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517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team517th PhotosTo view the large
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517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team517th PhotosTo view the large
photo, click on the thumbnails below. (See also "Soldier Stories" for more recent news and photos) |
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John
Bradovich, Demolition Platoon, HQ Company
 from Lea Bradovich |
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Gary L. Davis, F
Company
from J. Mickael Soldi and Eric Renoux |
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Kenneth Goodbrake, Regimental
HQ, Demo Platoon
from John Goodbrake |
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Gen. Frederick with Colonel Graves in
Southern France
found by Gilles Guignard |
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517th heading to the
Ardennes from Life magazine, 1945 |
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St. Cezaire and
Les Arcs today 2009 from Gilles Guignard |
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A Company, Operation Dragoon, August 1944 |
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Pvt. Harry A. Hill,
B Company - 200 photos and clippings from Andy Hill |
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Pvt. Richard L.
Lynam, H Company, KIA from Dan Robins |
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Photo from St.
Cezaire, August 1944 from Gilles Guignard |
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Photos from Operation Dragoon |
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517th
basketball team 1946 from Rick Sweet |
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Marie-Pauline Rostagni from Gilles Guignard |
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Norman L. Ross, I Company from Scott Ross |
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Electricity for Beginners Joigny, France, June 22, 1945 |
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Sospel 1944 and 2008 from Patricia and Roland Orengo |
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Pvt. Richard Whidden, D Company from Marc Whidden and Frederic Brega |
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Col de Braus
battle - 64th anniversary from Nicolas Arnulf |
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Sospel,
France - then and now from Patricia and Roland Orengo |
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3rd Annual 517th Commemorative March, August 2008 received from Gilles Guignard |
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Southern France Visit, August 2008, with Ignatius Bail, 460th PFAB received from Gilles Guignard |
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Dick Seitz' Wartime Newspaper Clippings received from Pat and Alan Seitz |
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Dick Seitz' Wartime Romance Photos received from Pat and Alan Seitz |
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Photos and stories from Howard Hensleigh received from Jean-Loup Gassend |
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Lester Gene Hyman and friends, 596th PCEC received from Jeff Hyman |
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Lots of pictures of the 596th, most unidentified soldiers received from Steve Markle |
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Joigny, France - June 6, 1945 from Mike Kane |
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George W.
Cavnar, Regimental HQ from Jerry Wofford |
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Howard B. Goodman, Service
Company from Sheila Goodman Shultz |
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58 photos of D
and H Company men from Jay Sutcliffe |
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John S. Penn, I Company (KIA) from David Denney |
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H Company at Camp Toccoa, GA from Mike Wells |
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Commemoration
ceremonies in Logbiermé, Belgium - 2007 from Arnold Targnion |
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Sgt. Robert
J. Miller (KIA), I Company from Tony Ventura |
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Matthew J. Skovera,
HQ Co., 3rd Battalion from Matt Skovera, Jr. |
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PFC Anthony S. Celli, I Company (KIA) |
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Sgt. John Raul Flores, B Company |
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A few more from
Robert Magnuson, G and H Company from Elaine Berger |
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Passenger list from the Madawaska Victory ship, August, 1945 |
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More from
Robert Magnuson, H Company from Elaine Berger |
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More from Chester A.
Wells, H Company from Elaine Berger |
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Chester A.
Wells, H Company  from Rhonda Wells |
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1st Lt. Floyd A. Stott,
I Company (KIA Manhay) from Kenton Immerfall |
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Robert Magnuson and friends,
H Company from Elaine Berger |
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596th Parachute Combat
Engineering Company portraits from Steve Markle |
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Colonel Bill Boyle in Southern France from Gilles Guignard |
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517th Regimental S-2 Section in France 1944 from Louis Holzworth via Boom Boom Alicki |
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from Gilles Guignard |
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from Gilles Guignard |
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150
photos of Don Saunders and friends from 596 PCEC from Don Saunders and Steve Markle |
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300
photos of S/Sgt. John Harte and B Battery, 460th PFAB from Don Harte |
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Pvt. John S. Hopkins from Kelly (Coghan) Holderbaum |
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517th in camouflage preparing for the drop in Southern France, August 1944 |
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Jesse Darden and 460th PFAB in Southern France, 1944 |
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Shiroku
"Whitey" Yamamoto of the 442nd RCT Anti-Tank Company with the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1944 Shiroku "Whitey" Yamamoto's Story from The Hawai'i Nisei Story - Americans of Japanese Ancestry During WWII |
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G Company at Camp Mackall NC from Howard Hensleigh |
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Chester A. Wells, H Company from Rhonda Wells and Michael S.J. Wells |
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Orville Stubbs, E Company from Lori Richter |
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Jack Dickson and A
Company, Part 2 from Bob Dickson |
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Odas Sweet, H
Company, Part 2 from Rick Sweet |
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T/5 Laurence Behringer, 411th Airborne Quartermaster Company, 17th Airborne, Armorer 511 from Shawn Smith |
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Frank Barringer,
C Company. from Shawn Smith |
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Ernest Morrison and Bill Lewis
somewhere in France from Darrell Egner |
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Jesse O.
