User:Habap/Airborne

Purpose
This page is intended as an aid in my further development of articles on US Paratroopers in World War II. I keep trying to follow links to get to everything, trying to remember the quickest way to get everywhere. I'm also trying to keep track of which officers and men we already have articles on, so it's been confusing.

82nd Airborne Division

 * Matthew Ridgway
 * James M. Gavin


 * 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, page created by Habap
 * Reuben Henry Tucker III, major updates by Habap
 * 1st Battalion:
 * 2nd Battalion:
 * 3rd Battalion:
 * 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, page created by Habap
 * James M. Gavin
 * 1st Battalion: Frederick C. A. Kellam (KIA 6 June 44), Mark Alexander
 * 2nd Battalion: Benjamin H. Vandervoort
 * 3rd Battalion: Edward C. Krause
 * 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, page created by Habap
 * Edson Raff, page created by Habap
 * 1st Battalion: Edwin J. Ostberg
 * 2nd Battalion: Charles Timmes
 * 3rd Battalion: Arthur A. Maloney
 * 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
 * Roy E. Lindquist
 * 1st Battalion: Herbert Batcheller (KIA 6 June 44), Shields Warren
 * 2nd Battalion: Thomas J. B. Shanley
 * 3rd Battalion: Louis G. Mendez
 * 325th Glider Infantry Regiment
 * Charles W. Billingslea
 * 1st Battalion: Klemm R. Boyd
 * 2nd Battalion: John H. Swenson (WIA 11 June 44), Maj. Osmond Leahy, Maj. Roscoe Roy (KIA 15 June 44), Maj. Charles T. Major
 * 3rd Battalion (aka 2/401): Charles A. Carrell (Relieved 9 June 44), Arthur W. Gardner (KIA 14 June 44); Osmond Leahy

U.S. 11th Airborne Division

 * 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment
 * 1st Battalion:
 * 2nd Battalion:
 * 3rd Battalion:
 * 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
 * Orin D. Haugen
 * 1st Battalion:
 * 2nd Battalion:
 * 3rd Battalion:
 * 188th Glider/Parachute Infantry Regiment
 * 1st Battalion:
 * 2nd Battalion:
 * 3rd Battalion:

U.S. 13th Airborne Division

 * Eldridge G. Chapman


 * 515th Parachute Infantry Regiment, the "Jumping Wolves", '43-'46
 * Julian B Lindsey
 * 1st Battalion:
 * 2nd Battalion:
 * 3rd Battalion:
 * 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, also in 17th Airborne Division
 * 88th Glider Infantry Regiment, eventually folded into 326th
 * Eldridge G. Chapman
 * Robert C. Aloe
 * Joseph Hinton (Army Officer)
 * Samuel Roth (Army Officer)
 * 1st Battalion:
 * 2nd Battalion:
 * 3rd Battalion:
 * 326th Glider Infantry Regiment
 * William O. Poindexter
 * 1st Battalion:
 * 2nd Battalion:
 * 3rd Battalion:

U.S. 17th Airborne Division

 * William M. Miley


 * 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, page created by Habap, see above
 * 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, page created by Habap
 * 1st Battalion:
 * 2nd Battalion:
 * 3rd Battalion:
 * 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment
 * Louis A. Walsh, Jr.
 * 1st Battalion: William J. Boyle
 * 2nd Battalion: Richard J. Seitz
 * 3rd Battalion: Melvin Zais
 * 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment
 * 1st Battalion:
 * 2nd Battalion:
 * 3rd Battalion:
 * 194th Glider Infantry Regiment
 * 1st Battalion:
 * 2nd Battalion:
 * 3rd Battalion:

101st Airborne Division

 * Bill Lee
 * Maxwell Taylor


 * 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment
 * Howard R. "Jumpy" Johnson
 * Julian Ewell
 * Bob Ballard (Army Officer)
 * 1st Battalion: Robert C. Carroll (KIA 6 June 44), Harry W. O. Kinnard
 * 2nd Battalion: Bob Ballard (Army Officer)
 * 3rd Battalion: Julian Ewell
 * 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
 * George Van Horn Moseley, Jr.
 * John H. Michaelis
 * Steve Chappuis
 * Medals of Honor - Lt Col Robert G. Cole, Joe E. Mann
 * 1st Battalion: Patrick F. Cassidy
 * 2nd Battalion: Steven A. Chapuis
 * 3rd Battalion: Robert G. Cole
 * 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
 * Robert F. Sink
 * 1st Battalion: William L. Turner (KIA 7 June 44), James L. LaPrade
 * 2nd Battalion: Robert L. Strayer
 * 3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. Robert Lee Wolverton (KIA 6 June 44), Maj. Oliver M. Horton
 * 327th Glider Infantry Regiment
 * George S. Wear (relieved 9 June 44)
 * Joseph H. Harper, "The German delegation had come through the 327th sector and Colonel Harper was given the responsibility of relaying General McAuliffe’s response. The Germans said they did not understand. Colonel Harper replied, 'The reply is decidedly not affirmative – in plain English, it is the same as ‘Go to Hell.'", article created by Habap
 * Regimental motto “Bastogne Bulldog”
 * 1st Battalion: Hartford T. Salee (WIA 10 June 44)
 * 2nd Battalion: Thomas J. Rouzie
 * 3rd Battalion (aka 1/401): Ray C. Allen
 * 401st Glider Infantry Regiment
 * Joseph H. Harper, see above
 * 1st Battalion: Ray C. Allen
 * 2nd Battalion: Charles O. Carrell

Independent battalions

 * 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion
 * Edson Raff
 * William P. Yarborough
 * 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion
 * 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion
 * All African American unit, "The Smoke Jumpers" or "Triple Nickel"