70th Anniversary Events



1st Infantry Division

18th Infantry Regiment Company B Jim Sharp
16th Infantry Regiment Company I William F. "Bill" Ryan
16th Infantry Regiment   Alfred A. "Al" Alvarez
18th Infantry Regiment Company B Jim Sharp (US 2014)


4th Infantry Division

12th Infantry Regimnt Company E Jack Port
22nd Infantry Regiment Company D Isaac C. Phillips


8th Infantry Division

121st Infantry Regiment Company F Walter Driggs


13th Airborne Division

515th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company D Edward J. "Ed" George


17th Airborne Division

513th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company D Curtis Gadd
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company E Robert "Bob" Patterson
194th Glider Infantry Regiment HQ Co. - Co. D John J. Schumacher
194th Glider Infantry Regiment Company F John Leather
193th Glider Infantry Regiment Company D Lynn W. Aas
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company G Austin Y. Steen Jr.
466th Parachute Field Artillery Bn.   Daniel Chipego


26th Infantry Division

328th Infantry Regiment Company F Julian Siebert


29th Infantry Division

32nd Hospital Unit   Travis Winfree
4th Signals Battalion   Arthur Seltzer


34th Infantry Division

133rd Infantry Regiment Company E Nathan Rawson


36th Infantry Division

141st Infantry Regiment Company I Herman Zerger


44th Infantry Division

71st Infantry Regiment Company M Joseph "Joe" Minto


78th Infantry Division

310th Infantry Regiment Company D Stuart T. Brandow


79th Infantry Division

314th Infantry Regimnt Company A Rafael M. Gonzales


80th Infantry Division

317th Infantry Regiment Company G Gerald Virgil Myers
319th Infantry Regiment   Ike Refice
317th Infantry Regiment Company K Jerry Spellman  


82nd Airborne Division

80th Airborne Anti Aircraft Battalion Battery C Raymond E. "Ray" Fary
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company D Julius Eisner
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company A Robert M. Murphy
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment   Joseph P. "Joe" Schwan
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment HQ Co. - 2nd Bn. Chester E. "Chet" Graham
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion Company A Joseph M. "Joe" Cicchinelli
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion   Douglas C. "Doug" Dillard  
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion Company B Richard "Dick" Field  
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment HQ Co. - 2nd Bn. Zane Schlemmer
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company C Duane J. "Pinky" Pinkston
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company G Henry "Duke" Boswell
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company E John W. Perozzi
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment HQ Co. - 1st Bn. Bill Sullivan
505th Regimental Combat Team   Thomas J. Blakey


