who Led the Assault into Fortress Europe, July, 1943
HarperCollins, 10/21/2003. 388 p. ISBN: 0060088753
Ryan, Cornelius
A Bridge Too Far 670p. ISBN: 0684803305
Turnbull, Peter
I Maintain The Right: The 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion in WW II Authorhouse, Oct 31,2005. 204 p. ISBN: 1420871447
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
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Airborne. Meadowlands Militaria, 6/83 ISBN:091 208 1007
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