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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Spearhead of the Fifth Army:
The 504th PIR in Italy, from
the Winter Line to Anzio
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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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Give Me Something I Can't Do: The History of the 82nd Military Police Company, WW 1 to Iraq
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Our Salvation : The 504th PIR Legendary Fight At Altavilla ISBN: 0692781676
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