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
Order of Battle
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 (first 82nd Airborne)
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
Statistics
15 April 1943 – Actived
25 August 1943 – Arrived in Angleterre
24 December 1944 – Arrived in ETO (J+201)
25 December 1944 - First fight
45 – Days in combat
17.344 – Numbers of prisoner of war captured
Congressional Medal of Honor : 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
Missing or Captured: 129
Wounded: 1.473
Killed: 564
Lost without combat: 854
Total casualties: 3.020
% par rapport au T/O d'organisation: 23,2%