Goswick, G Company KIA from Bill Goswick |
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More papers from Ray Wilson, Battery
A, 460th PFAB found on eBay |
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517 Parachute Infantry Headquarters
sign Location and date unknown? |
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Soy, Belgium 1944 original photo is on eBay |
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596th Parachute Combat
Engineering Company from Steve Markle |
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Odas Sweet and
friends, H Company from Rick Sweet |
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Sgt. Donald Chaulk and
friends, HQ Co. 3rd
Battalion from Doug Chaulk |
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HQ Company, 3rd
Battalion from Doug Chaulk |
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Jim Moses and the
596th PCEC from Mickey Moses via Steve Markle |
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1944 MR C-47 Skytrains With Paratroopers in France |
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C Company, 1st
Platoon, Squad 2 in Sospel from Clint Miller |
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Gene Markle
photos of the
596th PCEC from Steve Markle |
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Gene Markle,
596th PCEC from Steve Markle |
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Photo of Bergstein, Germany, February 10, 1945 |
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Over 200 WWII photos of
Capt. Joe Broudy and A Company from Bruce Broudy |
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John F. Copsey, I Company. from Tom Copsey |
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Ira Crytzer, I Company. from Fritz Crytzer |
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James B. Whitehead, I Company. |
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Robert A. Harp, HQ Co. 2nd
Bn. KIA January 1945 Additional documents from David Jordan |
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Tennessee
maneuvers - photos by Bud Curtis, HQ/1 from Lory Curtis |
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Capt. James P.
Birder, I Co from Terry Casey |
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More from
Herbert Downs and friends, H Co. from Yvonne Rose |
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More photos of Don
Sliker and E Company at Camp Toccoa from Donald Sliker |
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Photos and clippings of
Pvt. Elmer J. Anderson, Reg. HQ from John Carrigan |
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Paratrooper Training - Fort Benning 1943
from Frank Ramos |
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more of George R. Monkhouse, H Company
from Cecil Doty via Carol Monkhouse Nash |
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George R. Monkhouse's last
jump, H Company
from Carol Monkhouse Nash |
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2nd Battalion
from Ray Hess |
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F Company at Camp Toccoa 1943
from Ray Hess |
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Jim Lathers and friends, C Company
from Jim Lathers |
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HQ Co., 3rd Battalion
officers
from Joe Calder |
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Nello Arterburn and platoon buddies from G Company
from Michael Arterburn |
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Capt. James Birder, I
Company
From Pat and Terry Casey |
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1st Sgt. Dallas Long, G Company
via Michael Arterburn |
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(William) Herbert
Ford, H Company
via Morris McDowell |
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Herbert Jeff
and 460th
from Gail Jeff Douglas |
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More from
Herbert Downs, H Co. in Berlin
from Yvonne Rose |
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PFC John M. Mounce, F Company from Bruce Fischer |
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Photos of Sospel area from Patricia and Roland Orengo |
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PFC Herbert
Downs, H Company
from Yvonne Rose |
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E Company at Toccoa - 1943
from Lee Lacey |
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C.B. Jones and E Company at Toccoa -
Part 2
from Lee Lacey |
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C.B. Jones and E Company at Toccoa -
Part 1
from Lee Lacey |
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Don Sliker and E Co. from Donald Sliker |
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T/5 Eugene R. Beck, 460th PFAB from Jim Burns |
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Photos of Nice -
Then and Now from Alain Fine |
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H Company photos from Ed Athey and Morris McDowell |
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Patrick L. Michaels, 596th Engineer Company from Jolene Michaels Devaney |
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Sam Mortaro and Marvin Moles, I Company from Diane Lynch |
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More friends of James Sutcliffe from Jay Sutcliffe |
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James Sutcliffe and friends, H Company
from Jay Sutcliffe |
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Harry E. Riddle and
friends, F Company from Kevin Riddle |
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Photo of Soissons |
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PFC John B. (Jack) Dickson, A Company |
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Jesse A. Darden and friends, 460th PFAB |
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PFC
Louis Ferraiolo, B Company from Lisa Ferraiolo |
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Richard Huggler and H Company friends fishing from Morris McDowell and Fred Harmon |
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60th Anniversary ceremony
of the Battle of the Ardennes in Belgium from Alain Fine |
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Photos of PFC William J. Eckart
Jr.
from Al Eckart |
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Photos of S Sgt.
