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. 17th airborne division . ORGANIGRAM |
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Infantry :
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
193nd Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)
194th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR) Detached the March 1st, 1945
Artillry :
464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
(PFAB)
Attached the March 1st, 1945
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
(PFAB)
680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)
681th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)
Other:
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion (AAA)
139th Airborne Engineer Battalion (AEB)
17th Parachute Maintenance
Company
17th Airborne Division
Artillery
224th Medical Company
Special Troops (Headquarters
activated
1st March 1945)
717th Airborne Ordnance
Company
411th Airborne Quartermaster
Company
517th Airborne Signal
Company
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company
Reconnaissance Platoon [assigned 1 Mar 45
reorganization]
Band
Commanding General
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15 April 1943 |
Maj. Gen. William M. Miley |
Assistant Division
Commander
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15 April 1943 |
Brig. Gen. John L. Whitelaw |
Artillery Commander
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15 April 1943 |
Brig. Gen. Joseph V. Phelps |
Chief of Staff
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15 April 1943 |
Col. Willard K. Liebel |
Assistant Chief
of Staff G-1
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15 April 1943 |
Lt. Col. Lewis R. Good |
Assistant Chief
of Staff G-2
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15 April 1943 |
Lt. Col. Lyle N. McAlister |
Assistant Chief
of Staff G-3
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15 April 1943 |
Lt. Col. Edwin J. Messinger |
Assistant Chief
of Staff G-4
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15 April 1943 |
Lt. Col. Charles W. Koester |
Assistant Chief
of Staff G-5
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15 April 1943 |
Lt. Col. Richard A. Norton |
Adjutant General
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15 April 1943 |
Lt. Col. Gabe
W. Lewis, Jr. |
Commanding Officer, 507th Parachute Infantry (First:82nd Airborne Division)
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26 december 1942 |
Lt. Col. George V. Millet Jr. |
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9 April 1945 |
Col. Edson Raff |
Commanding Officer,
513th Parachute Infantry
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25 August 1944 |
Col. James W. Coutts |
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9 April 1945 |
Lt. Col. Ward Ryan |
Commanding Officer,
193rd Glider Infantry
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15 April 1943 |
Colonel Maurice G. Stubbs |
Commanding Officer,
194th Glider Infantry
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15 April 1943 |
Col. James R. Pierce |
Commanding Officer,
464th
Parachute
Field Artillery Battalion
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15 April 1943 |
Lt. Col. Edward S Branigan |
Commanding Officer,
466th
Parachute
Field Artillery Battalion
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15 April 1943 |
Maj. Kenneth L. Booth |
Commanding Officer, 680th Glider Field Artillery
Battalion
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15 April 1943 |
Lt Col. Paul F. Oswald |
Commanding Officer, 681st
Glider Field Artillery Battalion
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15 April 1943 |
Lt.Col. Joseph W Keating |
Commanding Officer, 139th Airborne Engineer Battalion
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10 March 1943 |
Lt Col. Stanley Johnson |
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6 June 1944 |
Major Edwin A. Bedell |
Commanding Officer, 155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion
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15 April 1943 |
Lt. Col. John W. Paddock |
Commanding Officer, 224th Medical Company
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15 April 1943 |
Capt. Nicholas L. Ciaccia |
Commanding Officer,
517th Airborne Signal
Company
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15 April 1943 |
1st Lt. David O. Jesberg |
1. Chronology:
15
April 1943 – Actived
25
Augustus 1944 – Arrived
in
England
24
December 1944 – Arrived in ETO (D+201)
25
December 1944 -
First fight
45 – Days in combat
17.344 – Numbers of prisoner of war captured
2. Awards &
decorations:
Congressional Medal of Honor (médaille du
congrès) : 3
- Pfc George J.
Peter
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S/Sgt Isadore S. « Izzy » Jachman
- T/Sgt Clinton M Hendrick
- Pvt Stuart S Stryker
Distinguished Service Cross: 4
Legion of Merit: 8
Silver Star:
177
Soldiers Medal:
5
Bronze Star:
695
Air Medal: 16
3.
Combat Zone:
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30 Aug 44 |
Camp Chiseldon |
Wiltshire |
England |
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24 Dec 44 |
Camp Mourmellon |
Marne |
France |
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28 Dec 44 |
Charleville |
Ardennes |
France |
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3 Jan 45 |
Morhet |
Luxembourg |
Belgium |
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15 Jan 45 |
Celli |
Luxembourg |
Belgium |
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17 Jan 45 |
Bertogne |
Luxembourg |
Belgium |
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19 Jan 45 |
Compegne |
Luxembourg |
Belgium |
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22 Jan 45 |
Lavigny |
Luxembourg |
Belgium |
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24 Jan 45 |
Steinbach |
Luxembourg |
Belgium |
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27 Jan 45 |
Eschweiler |
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Luxembourg |
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29 Jan 45 |
Enscherange |
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Luxembourg |
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11 Feb 45 |
Chalon-sur-Marne |
Marne |
France |
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24 Mar 45 |
Wesel ( |
Rhenanie |
Germany |
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28 Mar 45 |
Peddenburg |
Rhenanie |
Germany |
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29 Mar 45 |
Vulffen |
Rhenanie |
Germany |
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30 Mar 45 |
Haltern |
Rhenanie |
Germany |
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1 Apr 45 |
Dulmen |
Westphalie |
Germany |
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3 Apr 45 |
Appelhulsen |
Westphalie |
Germany |
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4 Apr 45 |
Munster |
Westphalie |
Germany |
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6 Apr 45 |
Marxloh |
Rhenanie |
Germany |
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8 Apr 45 |
Bottrop |
Rhenanie |
Germany |
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10 Apr 45 |
Essen |
Rhenanie |
Germany |
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21 Apr 45 |
Marxloh |
Rhenanie |
Germany |
4.
Statistics:
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Campagns |
Missing
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Wounded |
Killed |
Lost withut fight |
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TOTAL |
129 |
1.473 |
564 |
854 |
Total
casualties
– 3.020
% par rapport au T/O d’organisation – 23.2%
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1. Attached:
Armored
15 Jan 45-27 Jan 45 / 761st Tk Bn
31 Jan 45-7 Feb 45 / Co C, 15th Tk Bn (6th Armd Div)
27 Mar 45-3 Apr 45 / Br 6th Guards Armd Brig (Non-Div)
Field Artillery
3 Jan 45-5 Janv 45 / 802d FA Bn (105mm How)
Infantry
27 Aug 44-1 Mar 45 / 507th Parachute Infantry
15 Jan 45-16 Jan 45 / 345th CT (87th Div)
Tank Destroyer
17 Jan 45-27 Jan 45 / 811th TD Bn (SP)
2. Dettached: (attached to)
Field Artillery
5 apr 45 – 13 apr 45 / 681st GFAB / 95th ID
Infantry
3 Jan 45 – 7 Jan 45 / 193rd GIR / 101st Abn Div
14 Jan 45 – 18 Jan 45 / 193rd GIR / 101st Abn Div
31 Mar 45 – 2 Apr 45 / 507th PIR / XIX Corps
5 Apr 45 – 13 Apr 45 / 194th GIR / 95th ID
3. Assignement and Attachement:
30 Jul 44 – 9th Army
12 Aug 44 – XVIII Abn Corps
1 Jan 45 – VIII Corps – 3th Army
26 Jan 45 – III Corps – 3th Army
15 Feb 45 – XVIII Corps
31 Mar 45 – XIII Corps – 9th Army
6 Apr 45 – XVI Corps – 9th Army
27 Apr 45 – XXII Corps – 15th Army