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1942 -
"Selection of the Parachutist"
(pdf*)
from Military Surgeon magazine,
Vol 91: pp 81-83; 1942. Military Review
22 No. 86: 64; 1942. 225. |
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1943 -
Parachute School, Fort Benning -
Parachute [Packing] Training |
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1943 -
Parachute Training |
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1943 -
Paratrooper Training Postcards- Fort Benning
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1943 -
Paratrooper Training
- Fort Benning
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| 1943 April 6 -
17th Airborne Information and Compliance (pdf*) |
| 1943 May 10 -
Letter to
parents of new recruits from Lt. McKinley |
| 1943 June 12 -
"Prop Blast" Book
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| 1943 -
17th Airborne Division football champs |
| 1943 July 8 -
Letter from Camp Toccoa, Pvt. James S. Slaten, B Co
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1943 Aug -
The
Thunderbolt - August 1943
(pdf*)
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1943 Aug 19 -
Letter to Moms
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1943 Sept -
The
Thunderbolt - Sept 1943
(pdf*) - excerpts |
| 1943 Nov 23 -
Postcard from Camp Mackall, Pvt. James S. Slaten, B
Co
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| 1943 Dec 4 -
"Prop Blast" Book
(cover only) |
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1943 -
Christmas card from Camp Mackall |
1943 -
Christmas
Greetings from the Men of the Five Seventeen
 |
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1943 Dec - The
Thunderbolt - Dec 1943 - Lt. Col. J B Andersen and Joe David
Brown |
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1944 -
Parachute
Injuries at Jump School - The Journal of Joint
and Bone Surgery
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1944 -
Silk maps of Europe |
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1944 Jan -
News clippings and paratrooper knife |
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1944 Jan 4 -
Tennessee Maneuvers
(pdf*) |
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1944 Jan 7 -
Parachutists "Take Camp Mackall, The Charlotte [NC]
News
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1944 February -
Equipment for Airborne Troops - Quartermaster Equipment
for Special Forces
(pdf*) |
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1944
Spring -
Physical Fitness test results |
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1944 May 1 -
Letter to 596th Wives and Mothers
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| 1944 July 9 -
Memorial Service - Italy (includes list of KIAs to
date)
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1944 August -
"TOP SECRET"
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1944 August
14
- A Company, Italy
(1 MB) found by Gilles Guignard |
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1944 August
15
- Flight Form - Plane #3 loading |
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1944 August
14 - video -
First Airborne Task Force preparing for Operation
Dragoon. (See Bill Boyle)
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1944 -
MIA Telegram to the wife of Pvt. Joseph F. Van Ness, B
Company
 |
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1944 -
Mail Handling Procedure During the Invasion of Southern
France |
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1944 -
Bronze Star
Citation for Burton Stadler
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| 1944 -
Ration menus from Southern France
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| 1944 October 14 -
Parachute Jump School Certificate (Italy) |
| 1944 October 22 -
Thunderbolt newspaper
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| 1944 November 8 -
Card
from Southern France from Ray Wilson
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1944 November 15 -
General Orders #22
Good Conduct Medals and Combat Infantryman's Badge |
| 1944 November 2 -
General Orders 42 -
Silver Star for T/4 Charles A. Derbin, Reg. HQ.
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| 1944 November 8 -
Card
from Southern France from Ray Wilson
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| 1944 November 22 -
Letter from General Robert T Frederick announcing his
departure from the First Airborne Task Force |
| 1944 December 1 -
Memorial Service
(includes
list of KIAs to date) |
| 1944 Dec 3 -
Liberty Pass front
back |
| 1944 - December -
Letters to mother of Sgt. Robert J. Miller,
I Company (KIA)
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| 1944 - December 9-21 - Photo of
Soissons in northern
France |
| 1944 - Dec
14 -
Hamburg Iowa Reporter - Dick Spencer's account of Howard
Hensleigh in Les Arc
complete pdf version |
1944 -
Christmas Greetings (includes complete
1944 Team roster)
 |
| 1944 -
Christmas V-Card - blank copy
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| 1944 -
Christmas
V-Cards from Charles Pugh and
Vernon Glenn, 596th |
| 1944 -
Christmas
V-Cards by Dick Spencer, done
for the 3rd Battalion
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| 1944 Dec 21-25 -
excerpts from the History of the 36th Armored Infantry
Regiment (1st Battalion of the
517th attached)
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1945 Jan 06 -
Starts and Stripes - War Correspondent's Notebook - Col
de Braus; Easton
Express reprinted version |
| 1945 Jan 19 -
Commendation
Letter to 1st Battalion from General M.B. Ridgway
for actions of Dec 28, 1944.
