Purpose

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This page is intended as an aid in my further development of articles on US Paratroopers in World War II. I keep trying to follow links to get to everything, trying to remember the quickest way to get everywhere. I'm also trying to keep track of which officers and men we already have articles on, so it's been confusing.

Matthew Ridgway
James M. Gavin
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, page created by Habap
Reuben Henry Tucker III, major updates by Habap
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2nd Battalion:
3rd Battalion:
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, page created by Habap
James M. Gavin
1st Battalion: Frederick C. A. Kellam (KIA 6 June 44), Mark Alexander
2nd Battalion: Benjamin H. Vandervoort
3rd Battalion: Edward C. Krause
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, page created by Habap
Edson Raff, page created by Habap
1st Battalion: Edwin J. Ostberg
2nd Battalion: Charles Timmes
3rd Battalion: Arthur A. Maloney
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Roy E. Lindquist
1st Battalion: Herbert Batcheller (KIA 6 June 44), Shields Warren
2nd Battalion: Thomas J. B. Shanley
3rd Battalion: Louis G. Mendez
325th Glider Infantry Regiment
Charles W. Billingslea
1st Battalion: Klemm R. Boyd
2nd Battalion: John H. Swenson (WIA 11 June 44), Maj. Osmond Leahy, Maj. Roscoe Roy (KIA 15 June 44), Maj. Charles T. Major
3rd Battalion (aka 2/401): Charles A. Carrell (Relieved 9 June 44), Arthur W. Gardner (KIA 14 June 44); Osmond Leahy
503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment
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511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Orin D. Haugen
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188th Glider/Parachute Infantry Regiment
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Eldridge G. Chapman
515th Parachute Infantry Regiment, the "Jumping Wolves", '43-'46
Julian B Lindsey
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517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, also in 17th Airborne Division
88th Glider Infantry Regiment, eventually folded into 326th
Eldridge G. Chapman
Robert C. Aloe
Joseph Hinton (Army Officer)
Samuel Roth (Army Officer)
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326th Glider Infantry Regiment
William O. Poindexter
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William M. Miley
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, page created by Habap, see above
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, page created by Habap
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517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Louis A. Walsh, Jr.
1st Battalion: William J. Boyle
2nd Battalion: Richard J. Seitz
3rd Battalion: Melvin Zais
193rd Glider Infantry Regiment
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194th Glider Infantry Regiment
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Bill Lee
Maxwell Taylor
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
Howard R. "Jumpy" Johnson
Julian Ewell
Bob Ballard (Army Officer)
1st Battalion: Robert C. Carroll (KIA 6 June 44), Harry W. O. Kinnard
2nd Battalion: Bob Ballard (Army Officer)
3rd Battalion: Julian Ewell
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
George Van Horn Moseley, Jr.
John H. Michaelis
Steve Chappuis
Medals of Honor - Lt Col Robert G. Cole, Joe E. Mann
1st Battalion: Patrick F. Cassidy
2nd Battalion: Steven A. Chapuis
3rd Battalion: Robert G. Cole
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Robert F. Sink
1st Battalion: William L. Turner (KIA 7 June 44), James L. LaPrade
2nd Battalion: Robert L. Strayer
3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. Robert Lee Wolverton (KIA 6 June 44), Maj. Oliver M. Horton
327th Glider Infantry Regiment
George S. Wear (relieved 9 June 44)
Joseph H. Harper, "The German delegation had come through the 327th sector and Colonel Harper was given the responsibility of relaying General McAuliffe’s response. The Germans said they did not understand. Colonel Harper replied, 'The reply is decidedly not affirmative – in plain English, it is the same as ‘Go to Hell.'", article created by Habap
Regimental motto “Bastogne Bulldog”
1st Battalion: Hartford T. Salee (WIA 10 June 44)
2nd Battalion: Thomas J. Rouzie
3rd Battalion (aka 1/401): Ray C. Allen
401st Glider Infantry Regiment
Joseph H. Harper, see above
1st Battalion: Ray C. Allen
2nd Battalion: Charles O. Carrell

Independent battalions

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509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
Edson Raff
William P. Yarborough
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion
555th Parachute Infantry Battalion
All African American unit, "The Smoke Jumpers" or "Triple Nickel"