509th PIB Fifth Combat Jump

Operation: Anvil Dragoon (Rugby)

Date:              15 August 1944

Troopers:       5,607

Country:        France

Drop Zone:    Cote d' Azur, Riviera

Unit:              509th Parachute Infantry Battalion

                      1st Abn. Task Force

                      517th Parachute Infantry Regiment

                      551st Parachute Infantry Regiment

                      460th Parachute Field Artillery

                      463rd Parachute Field Artillery

                      550th Glider Infantry Battalion

                      887th Enigneer Company(2 platoons)

                      596th Parachute Combat Engineer Co.

                      442nd anti-tank platoon

                      Company D of the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion

                      British 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade

                      British 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion

                      Dropping of 300 paratroop dummies, prior to landing



The 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion spearheaded the invasion. The following is a list of personnel on the manifest as of 24 July 1944:

Pvt. Raymond J. Abel

Pfc. Teddy M. Abram

Pfc. R. Adams

Pfc. John Albert

T/5 Johnie G. Aleck

Pvt. Jack Alexich

T/5 Jack Alongi

Pfc. D. Amstutz

Pvt. Donald E. Anderson

Cpl. V. D. Aponte

Maj. John H. Apperson

Cpl. Warren C. Atwater

T/5 Charles H. Audet

Pfc. Harold E. Austin

Pfc. D. W. Ayres

Pfc. Warren J. Baar

Pvt. Devere Ball

Cpl. Robert Barnthouse

Pvt. Lawrence A. Barry

Pvt. Otto W. Barth

Sgt. Ken Barton

Cpl. Stanley Beatham Jr.

T/4 Eugene C. Beckner

Pvt. John D. Belcher

Pvt. George Bell

Pvt. Allen H. Bence

Pvt. Joseph M. Bennett

Sgt. R. R. Bensley

Pvt. Clarence Bergeman

Pvt. O. E. Bergeron

Pfc. Jewell G. Bethel Jr.

Pvt. Russell E. Birdsall

Sgt. Ellis L. Bishop

Sgt. Lloyd K. Bjelland

Pvt. Joseph R. Blackwood

Pvt. Edward Blass

Pvt. M. O. Bledsoe

Pvt. David C. Bloyd

Sgt. John Bluhm

Pfc. Joseph H. Bobb

Cpl. Clarence Bobbitt

2nd Lt. Angelo Boccino

Capt. E. E. Boettner

Pvt. V. B. Bonham

Pfc. Warren H. Booth

Pvt. J. J. Borrelli

Pvt. R. I. Botti

Pfc. R. A. Bowersox

Sgt. Johnie N. Boyce

Pvt. C. G. Boyd

Pfc. Peter Boyer

Pvt. Max C. Bradley

Sgt. D. Brenner

Pvt. R. E. Brethen

Sgt. C. T. Britton

Pvt. Leonard E. Broderick

Pfc. Culver A. Brown

Pvt. Glenford Brown

Pfc. Otis A. Brown

Pvt. John D. Broyles

Pfc. Thomas J. Bruce

Pfc. William J. Bryan Jr.

