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MEN ASSIGNED TO THE |
| row | NAME | PLATOON | SQUAD |
|---|---|---|---|
| row | NAME | PLATOON | SQUAD |
| 1 | GORDON, Charles O, (Status: D) | Platoon: 001A | Squad: HQ |
| 2 | OTTE, John P, (Status: D) | Platoon: 001A | Squad: HQ |
| 3 | PENINGER, James A, (Status: D) | Platoon: 001A | Squad: HQ |
| 4 | DERR, Samuel , (Status: D) | Platoon: 001A | Squad: HQ |
| 5 | MILLER, Grady W, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 6 | FARIS, Oliver Carmical, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 7 | JACKSON, John R, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 8 | GOLLER, Fred F, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 9 | NUESSELER, Charles T, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 10 | CANNON, William Raymond, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 11 | BUTTS, Wallace L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 12 | HEDEN, Robert Harry, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 13 | ALTERIO, Ernest , (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 14 | ARCHAMBEAULT, Robert W, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 15 | WALKER, Joe A, (Status: N) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 16 | MURPHY, James J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 17 | WOJTYNA, William F, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 18 | RUSSELL, Wilmer Ray, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 19 | MOLONEY, George J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 20 | YARBROUGH, Arthur L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 21 | ZOLKING, Jack I, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 22 | SCHMITZ, Walter Otto, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 1 |
| 23 | PRATT, John William Smoak, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 24 | HAMEL, Edward James, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 25 | FISCHER, Norbert A, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 26 | KIVETT, William L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 27 | HARVEY, Harry Vernon, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 28 | COLOTTA, Ignatius J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 29 | MANNING, John George, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 30 | JORDAN, Joseph M, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 31 | MYERS, Duane C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 32 | MOORE, Francis M, (Status: N) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 33 | SCROGGINS, Earl K, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 34 | HALL, Wesley D, (Status: N) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 35 | KENNAMER, Luther Presley, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 2 |
| 36 | JENSON, Paul James, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 3 |
| 37 | JOHNSON, Paul A, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 3 |
| 38 | JULIAN, George , (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 3 |
| 39 | CROCKER, Kenneth L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 3 |
| 40 | BROCKMAN, Walter Grago, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 3 |
| 41 | HOLLINGER, George M, (Status: N) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 3 |
| 42 | JACOBSON, Lind D, (Status: K) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 3 |
| 43 | KINNEE, Gerald Frank, (Status: K) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 3 |
| 44 | KLOOTWYK, Robert J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 3 |
| 45 | DOUGLAS, Paul R, (Status: N) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 3 |
| 46 | MORGAN, John C, (Status: N) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 3 |
| 47 | NEFF, Jack Daniel, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 4 |
| 48 | LUCAS, Charles F, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 4 |
| 49 | BIRKEDAHL, Walter J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 4 |
| 50 | LANOU, Joseph Richard, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 4 |
| 51 | MCGEHEE, William Calvin, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 4 |
| 52 | LETT, Roy E, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 4 |
| 53 | MOLINE, Leon William, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 4 |
| 54 | MUNSELL, Stephen C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 4 |
| 55 | PIOCH, Robert J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 4 |
| 56 | WOOLEVER, Campbell Wayne, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 4 |
| 57 | MINOT, Roland Bradstreet, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 5 |
| 58 | TOWNSEND, Burdette E, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 5 |
| 59 | HOHMANN, Everard Henry, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 5 |
| 60 | HOHMANN, George F, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 5 |
| 61 | MORALES, Irwin J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 5 |
| 62 | MEYERS, Roy B, (Status: N) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 5 |
| 63 | BANTA, Everett L, (Status: I) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 5 |
| 64 | ZINGALE, George J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 5 |
| 65 | MCGEE, James Grady, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 5 |
| 66 | MENDES, Joseph , (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 6 |
| 67 | KING, Joseph P, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 6 |
| 68 | DECKER, Bruce L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 6 |
| 69 | HOLT, William Sylvester, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 6 |
| 70 | NORTON, Charles Edgar, (Status: I) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 6 |
| 71 | KENNY, Roy C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 6 |
| 72 | DODD, Wyatt Harvey, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 6 |
| 73 | ALDER, Albert Harvey, (Status: N) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 6 |
| 74 | SCROGGINS, Durwood Belmont, (Status: D) | Platoon: 1 | Squad: 6 |
