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1942 -
"Selection of the Parachutist"
(pdf*)
from Military Surgeon magazine,
Vol 91: pp 81-83; 1942. Military Review
22 No. 86: 64; 1942. 225. |
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1943 -
Parachute School, Fort Benning -
Parachute [Packing] Training |
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1943 -
Parachute Training |
1943 -
Paratrooper Training Postcards- Fort Benning
 |
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1943 -
Paratrooper Training
- Fort Benning
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| 1943 April 6 -
17th Airborne Information and Compliance (pdf*) |
| 1943 June 12 -
"Prop Blast" Book
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| 1943 -
17th Airborne Division football champs |
| 1943 July 8 -
Letter from Camp Toccoa, Pvt. James S. Slaten, B Co
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1943 Aug -
The
Thunderbolt - August 1943
(pdf*)
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1943 Aug 19 -
Letter to Moms
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1943 Sept -
The
Thunderbolt - Sept 1943
(pdf*) - excerpts |
| 1943 Nov 23 -
Postcard from Camp Mackall, Pvt. James S. Slaten, B
Co
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| 1943 Dec 4 -
"Prop Blast" Book
(cover only) |
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1943 -
Christmas card from Camp Mackall |
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1943 -
Christmas
Greetings from the Men of the Five Seventeen
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1943 Dec - The
Thunderbolt - Dec 1943 - Lt. Col. J B Andersen and Joe David
Brown |
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1944 -
Parachute
Injuries at Jump School - The Journal of Joint
and Bone Surgery
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1944 Jan -
News clippings and paratrooper knife |
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1944 Jan 4 -
Tennessee Maneuvers
(pdf*) |
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1944 Jan 7 -
Parachutists "Take Camp Mackall, The Charlotte [NC]
News
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1944 February -
Equipment for Airborne Troops - Quartermaster Equipment
for Special Forces
(pdf*) |
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1944
Spring -
Physical Fitness test results |
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1944 May 1 -
Letter to 596th Wives and Mothers
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| 1944 July 9 -
Memorial Service - Italy (includes list of KIAs to
date)
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1944 August -
"TOP SECRET"
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1944 -
Bronze Star
Citation for Burton Stadler
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| 1944 -
Ration menus from Southern France
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| 1944 October 14 -
Parachute Jump School Certificate (Italy) |
| 1944 October 22 -
Thunderbolt newspaper
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1944 November 15 -
General Orders #22
Good Conduct Medals and Combat Infantryman's Badge |
| 1944 November 8 -
Card
from Southern France from Ray Wilson
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| 1944 December 1 -
Memorial Service
(includes
list of KIAs to date) |
| 1944 Dec 3 -
Liberty Pass front
back |
| 1944 - December -
Letters to mother of Sgt. Robert J. Miller,
I Company (KIA)
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| 1944 - December 9-21 - Photo of
Soissons in northern
France |
1944 -
Christmas Greetings (includes complete
1944 Team roster)
 |
| 1944 -
Christmas V-Card - blank copy
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| 1944 -
Christmas
V-Cards from Charles Pugh and
Vernon Glenn, 596th |
| 1944 Dec 28 -
Commendation
Letter to 1st Battalion from General M.B. Ridgway |
| 1944 Dec 21-25 -
excerpts from the History of the 36th Armored Infantry
Regiment (1st Battalion of the
517th attached)
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1945 Jan 06 -
Starts and Stripes - War Correspondent's Notebook - Col
de Braus
(pdf*) |
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1945 ? -
Starts and Stripes - War Correspondent's Notebook
(pdf*) |
| 1945 January -
Croix de
Guerre citation for Capt. James P. Birder
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| 1945 Feb 10 -
517th unit reported in Stars and Stripes
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| 1945 Feb 11 -
Telegram reporting Robert A. Harp KIA
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| 1945 March -
"517 PCT" Book |
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1945 - April
-
News Clippings about the
3rd Bn "Leftovers" |
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1945 - Letterhead
made for HQ Co, 3rd Battalion:
letterhead 1,
letterhead 2
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1945 - April
-
Paris Pass |
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1945 -
SSgt Nello Arterburn - Bronze
Star Award Citation |
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1945 May 19 -
517th Victory in Europe Prop Blast
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1945 May 22 -
War Letter Home from Nello Arterburn, G Co. |
1945 July 27 -
General Order 48 - Awards of Silver an
Bronze Stars
(pdf*)
for Dallas,
Hughes, Kane, Kleinendorst, Markle,
Zygnowicz, Mills, Guy, Hensleigh,
Kendrick, and White
(received
from Becky Martinette, daughter of
Maurice White) |
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1945 August 10 -
Silver Star for William Thorng |
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1945 August -
Passenger list from the Madawaska
Victory ship
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1945 - September
28 -
Paratrooper Landing postcard
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1945 -
"A Record of Company C"
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1945 -
Capt. James Birder memorial
- Notre Dame 1945 |
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1945 -
Christmas Dinner - Reg. HQ - Ft.
Bragg |
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1945 Dec 27 -
Presidential
Distinguish Unit Citation - 1st
Battalion, 517 PIR |
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1945 -
Presidential Recognition Certificate
(pdf*)
from Harry Truman to Gene Markle |
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1946 - copy of
French Croix de Guerre Citation 247 |
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1947-1948 -
Blue Book Magazine articles
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194? -
Postcards from Camp Mackall
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???? -
Paratroopers in gliders - Lt. Athey's
story
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???? -
Melvin E. Biddle Medal of Honor citation |
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???? -
Blood on the Risers - song lyrics on
517 stationery
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1953 -
Ancient Order of the Mulligan Guards |
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1976 -
Terry Sanford for US President Campaign
Brochure reprint
(pdf*) |
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1980-1983 - 596th PCEC Newsletters:
April 1980 (10 Mb),
May 1981 (8 Mb),
November 1981,
July 1982 (5 Mb),
July 1982 supplement,
January 1983 (5Mb)
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1989 -
Keynote
Speech by author William
B. Breuer |
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1993 -
Letter from Bob Hope
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1994 -
Postcard - 50th Anniversary of Operation
Dragoon |
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1997 -
Origins of Dick Spencer's Battling
Buzzard logo -
Iowa University Alumni Quarterly, 1997
|
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2005 August 15 -
Note from President George W. Bush to
the August 2005 517th Reunion,
Savannah, GA
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- 26 Dec 1944 
