Histoire · 27 March 2023
Commanding Officer -> Lieutenant Colonel J.P. PARKINSON 2nd in Command -> Major G. WELLS Administrative Officer -> Lieutenant R. COLE Regimental Sergeant Major -> Warrant Officer I L. EASTWOOD Captain T. McMURRAY Captain D. ROWLANDS Captain J. MITCHELL -> Attached to 4th Parachute Bn Captain E. MORRISON -> Attached to 5th Parachute Bn Captain W.J. KERR -> Attached to 6th Parachute Bn
In Memoriam · 23 June 2022
Clarence OLSON was born July 23rd, 1910 in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois. He is killed in action October 1st, 1944 in the maritimes Alps as part of the 602nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion.
In Memoriam · 23 June 2022
Arthur LUPONE was one of the three artillery forward observers of "A" Battery, 602nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion who was killed in Col de la Madone, in the Maritims Alps. Their Jeep Drove over a Tellermine.
In Memoriam · 23 June 2022
Louis LESMEISTER was one of the three artillery forward observers of "A" Battery, 602nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion who was killed in Col de la Madone, in the Maritims Alps. Their Jeep Drove over a Tellermine.
In Memoriam · 23 June 2022
Louis GREEN was one of the three artillery forward observers of "A" Battery, 602nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion who was killed in Col de la Madone, in the Maritims Alps. Their Jeep Drove over a Tellermine.
In Memoriam · 22 June 2022
George RUELL is born in Queens county, New York. He is killed in action in Mandelieu La Napoule on the 23rd August 1944, while serving in the 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion.
In Memoriam · 22 June 2022
John HAY is born in Westchester County, New York. Serving in the 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, he is killed in action in Mandelieu la Napoule, August 23rd, 1944. The action in Mandelieu will cost many lives for the 509th PIB and 463rd PFAB troopers.
In Memoriam · 07 June 2021
Marion L. ADAMS is born October 4th , 1917 in Kenton, Kentucky. He enlisted in the army May 26, 1943 in Louisville, Kentucky as a private. He formerly worked as electrician. He is killed by a mine explosion November 28th, 1944 after 18 months in service as part of the 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion.
In Memoriam · 29 January 2020
On August 15, 1944, he jumped into Provence in the "C" battery of the 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion. Just after the jump, his group is nailed to the ground near Trans en Provence by a German machine gun nest. 2nd Lt Harry MOORE and Pfc Philip KENNAMER decide with the help of a French Bataillon de Choc soldier (Jacques DEBRAY) to neutralize the enemy machine gun. All three will be killed during the assault. Le 15 août 1944, il saute en Provence dans la batterie "C" du 460th...
In Memoriam · 28 January 2020
Philip KENNAMER was born on July 26, 1915, in Madill, Marshall County, Oklahoma, USA. In 1934, at 19, Philip was found guilty of manslaughter after killing John GORELL in Tusla, Oklahoma. The latter plans to kidnap his girlfriend Virginia WILCOX. In 1943 he was paroled to engage airborne troops, a predestined place because a 1934 article described him as a "stuntman, he threw cars into the water, jumped out of windows, walked on the ledge from the roof of a large building "... On August 15,...
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