| 75 | PLACE, Steven S, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 76 | SWEENEY, Charles F, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 77 | ANDERSON, Drew S, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 78 | VAN LONDON, Gregory S, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 79 | BABUSKA, Emil J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 80 | LAMBRECHT, Jack E, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 81 | STULL, Roy B, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 82 | WEISBERGER, Edward M, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 83 | KAPLAN, Henry D, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 84 | FOWLER, Fredrick E, (Status: N) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 85 | ESTAVILLO, Robert , (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 86 | BRANCH, John W, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 87 | BLANCHE, Edwin L, (Status: K) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 88 | TAYLOR, Willis M, (Status: N) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 89 | EICHHORN, Milo A, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 1 |
| 90 | PITTMAN, Milo I, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 2 |
| 91 | ADDY, Noel D, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 2 |
| 92 | JORDAN, Bernard L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 2 |
| 93 | PATTERSON, Donald L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 2 |
| 94 | KENNERLY, Vance W, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 2 |
| 95 | KENNEDY, Robert N, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 2 |
| 96 | DUNCAN, Loys Theodore, (Status: K) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 2 |
| 97 | KNAPP, Walter C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 2 |
| 98 | KNOWLTON, Daniel D, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 2 |
| 99 | SWANSON, Raymond T, (Status: N) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 2 |
| 100 | OLIVER, Dale E, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 101 | LUNDAY, Hance A, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 102 | STEEN, Archie O, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 103 | ELKINS, Delbert C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 104 | DAVIS, Archibald Samuel, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 105 | BECK, Norman , (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 106 | RAWLS, Francis Dickerson, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 107 | FLOYD, Cecil Monte, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 108 | ELSTON, Ralph Andrew, (Status: T) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 109 | WILLIAMS, Delbert M, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 110 | TOLTON, John Gordon, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 111 | LANGSTON, Harry H, (Status: N) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 3 |
| 112 | HOLDERBECKER, Alvin F, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 4 |
| 113 | SLAWSON, Edson E, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 4 |
| 114 | KENDALL, Jack Guy, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 4 |
| 115 | KAHN, Fred B, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 4 |
| 116 | WYATT, William W, (Status: I) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 4 |
| 117 | VOLLMAR, Charles J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 4 |
| 118 | LEE, Charles Martin, (Status: N) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 4 |
| 119 | COLLIER, Clarence Benidict, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 4 |
| 120 | SULLIVAN, Marvin B, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 4 |
| 121 | FLOURNOY, John James, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 4 |
| 122 | SZABO, Louis A, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 4 |
| 123 | AVERY, George Truett, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 124 | BRANDT, Jack L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 125 | BROWN, William H, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 126 | RISHEL, Earl W, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 127 | PREWITT, Ernest , (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 128 | ROWAN, James Peter, (Status: I) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 129 | STOVER, Dorsey L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 130 | TUCKER, Jack Carlton, (Status: N) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 131 | BRYANT, Marvin , (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 132 | FERGUSON, Ralph Owen, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 133 | JASIONKOWSKI, Richard F, (Status: N) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 134 | THERIOT, Horace Joseph, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 5 |
| 135 | LOY, William C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 6 |
| 136 | SEIPLE, Harvey L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 6 |
| 137 | LEWIS, Ethel Lee, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 6 |
| 138 | HUNT, Max Leonard, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 6 |
| 139 | SWENSON, Robert S, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 6 |
| 140 | BROBST, LeRoy , (Status: K) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 6 |
| 141 | LAPLANTE, Leo Joseph, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 6 |
| 142 | JAMES, Alfred Sidney, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 6 |
| 143 | BOWERMAN, George I, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 6 |
| 144 | JOHNSON, Albert E, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 6 |
| 145 | WICK, Leslie Arnold, (Status: D) | Platoon: 2 | Squad: 6 |
| 146 | DAVIES, Gene R, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 147 | JOHNSON, George Huntington, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 148 | JENSEN, Clifton B, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 149 | BLOOD, Frank , (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 150 | HAND, Floyd William, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 151 | JACKSON, Charles Stafford, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 152 | VANEYCK, Willard H, (Status: K) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 153 | LOVE, John Inglis, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 154 | DUNHOFT, Harry G, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 155 | GAVER, Raymond Henry, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 156 | NIBLO, Ray Eugene, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 157 | KEISER, John Brome, (Status: K) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 158 | KEISLING, James Wesley, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 159 | GENTRY, Adolph Lawrence, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 1 |