Pfc. W. E. Bryant

Pvt. W. A. Bryant

S/Sgt. J. L. Buchanan

Pvt. B. L. Bumgarner

Sgt. Louis C. Burdsal

Pvt. F. N. Burns

Pvt. R. L. Burrell

Pfc. Royal L. Buss

Sgt. J. W. Bussey

Pvt. Ira J. Butler

Pvt. C. S. Butt

Pvt. James F. Buzzard

Pfc. H. D. Camp

Pvt. J. C. Campbell

Pfc. Frank Campos

Pvt. D. R. Canfield

Cpl. Walter A. Cardell

Sgt. Elmer T. Cardwell

Sgt. Herbert W. Carls

Pvt. Joseph Carnes

Cpl. Henry Carroll

Pvt. Henry T. Carsey

Pvt. Crote D. Carsons

Pvt. C. L. Case

Pvt. John W. Casey

Cpl. Salvador P. Casteneda

Pvt. G. F. Cavanaugh

Pfc. T. J. Cawley

Pvt. Albert K. Cenna

Pvt. Emil Cergizan

Pvt. B. L. Chambless

Pvt. Billy J. Chandler

Pfc. Orthello E. Cherry

Pvt. J. A. Chevalier

Sgt. Roderick Child

Sgt. Paul Chorniak

Pfc. On Chow

Cpl. Charles Cipy

Cpl. S. A. Clark

Pvt. Leonard H. Claus

Pvt. J. P. Clulley

Pvt. H. S. Coddington

Cpl. C. R. Coffell

Pvt. Charles M. Collazo

Sgt. B. G. Collins

Cpl. Milton Colvin

Pvt. Raymond G. Conklin

Cpl. Russell P. Cook

Pvt. John C. Cooley

Cpl. William C. Cooper

Pfc. Paul F. Cory Jr.

Pfc. Leland L. Coupland

Pvt. A. S. Coutts

Cpl. W. E. Crabb

1st Sgt. Thomas J. Crane

Cpl. B. M. Crawford

Sgt. Oscar F. Crevelling

Pvt. R. Critchfield

Sgt. Elton R. Crocker

Pvt. James F. Crosby

T/5 J. R. Cross ?

Pvt. Louis C. Crowder

Cpl. M. L. Crumley

Cpl. Graham Currie

Pvt. F. F. Cusimano

Pfc. H. V. Dalrymple

Pfc. W. E. Dalton

1st Lt. Jack M. Darden

Pfc. K. E. Darnell

Pfc. Theodore E. Darrough

S/Sgt. R. B. David

Sgt. R. W. David

S/Sgt. Robert B. David

Sgt. W. H. Davis

Pvt. Robert E. Davison

T/5 Albert T. Dawson

Pvt. William C. DeChastain

Pvt. I. DeFabbo

Pfc. Loranzo F. DeFelice

Pfc. Antoni P. DeGregory

Pvt. T. J. Dellaca

Pvt. Raymond P. Dellassandro

Pvt. J. Demling

Pvt. John A. Diebolt

Pvt. J. DiGenova

Pvt. E. C. Dillard

Pvt. G. A. Dodge

Pvt. Ralph W. Doll

S/Sgt. R. J. Donovan

S/Sgt. Anthony J. Dorsa

T/5 Robert L. Doyle

Pvt. Earl W. Draper

Pvt. L. J. Ducote

Pvt. J. E. Duncan

T/4 Amos H. Dunlap

Tech 4 T. F. Dunlavey

Pfc. Frank A. Durand

Pfc. W. W. Dusenbury

Pfc. R. F. Dyer

Sgt. Wallace H. Eaker

Pfc. W. D. Eason

Pvt. Harry A. Eister

Pfc. Henry J. Elisewski

Pvt. Richard F. Elliot

Pvt. Willis S. Elliot

Sgt. Walter G. Endlich

Pvt. G. E. Erickson

Pfc. Manuel S. Espinoza

Pvt. J. S. Estes

Pfc. P. B. Falstitch

Pvt. Victor F. Felbob

2nd Lt. Hubert J. Fiander

T/4 Theodore J. Fina

Sgt. R. D. Fisco

S/Sgt. B. H. Fite

Pfc. J. J. Fitzgerald

Pvt. W. H. Flach

Pvt. R. L. Fletcher

Pfc. A. N. Flores

Pfc. Jonnie C. Ford or Fort

Tech 4 O. A. Foster

Pvt. W. A. Franklin

1st Lt. John W. Frazier

Pvt. George F. Freeman

Pvt. Charles L. Fretz

Pvt. Lawrence Frezon

Pvt. James J. Froman

Pfc. C. Fuhrer

Pvt. E. M. Furr

Pvt. Joseph F. Galea

Pvt. B. M. Galicki

Pvt. H. A. Gallagher

Pvt. M. G. Gallegos

Pvt. Martin M. Galuskin

Pfc. L. E. Garber

Pvt. Julius Garcia

Pvt. Paul Garner

Pvt. Frank J. Gatch Jr.