83rd Infantry Division

329th Infantry Regiment Company C William S. "Bill" Spriggs
330th Infantry Regiment Company M Leo T. Hury
329th Infantry Regiment Company G Francis P. Markuns
331st Infantry Regiment Company A William A. Geppert Jr.
308th Engineer Battalion Company C Clifton "Cliff" Wooldridge
322nd Field Artillery Battery A Ellsworth Massie
330th Infantry Regiment Company I Luther S. Strunk
331st Infantry Regiment Company K Emanuel "Manny" Epstein
331st Infantry Regiment HQ Co. - 2nd Bn. Tony Vaccaro
330th Infantry Regiment   Jess N. Parmer
329th Infantry Regiment HQ Co. - 2nd Bn. Vinson "Vince" Freeman
331st Infantry Regiment Company D William "Bill" McKee
329th Infantry Regiment Company L Robert "Bob" Keck
330th Infantry Regiment Company C Clifford "Cliff" W. Snyder
331st Infantry Regiment Company L Anthony Torrieri
330th Infantry Regiment Company A/B Chuck Abdinoor
329th Infantry Regiment Company H Ernest M. Smith
908th Field Artillery Battalion   Robert "Bob" Brower
453rd AAA Aw Battery B Fred C. Pearson
329th Infantry Regiment Company E Paul Kolbe
83rd Reconnaissance Troop   James "Ernie" Gatten
329th Infantry Regiment Company G Roger E. Dumont
329th Infantry Regiment Company H George Bourget
83rd Signal Company   James F. Brennan
83rd Signal Company   Rudolph "Rudy" Zamula
329th Infantry Regiment Company B Robert "Bob" Taylor
HQ Divisional Artillery   Jim Mellman
331st Infantry Regiment Company L Wayne Kunkel
330th Infantry Regiment Company C Henry W. Hicks
331st Infantry Regiment HQ Co. - 1st Bn. Stanley P. "Stan" Bielen
329th Infantry Regiment HQ Company Sam Castelli
329th Infantry Regiment Company K Albert "Al" Rinaldi
330th Infantry Regiment Company A Edwin F. "Ed" Brown
329th Infantry Regiment Ser.Co. - 2nd Bn. Arthur R. Wagner
330th Infantry Regiment HQ Company Al Klugiewicz
329th Infantry Regiment Company G John J. Cupina
329th Infantry Regiment Company F Russel "Russ" Whitehead
329th Infantry Regiment Company F George Thompson
330th Infantry Regiment   Benjamin "Ben" Cunningham
HQ Divisional Artillery   Richard T. Alexander
83rd Reconnaissance Troop   Frederick Harrison
330th Infantry Regiment Company I Arthur "Art" Jacobson
330th Infantry Regiment Company F Arthur Loukas
331st Infantry Regiment Company D Ralf C. "RC" Hamilton
331st Infantry Regiment Company F Chester A. "Chet" Kochan
83rd Reconnaissance Troop   Nicholas P. Yatron
329th Infantry Regiment Company H August T. Farias
329th Infantry Regiment Company L B. John Prinzi


84th Infantry Division

334th Infantry Regiment   Arthur P. "Art" Mahler
334th Infantry Regiment Company E James V. "Jim" Morgia
335th Infantry Regiment Company H Robert S. "Bob" Reid  
335th Infantry Regiment Company K Allan W. Howerton  


87th Infantry Division

347th Infantry Regiment Company K John T. "Jack" Moran


90th Infantry Division

358th Infantry Regiment Company E Vernon Schmidt
359th Infantry Regiment Company L Milton L. "Milt" Staley
359th Infantry Regiment Company D Darold Rice  


99th Infantry Division

394th Infantry Regiment Company D Howard I. Bowers


101st Airborne Division

501st Parachute Infantry Regiment RHQ Company Ralph K. Manley
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment Medic 2nd Bn. Robert E. "Bob" Wright
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company I William P. "Bill" Galbraith
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company I Manual M. "Manny" Barios
321st Glider Field Artillery Bn. Battery A George Wilson
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment Company D Bert Collier
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment Company D Bobby G. Hunter
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment RHQ Company John Primerano
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company D Robert "Bob" Lundy
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment Service Co. Earl J. Geoffrion
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment Company B Robert G. "Bob" Gehrett
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company E Edward "Ed" Mauser
321st Glider Field Artillery Bn. Battery B Raymond P. "Ray" Nagell
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company G Robert L. "Bob" Izumi
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company E Herbert J. "Herb" Suerth
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment Company H Vincent J. "Vince" Speranza
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company E William "Wild Bill" Guarnere
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company H Louis "Lou" Vecchi
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company F Robert "Bob" Noody
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company G James H. "Pee Wee" Martin
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment HQ Company Guy Whidden
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment HQ Co. Filthy 13 Jack N. Womer
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Company A Eugene "Gene" Cook
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment   Edward Woodson
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment HQ Co. - 2nd Bn. Eugene E. "Gene" Gilbreath
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment Company A Edward "Ed" Hallo