| 160 | HASTINGS, Harry Eugene, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 161 | LOVINGGOOD, Roy C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 162 | JAMES, John Wilber, (Status: K) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 163 | BLALOCK, Frank Ivey, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 164 | HURNEY, Paul Lawrence, (Status: K) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 165 | ODELL, Irvin Scott, (Status: K) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 166 | STALEY, Jack R, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 167 | DILL, Andrew J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 168 | MULLMAN, Herbert S, (Status: K) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 169 | NILAND, William J, (Status: K) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 170 | NORGART, Elwood Earl, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 171 | MUNSON, Kenneth T, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 2 |
| 172 | CARTER, Herbert B, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 3 |
| 173 | JELLA, Elbert D, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 3 |
| 174 | GAMET, Joseph Mallory, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 3 |
| 175 | BENKOSKI, Clarence J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 3 |
| 176 | CAMPBELL, Robert , (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 3 |
| 177 | BROWN, Lynus , (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 3 |
| 178 | FERGUSON, Joseph Lisle, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 3 |
| 179 | BARTHELEMY, Richard E, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 3 |
| 180 | EWING, Alexander Curry, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 3 |
| 181 | NORTH, Richard A, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 3 |
| 182 | MENARD, Joseph F, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 183 | HOLLAND, Garnett Francis, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 184 | BARRETT, John D, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 185 | KEEVER, Ellis Sam, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 186 | JONES, Everette R, (Status: K) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 187 | MITCHELL, Fredrick Agustus, (Status: N) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 188 | GENCY, Junior Eugene, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 189 | MORELAND, Andrew S, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 190 | MOSS, Richard S, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 191 | NEEDHAM, Daniel Lake, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 192 | NELSON, William F (P), (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 193 | ZICHTERMAN, Jacob A, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 4 |
| 194 | BRAY, Valton H, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 195 | PUTZ, Adam H, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 196 | ANDERSON, Eddie R, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 197 | SELLECK, Willard Palmer, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 198 | BRUNER, William G, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 199 | HUFF, Emmett J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 200 | HURLEY, Albert Milton, (Status: N) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 201 | COPENHAVER, Edward Cecil, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 202 | PAYNE, Donald Ellsworth, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 203 | SEWARD, Bryon Alford, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 204 | DESHURLEY, Chester Lee, (Status: T) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 205 | GRAMLICH, Andrew John, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 5 |
| 206 | INGLISH, Charles H, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 207 | BETHUNE, Forrest Wallace, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 208 | SMALL, Robert Emmett, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 209 | NUCKOLLS, Lloyd Randolph, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 210 | KAUFMAN, Robert Virgil, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 211 | FRANCIS, Stephens W, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 212 | MOEN, Virgil Clayton, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 213 | LEE, Cary M, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 214 | COLLINS, Arthur R, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 215 | HOPPER, Arthur West, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 216 | DICKINSON, Robert Edgar, (Status: D) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 217 | ANDRE, James Austin, (Status: N) | Platoon: 3 | Squad: 6 |
| 218 | ALLEN, Forrest Kyle, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 219 | DAVIS, Earl A, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 220 | SLEEP, Fredrick H, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 221 | STRANDBERG, Russell V, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 222 | EDMUNDSON, Roy B, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 223 | SHEPHERD, Donald L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 224 | WIECH, Henry J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 225 | KLEIN, Benjamin , (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 226 | KARSTEDT, Charles C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 227 | FRIDAY, Harry Pierce, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 228 | DODD, Charles Leon, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 229 | MURRELL, William F, (Status: N) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 230 | JANSEN, Raymond , (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 1 |
| 231 | SCHWEIGERT, George E, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 232 | SMITH, Dale Allen, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 233 | JAMESON, Neal W, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 234 | SMITH, Bernard L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 235 | BERG, Sven B, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 236 | KIRBY, Kenneth C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 237 | HEELAS, William Alfred, (Status: K) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 238 | HYMAN, Leonard O, (Status: K) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 239 | HALSTEAD, William Berkley, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 240 | HEIRES, Carl F, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 241 | KUPRION, Arthur E, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 242 | NOBLE, Carroll W, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 2 |
| 243 | PAINTER, Stephen V, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 3 |
| 244 | JONES, William B, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 3 |