Pfc. S. J. Gerk

Pfc. Ernest K. Gibson

Cpl. M. N. Gillman

T/4 Marvin N. Gillman

Pvt. F. H. Goldetsky

Pvt. Melvin A. Goodspeed

Pvt. C. C. Goodwin

Pvt. J. E. Gould

Pvt. Edward Gramza

T/5 S. U. Grant

Pfc. L. E. Green

Pvt. Harry Gregory

Cpl. John A. Grieder

Pvt. Donald F. Griffin

Pvt. Maurice E. Griffin

Pvt. Louis G. Guerrero

Pvt. D. M. Hagmes

Sgt. Everett J. Hall

Pvt. F. B. Hall

Pvt. L. R. Haller

Pvt. R. M. Halvorson

Pvt. W. R. Hamilton

Pvt. Leonard Hammons

Pvt. Fred G. Hamner

Pvt. Earl D. Harmas

Pvt. Dallam B. Harper

Pvt. Carl M. Hart

Pvt. W. R. Hatmaker

Pfc. H. Haynes

Cpl. C. Helton

Pvt. Henry Hendrick Jr.

Tech 5 J. Hernandez

T/4 Howard H. Herr Jr.

Pfc. Thurman L. Hickman

Pvt. Aloysius V. Hill

Pvt. P. P. Hilovski

Pfc. R. V. Hirales

Pvt. John E. Hoban

Pvt. Joseph Hoben

Pfc. Elmer A. Hoggatt

S/Sgt. Charles O. Holmes

Cpl. William J. Holtz

Pfc. Theodore D. Horacek

Cpl. Stanley F. Howaniak

Capt. Charles Howland

Sgt. J. C. Hughes

Pvt. L. Iadevaia

Pfc. Charles R. Jarvis

Pfc. Sherman Jennings

Pfc. A. E. Johnson

Cpl. John J. Johnson

Pvt. William W. Johnson

Pfc. Leslie G. Johnston

Pfc. Thomas M. Johnston

Pvt. Norman W. Johnstone

Pvt. James D. Jolley

Pvt. Harris L. Jolly

Pvt. Barney C. Jones

Pfc. Leslie K. Jones

Pvt. Melvin L. Jones

Pvt. W. L. Jones

Pvt. Eugene C. Jordan

Pvt. Stephen D. Justice

Pfc. W. J. Kambrick

Pfc. D. H. Kammer

Pvt. J. J. Kaplar

Pvt. Alger Kaslauskas

Pvt. Noah Keaton Jr.

Pvt. Napoleon Kecy Jr.

Pfc. E. J. Keim

Capt. Alfred J. Kelly

Pvt. Arthur C. Kermer

Pvt. W. B. Kidd

S/Sgt. William H. King

Pvt. Hermon L. Kirkpatrick

2nd Lt. William E. Klappert

1st Lt. J. J. Klish

Pfc. Henry Klisiewiez

Pvt. B. J. Knapp

Pfc. J. R. Knopp

1st Lt. G. Knupp

Pvt. H. L. Kobel

Pfc. William A. Kort

Pvt. N. J. Kortes

Pvt. J. M. Kosidlo

Pfc. J. M. Kozar

Pfc. F Kryznowski

Pvt. Steve Kucharski

Pvt. G. L. LaFlam

Pvt. W. J. Laidlaw

Pvt. V. E. Lancaster

Pvt. R. E. Langley

Pfc. A. Larson

Pfc. A. T. Lastinger

Cpl. Porperzio P. Lattanzi

Pvt. Albert A. Lattero

Pfc. Leroy A. Layman

Pvt. E. J. Lejkowski

Pvt. R. Q. Lester

Pfc. S. H. Levy

Pvt. Edward W. Lewandowski

Pfc. R. M. Lewis

Pfc. Junior Leydons Jr.

2nd Lt. Harry S. Lieber Jr.