Another copy annotated "Not to be published..." |
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1945 Jan 21 -
War Correspondent's Notebook: Red Cross Man Makes 8
Jumps With Paratroopers |
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1945 Jan ? -
War Correspondent's Notebook |
| 1945 January -
Croix de
Guerre citation for Capt. James P. Birder
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| 1945
? -
Special Orders
for German-American Relations |
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1945 -
Silver Star award for Bobby M. Liddell,
for action on Feb 8th in Bergstein,
Germany
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| 1945 Feb 10 -
517th unit reported in Stars and Stripes
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| 1945 Feb 11 -
Telegram reporting Robert A. Harp KIA
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| 1945 March 26 -
Stars and
Stripes - Largest Minefield |
| 1945 March -
"517 PCT" Book |
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1945 - April
30
-
Bronze Star Awards (for actions in
France, Belgium and Germany) |
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1945 - April
-
News Clippings about the
3rd Bn "Leftovers" |
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1945 - Letterhead
made for HQ Co, 3rd Battalion:
letterhead 1,
letterhead 2
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1945 - April
-
Paris Pass |
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1945 -
SSgt Nello Arterburn - Bronze
Star Award Citation |
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1945 May 19 -
517th Victory in Europe Prop Blast |
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1945 May 22 -
War Letter Home from Nello Arterburn, G Co. |
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1945 July 23 -
Bronze Star Citation for Sgt. Leon Bosse
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1945 July 27 -
General Order 48 - Awards of Silver an
Bronze Stars
(pdf*)
for Dallas,
Hughes, Kane, Kleinendorst, Markle,
Zygnowicz, Mills, Guy, Hensleigh,
Kendrick, and White
(received
from Becky Martinette, daughter of
Maurice White) |
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1945 August 3 -
Lt. Thomas Fred Patin Gets Silver Star -
Louisiana Messenger newspaper,
Patin's Silver Star citation |
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1945 August 10 -
Silver Star for William Thorng |
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1945 August -
Passenger list from the Madawaska
Victory ship
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1945 - September
28 -
Paratrooper Landing postcard
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1945-1946 - NY
Times clippings:
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Truman Presents Honor Medal to 15
- NY Times, October 12, (1944?) |
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Brings Aid by Parachute - NY
Times, January 28, 1945; David
DeVarona, Red Cross Director |
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7,016 More Veterans Arrive From
Europe - August 23, 1945;
"The greatest outfit in the
Army" |
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168 Parachutists Refuse to Jump
- NY Times, March 10, 1946 |
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Col. Boyle Receives DSC -
April 13, 1946 - NY Times |
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1945 -
"A Record of Company C"
|
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1945 -
Capt. James Birder memorial
- Notre Dame 1945 |
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1945 -
Christmas Dinner - Reg. HQ - Ft.
Bragg |
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1945 Dec 27 -
Presidential
Distinguish Unit Citation - 1st
Battalion, 517 PIR |
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1945 -
Presidential Recognition Certificate
(pdf*)
from Harry Truman to Gene Markle |
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1946? -
460th PFAB - HQ and HQ Service Battery -
List of locations from 1943 Activation
to 1946 Deactivation
|
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1946 - copy of
French Croix de Guerre Citation 247 |
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1947-1948 -
Blue Book Magazine articles
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194? -
Postcards from Camp Mackall
|
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???? -
Paratroopers in gliders - Lt. Athey's
story
|
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???? -
Melvin E. Biddle Medal of Honor citation |
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???? -
Blood on the Risers - song lyrics on
517 stationery
|
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1953 -
Ancient Order of the Mulligan Guards |
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1964 -
1964 Reunion speech by Lt. Gen. John
W. Bowen at Fort Bragg
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1973 -
September 1973 Thunderbolt - sample
pages
|
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1975 -
1975 Reunion
Booklet, including tributes and biographies of
seven 517th Generals
|
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1976 -
Terry Sanford for US President Campaign
Brochure reprint
(pdf*) |
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1980-1995 - 596th PCEC Newsletters:
April 1980 (10 Mb),
May 1981 (8 Mb),
November 1981 (11Mb),
July 1982 (5 Mb),
July 1982 supplement,
January 1983 (5Mb),
May 1983 (4Mb),
June 1983 (2Mb),
December 1983 (4 Mb),
December 1984 (8.5Mb),
April 1985 (7Mb),
December 1985 (2 Mb),
Spring 1986 (4 Mb),
Spring 1987 (4 Mb),
January 1988 (5 Mb),
Fall 1988 (4 Mb),
January 1993 (19 Mb),
1st Quarter 1995 (7 Mb),
Fall 1995 (7 Mb), Winter 1995 (9 Mb) |
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1989 -
Keynote
Speech by author William
B. Breuer |
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1993 -
Letter from Bob Hope
|
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1994 -
Postcard - 50th Anniversary of Operation
Dragoon |
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1997 -
Origins of Dick Spencer's Battling
Buzzard logo -
Iowa University Alumni Quarterly, 1997
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2000 -
From Hitler to Trujillo, an autobiography
of Alfred Vorshirm, a Belgian who joined
the 517th in southern France as an
interpreter. Excerpt about time with the 517th
|
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2005 August 15 -
Note from President George W. Bush to
the August 2005 517th Reunion,
Savannah, GA
|
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History of the 517th by Lt. Gen.
Richard Seitz at the 517th Reunion,
Savannah, GA, August 2005
|
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Vice President Dick Cheney - video
Washington, DC
National Reunion, June 27-July 2 2007
|
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Video interviews of 517 troopers, as
used in the film documentary, "A Cut
Above"
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- 26 Dec 1944 
