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History Of The 508th Parachute Infantry

CONTENTS FOREWORD X PART ONE: PRELUDE TO COMBAT 1 PART TWO: NORMANDY 15 PART THREE: HOLLAND 39 PART FOUR: THE ARDENNES 59 PART FIVE: OCCUPATION 83 BATTLE CREDITS 101 HONOR ROLL 102 APPENDIX I: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REGIMENTAL HISTORY 110 APPENDIX II: MEN KILLED IN TRAINING ACCIDENTS 110 APPENDIX III: BATTLE CASUALTIES 110 APPENDIX IV: COMBAT AWARDS 110 APPENDIX V: LIST OF COMBAT AWARDS 111 APPENDIX VI: BATTLEFIELD COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 111 APPENDIX VII: UNIT CITATIONS 116 MAPS 1: FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE NORMANDY DROP 18 2: THE NORMANDY DROP ZONES AND THE BEACHES 19 3: FROM STE. MERE EGLISE TO LA HAYE-DU-PUITS 28 4: HILLS 131 AND 95 36 5: FLIGHT PLAN FOR HOLLAND 41 6: THE HOLLAND DROP ZONES 44 7: THE 1ST BATTALION AT DEN HEUVEL 45 8: THE COUNTERATTACK AT DEN HEUVEL 48 9: NIJMEGEN AND THE CROSSING OF THE WAAL 53 10: THE TWO-MAN RECONNAISSANCE PATROL 56 11: THE REGIMENT ARRIVES IN THE ARDENNES 61 12: THE COUNTERATTACK FROM VIELSALM 64 13: THE ATTACK ON COMTfi 73 14: THE ADVANCE TO LOSHEIM 77 15: THE DRIVE TO THE ROER 80 Digitized by Google.

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