Pvt. H. O. Lindner

Pfc. N. J. Lirette

1st Lt. Hoyt R. Livingston

Pvt. W. W. Lohrig

Pfc. Chester Lorkeiwiez

Pvt. E. A. Lucas

Pfc. Albert V. Luksis

Pfc. A. E. Lundquist

Pvt. Joseph L. Lungar

Pfc. Robert L. Lunghofer

Pvt. W. K. Lunsford

Pvt. S. J. Lutkus

Pfc. Earl C. Lynch

Pvt. George R. Lynch

Sgt. Gabor C. Madaras

Pvt. G. S. Madden

S/Sgt. Charley T. Maddox

Pvt. Warren G. Maddox

Pfc. R. J. Maille

Pvt. D. Maitland

Pfc. J. W. Mangan ?

Pvt. Wallace J. Mani

Pvt. John G. Mankis

Pvt. G. R. Mann

Pvt. Walter Marcum

Pvt. N. Marinello

Pvt. Gordon Marjala

Pfc. George F. Marnechenk

Cpl. Felix B. Marsh

Pvt. Joseph M. Martin

2nd Lt. N. M. Martinez

Pvt. A. Marzullo

Pfc. E. J. Masten

Pfc. James T. Matheny

Pvt. John H. Matthews

Pfc. J. R. Matuszewski

Pfc. R. J. Maxwell

Pfc. May

Pvt. Stanley Mayewski

Pvt. Milford P. Maynard

2nd Lt. J. T. McCarthy

Pvt. John R. McCauley

Pvt. French C. McClung

Pfc. W. E. McClurg

S/Sgt. E. B. McCullough

Pfc. Raymond H. McGervey

Pvt. William C. McKenna

Pvt. Jesse L. McKnight

T/Sgt. Lester C. McLaney

Pvt. Guy E. Meadows

Cpl. H. D. Metzger

Pvt. Arthur R. Meyer

Pvt. Donald C. Mezzie

Pvt. T. Miller

1st Lt. Ralph R. Miller Jr.

Pfc. Leo Mims

Pvt. Harold A. Mohler

Pfc. F. L. Moody

Sgt. L. L. Moore

Pvt. S. W. Moore

Pvt. Charles W. Morgan

Pvt. Gaines L. Morgan

Pvt. J. Moscatiello

Sgt. W. E. Moses

T/5 Francis H. Mulholand

Pvt. L. Murphy

Pvt. Angelo Muscarello

Pvt. P. K. Nachefski

Cpl. N. Nagurne

Pfc. B. E. Neill

Pvt. W. O. Newman

T/4 J. H. Nixon ?

Pvt. W. Nizinski

Sgt. J. W. Nunn

2nd Lt. Boyce Nunnally

2nd Lt. J. W. O'Brien

2nd Lt. M. O'Brien

Pvt. Arvo Oja

1st Lt. A. W. Oldham

Pfc. George Olesn Jr.

Pvt. H. W. Ommen

Pfc. Ray O'Niel

Pvt. M. L. Orman

Tech 5 V. A. Osburn

Pvt. Alexander W. Osmond

Pvt. Harry A. Ott

1st Lt. William A. Pahl

Pvt. A. Paparella

Pvt. E. C. Parker

Pvt. Edson T. Parker

Pvt. J. F. Patrick

Pvt. D. E. Paul

Pvt. D. D. Pearce ?

Pvt. J. R. Pearson

Pvt. R. A. Pearson

Pvt. V. R. Pearson

Pfc. M. P. Peck

Pvt. Dennis Pedigo

Pvt. Thomas W. Pennebaker

Pfc. Hyman M. Perlo

Pfc. Charles W. Perry

Pvt. A. G. Peters

T/4 Edward J. Peterson

Pfc. Edward A. Peterson

Pvt. S. J. Piechnik

Sgt. Richard L. V. Pieper

Pvt. F. B. Pierce

Pvt. J. A. Pietras

Pfc. J. W. Pile

Pvt. Alfred Pipino Jr.

Pvt. A. Pius

Sgt. Robert N. Poindexter

T/5 Lee W. Polson

T/5 Walter C. Pope

Pvt. J. C. Poteet

Pfc. Leon V. Potter

Pvt. R. N. Powell

Pfc. W. J. Powell

Pfc. William K. Prather

Pvt. Douglas M. Preston

Sgt. J. R. Prince

Pvt. L. Principe

Pfc. L. E. Provost

Pvt. M. O. Ramsey

Pvt. Ray F. Ramsey

Pvt. Charles H. Raper

Pvt. Stanley Raskow

2nd Lt. W. N. Reichers

Pfc. G. W. Reid

T/5 George W. Reid

Sgt. Abraham B. Reiper

Pvt. E. H. Relling

Pvt. C. A. Resser

1st Lt. E. T. Reuter

Cpl. Darwin E. Reynolds

Cpl. J. F. Rhodes Jr.

