Description

History of the 508th Parachute Infantry     120 Pages
Infantry Journal Press, 1948

Contents

Foreword

Part One:     Prelude to Combat

Part One:     Normandy

Part One:     Holland

Part One:     The Ardennes

Part One:     Occupation

Battle Credits

Honor Roll

Appendix    I:     Highlights of the Regimental History

Appendix   II:     Men Killed In Training Accidents

Appendix  III:     Battle Casualties

Appendix  IV:     Combat Awards

Appendix   V:     List of Combat Awards

Appendix  VI:     Battlefield Commissioned Officers

Appendix VII:     Unit Citations

Maps

 1:   Flight Plan for the Normandy Drop

 2:   The Normandy Drop Zones and the Beaches

 3:   From Ste. Mere Eglise to La Haye-Du-Puits   

 4:   Hills 131 And 95

 5:   Flight Plan for Holland

 6:   The Holland Drop Zones

 7:   The 1st Battalion at Den Heuvel

 8:   The Counterattack at Den Heuvel

 9:   Nijmegen and the Crossing of the Waal

10:   The Two-Man Reconnaissance Patrol

11:   The Regiment Arrives In the Ardennes

12:   The Counterattack from Vielsalm

13:   The Attack on Comte   

14:   The Advance to Losheim

15:   The Drive to the Roer