103rd Infantry Division

328th Medical Battalion Company B Ernest C. Haden


104th Infantry Division

413rd Infantry Regiment Company G Hyland Davidson


106th Infantry Division

Divisional Artillery   Clarence L. Buckman
422nd Infantry Regiment Company G Robert D. Eldridge
424th Infantry Regiment Company K John G. Beville
589th Field Artillery Battalion Battery B John R. Schaffner
589th Field Artillery Battalion Battery A John F. Gatens
423rd Infantry Regiment Company H John A. Swett
422nd Infantry Regiment Company G Herbert M. Sheaner


Armored Divisions

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7th Armored Division Vern Hirsch
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9th Armored Division Carl L. Shell
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10th Armored Division Robert B. "Bob" Weber
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10th Armored Division Robert M. Hamilton
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10th Armored Division Al Taylor
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6th Armored Division John C. Glascock
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2nd Armored Division George T. Perrine
3rd Armored Division Robert F. Kauffman
740th Tank Battalion Larkin G. Dilbeck
740th Tank Battalion Harry F. Miller
740th Tank Battalion Harold G. Bradley


US Army Air Forces (USAAF)

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8th Air Force William S. "Bill" Lyons
9th Air Force Wallace G. Jeffrey
13th Air Force Charles L. "Chuck" Wilson
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8th Air Force John H. "Lucky" Luckadoo
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8th Air Force Conrad L. Lohoefer
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15th Air Force Nick Carroza
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8th Air Force Eugene Polinsky
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8th Air Force Harold D. Weekley


US Various Units

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11th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) Group Ernest A. Meadows
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473rd AAA Auto Weapons Battalion Wade J. Cypret
302nd Signal Operation Battalion Ray Groves
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  Howard Manoian
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US Coast Guard Tommy Harbour
555th Air Craft Warning Battalion, Co. A Gordon M. Strevel
360th Engineer General Service Regiment John Mc Intepe
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US Merchant Marine Peter J. Pappas
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US Merchant Marine Rudy Radmonovich
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US Navy Seabees - CBMU 521 Gregg L. Layman
US Navy Durwood Corley
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86th Chemical Mortar Battalion Raymond M. Sylvester
114th Radio Signal Company Harry "Flip" Kulkowitz
237th Combat Engineers Battalion Alfonso Villa
US Naval Amphibious Forces Joe Scida
Underwater Demolition Team John Brooks
7th Photografic Technical Squadron J.J.O'Brien
77th Evacuation Hospital André Jamar
102nd Evacuation Hospital Malcolm Strom
607th Grave Registration Company George Ciampa
US Navy (Pacific Theater of Operations) Fritz Heintz


American Women Veterans

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164th General Hospital Ellan & Dorothy Levitsky


Various Allied Countries

Free French Air Force, Fighter Group Berry Lohic Lemaire
2eme Division Blindée (2nd Arm.Div.) Paul Maisons
Mouvement Nationale Belge, Group M, Liége Roger Jamblin
512th MP Battalion, Company C Maurice Sperandieu
7de Linie Regiment Louis Asselberghs
12th Yorkshire Parachute Regiment Douglas Baines
12th Yorkshire Parachute Regiment Fred Harman
49th Inf. Division, Hallamshire Battalion Raymond Stretch
101st Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF) Robert F. Reynolds
Royal Navy, Light Coastal Forces Ken Smith
No. 267 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF) R. G. Dearman
No. 249 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF) Thomas F. Neil
No. 92 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF) Geoffrey H. Wellum
No. 602 Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF) Nigel Rose
7th Armoured Division Wilfred Hockaday
Royal Canadian Air Force Gilbert "Gilles" Boulanger
Royal Canadian Artillery, 14th Field Regiment Garth Webb
3rd Division Light Anti-Aircraft Bruce Melanson
Calgary Highlandes, Company A Floyd Orin Rourke


German Veterans

3. Fallschirmjager Division (3rd Paratrooper Div.) Johannes Börner


Korean- and Vietnam War Veterans

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3rd Marine Division Joe Hill
507th / 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Richard Yates