11th Airborne Division

Composition:

  • Infanteries :

511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) 

187th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)

188th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)

  •  Artilleries :

457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)

674th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)

675th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)

  •  Others :

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

Order of Battle

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

Statistics

  1. Chronology:

25 february 1943 – Actived

25 may 1944 – Arrived in New Guinea

25 may 1944 - First day in combat

204 – Days in combat

?? – Numbers of prisoner of war captured

 

  1. Awards and Distinctions :

 Congressional Medal of Honor : 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:

 

  1. Combat Zone:

 

Apr 44 - Camp Stoneman - San-Fransisco - Etats-Unis

28 May 44 - Airdrome - Buno-Dobodura - New-Guinea

29 Nov 44 - Cariaga - Cabalian - Sogod - Bito - Leyte island - Philippines

31 Jan 44 - Tagaytay Ridge - Luzon island - Philippines

23 Feb 44 - Los Banos Prison - Luzon Island - Philippines

23 Jun 45 - Cagayan Valley - Aparri - Philippines

Aug 45 - Occupation - Japan