17th Airborne Division
Composition:
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) - ROSTER
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) - ROSTER
193rd Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR) - ROSTER
194th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR) - ROSTER
464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB) - ROSTER
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB) - ROSTER
680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB) - ROSTER
681th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB) - ROSTER
155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion (AAA) - ROSTER
139th Airborne Engineer Battalion (AEB) - ROSTER
17th Parachute Maintenance Battalion
224th Airborne Medical Battalion - ROSTER
717th Ordnance Company - ROSTER
411th Quartermaster Company - ROSTER
517th Signal Company - ROSTER
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company - ROSTER
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%