Wayne S. Jackson and friends, Company C
from Darrell Hickman |
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PFC Fred Davalos:
Parachutist Kept Fighting After Losing Eye in Battle
PDF
version from "The Golden Age for Mexican Americans", a Latino archive from the University of Texas |
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HQ Company 1st Battalion From Cotton Nelson |
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Don Sliker and Glen Patterson, E Co. 517th RCT from Don E. Sliker |
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Ed Easterly
HQ Co, 1st Battalion from Lory Curtis |
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PFC Gerald Nelson
HQ Co, 1st Battalion from T. Cotton Nelson |
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Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion at Camp Toccoa from T. Cotton Nelson |
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Ian Cowan, B Co. in Southern France |
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Photos and articles from Frank Streed, Reg HQ |
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Ed Henzl, HQ Co, 1st Battalion and friends from Karen Henzl Reece |
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Photos of
Le Muy 60th D-Day Ceremony
from Lory Curtis
Allan Johnson's Trip Report
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Joseph J. Richardson, 460th PFAB, Battery D from Joeseph Richardson Jr. |
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Pvt. Layton Pippin, H Co.
(KIA, Bergeval, Jan 5, 1945) from Morris McDowell |
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Sgt. Fred Harmon, H Co. from Morris McDowell |
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Pictures of Monte Peloso,
Italy as it looks today from Niccolò Tognarini |
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517th RCT Reunion, November
1948, Honshu Japan from Bill Pencak and Ton Reber |
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Robert A. Harp, HQ Co. 2nd
Bn. in Italy from David Jordan |
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Photos of
Normandy 60th D-Day Ceremony
Harland “Bud” Curtis, HQ, 1st Bn, and Dr. Walter Goforth from Lory Curtis |
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Photos of the 60th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle
of the Ardennes in Manhay from Eddy Montfort |
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Sweet Pea Renton (G Co.) and John J. Lissner (F Co.) in Nice |
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F Company photos from Sgt. Randolph Coleman |
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The 1st Battalion mascot |
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Lots more photos of D Company
and PFC Edward Smith from Shirley Catterson |
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The Crater, outside Rome, August 1944. Hq Co., 2nd Battalion |
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Photos of Parachute jumps, and Buck Miller and friends in Italy |
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Photos of Lloyd Polk (D Co.) and friends in Sospel, Camp Mackall, Hill 1098 |
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Cross, Waldorf, Cato, Boyle at Fort Campbell KY 1950 |
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Photos of the 517th
Memorial in Logbireme, Belgium
Memorial to Caraciolo, Ford, and Bruglio of Company C |
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More photos of Manhay 1944
from Eddy Montfort |
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To the Bulge
Photos traveling north in 1944. |
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Jesus Y. "Beaver" Carrillo, H Co.
from Michael Carrillo |
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Darrell Egner and friends - Hq Co. 2nd Bn. in France from Darrell and Chris Lindner |
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One more photo of
Mike Kane, D Co.
Where was this taken? |
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Photos from George Spears, F Co. |
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Photos from Gen. Dick Seitz, Hq Co,
2nd Bn.
Joigny 1979, Medal of Valor for
Seitz and Boyle 1984, |
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More photos from Camp Toccoa
2003
from Lory Curtis |
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Photos of Darrell Egner and
Camp Toccoa 2003 from Chris Lindner |
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More boxing training of Sgt. Gerald Stark (C Co.) and friends |
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517th Championship Boxing Champs Train
for Tourney, Fort Bragg 1945 Includes Al Sperry, Rudy Cervantes (Who sent this?) |
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Photos of Sospel,Col de
Braus, and the Hotel du Golf today
from Patricia Pavia and Roland Orengo |
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Tom McAvoy and RHQ friends at Camp Toccoa, 1943 |
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Arterburn
wedding, Camp MacCall, Dec 3, 1943
(Nello Arterburn G Co.) |
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Photo
of Burton Stadler and HQ Co./2nd Battalion
From Brett Stadler |
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PFC Corbin Zickefoose
HQ Company, 1st Battalion
from Larry Zickefoose |
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Leon Bosse (D Co.) and unknown
sergeant
from Jon Bosse |
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Rudolph (Rudy) Cervantes and friends |
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Cecil Doty (H Co.) and friends |
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Photos from Fred Beyer (I Company) |
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Article in the Hesston (Kansas) Record
newspaper from Feb 8 1996, describing Cecil Doty's experiences with the 517th H Company. |
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More great photos of
Russ Brami and E Company,
including Heurtgen Forest and Ft. Bragg jump just prior to Europe.