| 245 | HUTCHINSON, Howard Eldon, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 3 |
| 246 | JOHNSON, Raymond D, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 3 |
| 247 | HARRISON, Clyde B, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 3 |
| 248 | DOBSON, William Alexander, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 3 |
| 249 | JONES, Denby G, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 3 |
| 250 | HOWARD, John E, (Status: K) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 3 |
| 251 | NELSON, Herbert , (Status: N) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 3 |
| 252 | NORVELL, Victor R, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 3 |
| 253 | NICHOLS, Marvin J, (Status: N) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 3 |
| 254 | BILBREY, Carley Edward, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 255 | HORN, William K, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 256 | JOHNSON, Eldon Adolph, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 257 | MCCULLOCH, Albert T, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 258 | MURPHY, Jack Gundy, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 259 | SEADSCHLAG, Charles H, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 260 | O'NEIL, Donald C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 261 | SIMPSON, George Allen, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 262 | MCLEOD, John Otis, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 263 | NEWELL, Russell Ivan, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 264 | WOODS, Willard C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 265 | WATERS, John L, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 4 |
| 266 | WILSON, Francis C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 267 | GEISINGER, Thomas R, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 268 | LANDERS, Orville John, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 269 | COOK, Otis S, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 270 | FORD, Russell M, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 271 | TOMPKINS, James R, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 272 | HOWARD, Bernard Leonard, (Status: N) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 273 | HORROCKS, Harold Alfred, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 274 | HOLT, William "Billy" E, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 275 | WINTERS, John W, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 276 | GRIFFIN, Richard C, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 277 | WHITMIRE, Elmer Lee, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 5 |
| 278 | TREICHAK, Michael A, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
| 279 | NETTEKOVEN, Robert Otto, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
| 280 | RYAN, Lynus S, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
| 281 | MALLOY, James J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
| 282 | MURRAY, Paul J, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
| 283 | BRADLEY, Warren Hale, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
| 284 | BARNHART, Thomas John, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
| 285 | DOELGER, Leon Charles, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
| 286 | VOGEL, Arthur Albert, (Status: T) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
| 287 | PLEGER, Thomas E, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
| 288 | ROHN, Charles F, (Status: D) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
| 289 | TURNER, Joe C, (Status: N) | Platoon: 4 | Squad: 6 |
RHINE CROSSING
SERIALS
BATTLE OF BURP GUN CORNER OFFICERS
GLIDER MARKINGS
A ONE POINT LANDING
INVASION OF GERMANY
Flight Officer O. Faris
Personal account
Flight Officer O. Faris
Personal account
Flight Officer Edgar Jella
Personal account
Personal account
Flight Officer Bill Cheolas
Personal account
Personal account
17TH AIRBORNE REPORTS
National Archives
Peterson’s Report
1st Lt. Frank Langston's article
NarativeFacts-1st Battalion - 194th GIR Report
NarativeFacts-2nd Battalion - 194th GIR Report
NarativeFacts-3rd Battalion - 194th GIR Report
194th GIR Unit Citation
National Archives
93rd Squadron Glider Landings Overlay
USAFHRA
94th Squadron Glider Landings Overlay
USAFHRA
Brereton's Commendation to the IX TCC
Photo curtesy of the U.S. National Archives
On March 22nd instructions were
received from the Troop Carrier Wings to each Troop Carrier Group to paint an assigned marking, unique to each Group, on the top of all the gliders for identification purposes.
National Archives/NWWIIGPA Collection
Back caption: Troops of the 17th Air-borne Division, load aboard gliders
before the take-off on the air-borne mission of the Rhine River. Germany 3/24/45
Thomas Pleger Collection/by daughter Marian Klieber
Back caption: Mar 24, 1945 - Pre Take off for Wesel Hop. 437th Troop Carrier Group. Base: Coulemere, France (near Paris) Personnel:
Members 17th Air Borne Glider Inf. --Extra
National Archives/NWWIIGPA Collection
Back caption: 1st ALLIED AIRBORNE ARMY
ETO HQ 45 24 MAR 22865-4
CREDIT ... U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS
PHOTOGRAPHER T/4 CLYDE M. PLETCHER
A Double tow glider formation, one of the new techniques used for the first time in an airborne operation, is seen over drop area in vicinity of Wesel,
Germany, during the 1st Allied Airborne Army's air invasion of Germany. Photograph was taken from a glider of the 439th Troop Carrier Group whose load was
the 507th PARA-Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, 1st Allied Airborne Army.”
[The 507th PIR was transported by the 439th Troop Carrier Group in Serial A-15. These consisted of glider chalk number 105 thru 125.
National Archives/NWWIIGPA Collection
Back caption: GLIDERS DOT THE GERMAN LANDSCAPE --- Allied gliders dot the German landscape
behind the German front lines on the Rhine. Parachute troops were dropped, 24 March 1945 in advance of the Rhine-crossing ground troops by
1500 transports and gliders. The 1st Allied Airborne troops landed across the Rhine to support Gen. Montgomery's troops crossing the Rhine.
Almost immediately
after the airborne troops landed, 240 Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the U.S. 8th AF Second Air Division were on the scene to supply them with
vital weapons, food, and medicine.
March 1945.
Thomas Pleger Collection/by daughter Marian Klieber
Back caption: Mar 24, 1945 - Some landing tragic. Wesel Germany.
National Archives
This picture was taken at LZ-N near the rail road crossing in that area. The photo was part of a series
of photos in Life Magazine, April 1945 issue pictorial coverage of the Varsity Operation.
