17th Airborne Division
Composition:
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
193rd Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)
194th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)
464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)
680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)
681th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion (AAA)
139th Airborne Engineer Battalion (AEB)
17th Parachute Maintenance Battalion
224th Airborne Medical Battalion
717th Ordnance Company
411th Quartermaster Company
517th Signal Company
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company
Reconnaissance Platoon (assigned 1 Mar 45 reorganization)
Band
Ordre de bataille
Commanding General
15 April 1943 - Maj. Gen. William M. Miley
Assistant Division Commander
15 April 1943 - Brig. Gen. John L. Whitelaw
Artillery Commander
15 April 1943 - Brig. Gen. Joseph V. Phelps
Chief of Staff
15 April 1943 - Col. Willard K. Liebel
Assistant Chief of Staff G-1
15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Lewis R. Good
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2
15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Lyle N. McAlister
Assistant Chief of Staff G-3
15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Edwin J. Messinger
Assistant Chief of Staff G-4
15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Charles W. Koester
Assistant Chief of Staff G-5
15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Richard A. Norton
Adjutant General
15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Gabe W. Lewis, Jr.
Commanding Officer, 507th Parachute Infantry (au début rattaché à la 82ème)
26 december 1942 - Lt. Col. George V. Millet Jr.
9 April 1945 - Col. Edson Raff
Commanding Officer, 513th Parachute Infantry
25 August 1944 - Col. James W. Coutts
9 April 1945 - Lt. Col. Ward Ryan
Commanding Officer, 193rd Glider Infantry
15 April 1943 - Colonel Maurice G. Stubbs
Commanding Officer, 194th Glider Infantry
15 April 1943 - Col. James R. Pierce
Commanding Officer, 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. Edward S Branigan
Commanding Officer, 466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
15 April 1943 - Maj. Kenneth L. Booth
Commanding Officer, 680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
15 April 1943 - Lt Col. Paul F. Oswald
Commanding Officer, 681st Glider Field Artillery Battalion
15 April 1943 - Lt.Col. Joseph W Keating
Commanding Officer, 139th Airborne Engineer Battalion
10 March 1943 - Lt Col. Stanley Johnson
6 June 1944 - Major Edwin A. Bedell
Commanding Officer, 155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion
15 April 1943 - Lt. Col. John W. Paddock
Commanding Officer, 224th Medical Company
15 April 1943 - Capt. Nicholas L. Ciaccia
Commanding Officer, 517th Airborne Signal Company
15 April 1943 - 1st Lt. David O. Jesberg
Statistique
15 avril 1943 – Activé
25 août 1943 – Arrivé en Angleterre
24 décembre 1944 – Arrivé sur le continent (J+201)
25 décembre 1944 - Premier combat
45 – Nombre de jour de combat
17.344 – Nombre de prisonnier de guerre capturé
Congressional Medal of Honor (médaille du congrès) : 4
- Pfc George J. Peter
- 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
30 Aug 44 - Camp Chiseldon - Wiltshire - Angleterre
24 Dec 44 - Camp Mourmellon - Marne - France
28 Dec 44 - Charleville - Ardennes - France
3 Jan 45 - Morhet - Luxembourg - Belgique
15 Jan 45 - Celli - Luxembourg - Belgique
17 Jan 45 - Bertogne - Luxembourg - Belgique
19 Jan 45 - Compegne - Luxembourg - Belgique
22 Jan 45 - Lavigny - Luxembourg - Belgique
24 Jan 45 - Steinbach - Luxembourg - Belgique
27 Jan 45 - Eschweiler - Luxembourg
29 Jan 45 - Enscherange - Luxembourg
11 Feb 45 - Chalon-sur-Marne - Marne - France
24 Mar 45 - Wesel (2 kilometers north) - Rhénanie - Allemagne
28 Mar 45 - Peddenburg - Rhénanie - Allemagne
29 Mar 45 - Vulffen - Rhénanie - Allemagne
30 Mar 45 - Haltern - Rhénanie - Allemagne
1 Apr 45 - Dulmen - Westphalie - Allemagne
3 Apr 45 - Appelhulsen - Westphalie - Allemagne
4 Apr 45 - Munster - Westphalie - Allemagne
6 Apr 45 - Marxloh - Rhénanie - Allemagne
8 Apr 45 - Bottrop - Rhénanie - Allemagne
10 Apr 45 - Essen - Rhénanie - Allemagne
21 Apr 45 - Marxloh - Rhénanie - Allemagne
Perdus/capturés: 129
Blessés: 1.473
Tués: 564
Pertes hors combats: 854
Total perte: 3.020
% par rapport au T/O d'organisation: 23,2%