from Russ Brami Jr. |
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A photo taken in Joigny France, of
E Company. The men
in the company are all of those who entered E Company in Toccoa in and
were in the company at the close of the fighting in Europe. Also
included is a sketch of a 17th Airborne paratrooper.
from Russ Brami Jr. |
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40 pages with nearly 200 photos, of
Mike Kane and D Company
from Mike Kane, Jr. June 2003: Many
photos identified at the June 2003 reunion
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Manhay 1944 Photos from Eddy Montfort |
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PFC Elam J. Cronquist
and D Company from Shanna Cronquist |
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460th, B Battery
at Camp MacKall and Fort Bragg 1943 from Don Harte |
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PFC Thomas D. Anderson, HQ Co./3rd
Battalion from Nila Gott |
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PFC
William H. Faltysek, Rg HQ Co. from Rae B. Faltysek |
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Pvt.
William F. "Chuck" Thorng, D Co. KIA Sept. 44 from Linda Schlarb |
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Corrected photo of Hill 400,
Bergstein, Germany From the website: "The Battle of the Huertgen Forest W.W. II" at http://home.pi.be/~cv920172/indexenglish.htm |
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Pvt.
H.L. "Bud Curtis, HQ
Company, 1st Battalion taken August 14, 1944 from Lory Curtis |
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Joe
Stringfellow, 460th D Battery from Herbert Jeff |
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Gene
Frice and Indian Joe Pierce, F
Co. at Cafe Monnet, Nice Sept 1944 |
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Tony Esparza recently passed
away. His daughter Lorraine sent us these photos of Company I at Fort Benning and Rome Can you identify the soldiers? |
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Photo
and stories from Burton Stadler, HQ Co./2nd Battalion From Brett Stadler -- [Looking for more info, please] |
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Photo
of Robert Kennedy, F Co. From Tom McAvoy |
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Photo of Col. Rupert D. Graves, Regimental Commander |
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Photos
of Walter "Jack" Graham, HQ Co. 1st Battalion From Bill Graham |
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Part
of the March 1944 Thunderbolt, including a mesage from
Col. Walsh From Boom Boom Alicki |
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Photos
of Karl A. Steinfurth, 460th Artillery, Battery C From Nancy Steinfurth |
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Photos
of Col. Louis A. Walsh, First Regimental Commander of the
517th from Gail (Walsh) Tayler and Trooper Louis A. Walsh III |
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517th Plaque at the Airborne Walk at Fort Benning, April 2002 |
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Jim Mortensen, 460th PFAB - HQ Battalion |
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Bergeval, October 1999, with Bill Bolin and Guy
Welborn from Eddy
Lamberty |
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Jesse
A Darden and Layton Maybrey 460th Field Artillery from Lou Darden |
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Photo of Castle Nideggen (not Hill
400), Bergstein, taken May 2001
from the website: "The Battle for the Huertgen Forest", Combat Stories of WWII, by Ernest A. Herr |
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Entire 3rd
Battalion at Camp Mackall from Cecil Doty |
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D
Company at Camp Toccoa from Brenda Coiner and Bill Chaney |
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H
Company at Camp Mackall from Cecil Doty |
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Sgt. Cecil H. Doty and 3rd Battalion and H Company |
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Pfc. Harvey J. Usery, H Company Looking for info |
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The SS Santa Rosa |
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Photos and newsclipping from Jim Benton, D Company |
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Photos from Rocky Coiner, D Company |
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38 pages with over 150 photos,
from Donald
G. Barry, G Company from Chris Anslinger |
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Many photos of John
A Stonis H Company and friends from Juliana Stonis |
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Photos of 1st Lt Andy Jorgen, E Company from Virginia Jorgen |
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An account and map of "the Mercedes Incident" from Clark Archer |
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Sgt. Nello R. Arterburn, 517th,
3rd Bat., Co. G. Sent in by Mike Arterburn |
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517th
Memorial Service - December 3rd, 1944 Sent in
by Mike Arterburn |
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Several 1944-45 photos, news
clippings and stories of Robert
L. Crawford (A Co.) sent in by Ted Crawford |
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Several 1944 and reunion photos from John Alicki, Regimental Hq, Demo Platoon |
