11th Airborne Division
Composition:
511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
187th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)
188th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)
457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)
674th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)
675th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)
152th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion (AAA)
127th Airborne Engineer Battalion (AEB)
11th Parachute Maintenance Battalion
221st Airborne Medical Battalion
711th Ordnance Company
408th Quartermaster Company
511th Signal Company
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company
Reconnaissance Platoon
Band
Ordre de bataille
Commanding General
25 February 1943 - Maj. Gen. J. M. Swing
Assistant Division Commander
25 February 1943 - Brig. Gen. Albert Pierson
Artillery Commander
25 February 1943 - Brig. Gen. Wyburn D. Brown
Chief of Staff
25 February 1943 - Col. Francis W. Farrell
Assistant Chief of Staff G-1
25 February 1943 - Lt. Col. James W. Smyly Jr
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2
25 February 1943 - Maj. Clifford L. Dier
Assistant Chief of Staff G-3
25 February 1943 - Maj. Robert A. Ports
Jully 44 - Lt. Col. Douglas P. Quandt
Assistant Chief of Staff G-4
25 February 1943 - Lt. Col. Glenn A. Ross
Commanding Officer, 511th Parachute Infantry
5 January 1943 - Lt. Col. Orin D. Haugen
11 February 1945 - Lt. Col. Edouard Lahti
Commanding Officer, 187th Glider Infantry
25 February 1943 - Col. Harry D. Hildebrand
Commanding Officer, 188th Glider Infantry
25 February 1943 - Col. Robert H. Soule
Commanding Officer, 457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
25 February 1943 - Maj. Douglas P. Quandt
Jully 44 - Maj. Nick Stadtherr
Commanding Officer, 129th Airborne Engineer Battalion
25 February 1943 - Lt. Col. Douglas C. Davis
Statistique
25 février 1943 – Activé
25 mai 1944 – Arrivé en Nouvelle Guinée
25 mai 1944 - Premier combat
204 – Nombre de jour de combat
?? – Nombre de prisonnier de guerre capturé
Congressional Medal of Honor (médaille du congrès) : 2
ELMER E. FRYAR (private)
MANUEL PEREZ JR.(private first class)
Distinguished Service Cross: 2
Legion of Merit:
Silver Star: 48
Soldiers Medal:
Bronze Star:
Air Medal:
Avr 44 - Camp Stoneman - San-Fransisco - Etats-Unis
28 Mai 44 - Piste d'aviation - Buno-Dobodura - Nouvelle-Guinée
29 Nov 44 - Cariaga - Cabalian - Sogod - Bito - Île de Leyte - Philippines
31 Jan 44 - Tagaytay Ridge - Île de Luzon - Philippines
23 Fév 44 - Prison de Los Banos - Île de Luzon - Philippines
23 Juin 45 - Vallée de Cagayan - Aparri - Philippines
Août 45 - Occupation - Japon