17th Airborne Division

Composition:

  • Infantries :

507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) 

513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)

193rd Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)

194th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)

  •  Artillries :

464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)

466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)

680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)

681th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)

  •  Others :

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

  • Chronology:

 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

  • Awards and Distinctions :

 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

  •  Combat zone :

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


  • Statistics:

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%