Pvt. L. L. Rich

Pfc. J. L. Rimer

Pvt. C. W. Roberts

Pvt. James F. Robertson

Pvt. W. R. Robertson

Pfc. C. E. Robinson

Pvt. E. L. Robinson

Pvt. John F. Robison

2nd Lt. L. L. Rodrigues

Pvt. J. E. Roediger

Pfc. William A. Rogge

Pvt. E. L. Rolseth

Pfc. Frank Romero

Pvt. G. R. Rondeau

Pfc. W. H. Ronk

1st Lt. H. Rose

Pvt. H. L. Ross

Pvt. G. A. Rostocil

Pvt. J. E. Roybal

Pvt. E. H. Royd

Pfc. G. E. Ruder

T/4 Ora E. Rundell

1st Lt. R. L. Sammons

Pfc. L. F. Schwartz

Tech 5 M. Sembrat

Sgt. Lincoln S. Sennett

Pvt. G. J. Seymour

1st Lt. Kenneth R. Shaker

2nd Lt. Hugh P. Shaw

Pvt. J. Shemo

T/5 George J. Sheridan

1st Lt. Ernest T. Siegel

1st Lt. Alvin W. Siegfriedt

Pvt. J. A. Sikora

Pvt. A. D. Silvers

Sgt. C. E. Simonds

Cpl. J. E. Simpson

Pvt. R. N. Simpson

Cpl. James F. Singleton

Pvt. R. A. Sinjem

Pvt. E. A. Sivak

Pvt. L. L. Skursky

Pvt. David W. Smith

Sgt. E. J. Smith

Pfc. Glenwood Smith

Pfc. J. F. Smith

Pvt. Merritt E. Smith

Pvt. Norman P. Smith

Pvt. R. D. Smith

Pvt. E. W. Solak

2nd Lt. J. H. Sorrells

Pfc. F. M. Speer

Cpl. H. R. Spoeneman

Pvt. A. L. Stacy

Pvt. H. M. Steele

Pvt. D. P. Steigner

Pvt. George Stenger

Cpl. Paul V. Stephenson Jr.

Pvt. B. E. Stevenson

Pvt. T. E. Stewart

Pfc. W. H. Stewart

Pvt. F. Stoner

Pvt. Arthur Straccio

S/Sgt. William W. Sullivan

Pvt. H. S. Sutherland

Sgt. William A. Sutherland

Pvt. Frank J. Sweetitz

Pvt. M. Swidergal

Cpl. Lonnie Taylor Jr.

Sgt. G. K. Tilney

Pvt. Donald Tims

Capt. Edmond J. Tomasik

Sgt. L. E. Van Guilder

1st Sgt. J. Vitteritto

Pfc. George Voleta

S/Sgt. Arthur W. Von Essen

Pfc. M. Vuckan

Cpl. Albert J. Walker

Pvt. H. B. Wallace

Cpl. Robert R. Waller

1st Lt. Richard S. Walter

Pfc. Samuel Waters Jr.

Pfc. Billie Watson

2nd Lt. Soloman A. Weber

Pfc. Charles J. Weldon

Pvt. James E. White

Pfc. M. D. White

Pvt. V. O. White

Pvt. Rex M. Wilson

Pfc. Floyd W. Winslow

Sgt. W. F. Withem

Cpl. Edward F. Wojcik

S/Sgt. Franklin W. Wolfe

Lt. Col. William P. Yarborough

Pfc. J. L. Zadlo

Pvt. Joseph G. Zawadzki



The largest operation of its kind in the European war: the Allied seaborne and airborne assault on Nazi-occupied Southern France, involving 1000 ships, 3000 aircraft, and eventually a million troops.



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