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Tribute memorial from the
442nd Anti-Tank group to the 517 sent in by Al Goodman |
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Rome 1944  sent in by Al Goodman - 596th |
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Pvt. Edward E. Meise (C Co.) sent in by Ken Meise |
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Photos of Wallace V. Wheat (E Co.) and friends Sent in by Debra Wheat Baudoin |
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More photos and clippings sent
in from Bob West, 2nd
Battalion, Hq Co. via Chris Lindner (Dec 2001) Includes a group photo of the entire 2BN Hq. Co. at Camp Toccoa. |
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More photos of Pvt. Jim Varner and Company F submitted by his son, Mike Varner |
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C Company photo at Camp
Toccoa sent in by Clint Miller |
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E Company on the hill above
Sospel Sent in by Dick Hammel |
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Some photos and clippings sent
in from Bob West, 2nd
Battalion, Hq Co. Bud Wyatt, Nate Rubenstein, Jess Pipken Includes "White Parachutes"
poem: |
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Nate Rubenstein, Dick Seitz,
Mars, Ginn, Backus and others of the Hq Co, 2nd Battalion from First Airborne Task Force by Michel De Trez |
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Ed Winship and Dan Chapin, H
Company, taken during the Bulge
from "L'Offensive Des Ardennes" by Eddy Monfort |
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More photos of Sgt. Buck Miller and Company C Including a photo
of the entire Company C and |
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Pvt. Jim Varner and Pvt. Jack J. Milojevich, Company F submitted by Jim's son, Mike Varner |
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Staff Sgt. Joe Cornett and friends from "I" Company Joe Cornett and Frank Dallas, "I" Co. in Aachen Germany. Also, "The Liberators" -- Can you help identify this photo? -- from Bill Cornett |
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Pictures from Southern
France: Gene Frice on the left
And Lt. Harry Riddle on the right -- from Ray Hess |
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Here it is! The 517 mascot at Camp Toccoa. |
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Photo of Pvt. Jesse K. Davis and buddy in Nice, France |
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Pictures of Sgt. John G. (Buck) Miller, Company C Including a photo playing football for the Co C team, and on the cover of the Atlanta Journal Magazine |
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Here are more pictures of 1st Lt. George Roseberry and
friends of the 517 Service
Company. Submitted by his daughter, Carol Roseberry Dreesen. |
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Sgt. Leon Bosse, Company D -- Sent in by Jon Bosse |
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"Lt. White and myself in a
street cafe in Southern France", Sept. 29, 1944 Photo of Lt. Robt. J Reber, HQ Co. 3rd and a Lt. White (possibly Lt. Harold L. White, HQ Co. 2nd.) -- Sent in by Tom Reber |
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Here are several great pictures of 1st Lt. George Roseberry and friends of the 517 Service Company, somewhere in France. Submitted by his son, Warren Roseberry. |
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Bill Morris has set up a web page dedicated to his father, Bob Morris, who fought with the 517th PRCT, E Company, from Italy to Germany. The site includes some pictures and momentos. |
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From Robert Del Carlo: Here's a 1946 color photo of my Dad, PFC Lenard A. Del Carlo, and his four brothers in their uniforms (2 Army, 3 Navy). |
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V-Mail from Lenard Del Carlo: "Dear Mom: Effective immediately [...] do not send any more mail to me [...] for military reasons." August 2, 1946 (Sent a few weeks before he arrived home.) -- submitted by Robert S. Del Carlo |
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From Matt Myers: Here are some photos of my grandfather, Jul Talarico, Platoon Sergeant for 517, 1st Battalion, HQ company, MG platoon. |
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2nd Platoon, F Company
Sent in by Ray Hess |
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Lt. George Giuchici Sent in by Ray Hess |
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Camp
Toccoa 1942 from the 506th IR web site |
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A Happy Landing - from New York Daily News, August 23, 1945 |
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Vast German Mine
Field Found by Airborne Units -
from the Stars and Stripes, March 26, 1945. Sent in by Clark Archer. |
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Manhay, Christmas 1944 Notice the Town Hall at the top, just right of center. |
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Manhay Now - In front of the same Manhay Town Hall at a recent reunion (1995?). Standing in front are Lud Gibbons and Ben Barrett (H Co.) |
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Ben Barrett at the Malmedy Massacre memorial (1995). For a summary of the Malmedy Massacre, go here to the "History Place" web site. |
