82nd Airborne in WW2

Started by AltDess, March 20, 2016, 09:59:51 AM

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AltDess

Starting to gather research sources for the battles of the US 82nd Airborne Division in WW2 for an upcoming project.
Want to dig deeper than the usual pop-history that most people recommend, here is what I'm looking at so far.

Phil Nordyke - More Than Courage: Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe: The Combat History of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II
http://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Courage-Naples-Foggia-Ardennes-Alsace/dp/0760333130/ref=sr_1_6?m=A374VS59X5ED68&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1458485679&sr=1-6&keywords=world+war+two

Phil Nordyke - Four Stars of Valor: The Combat History of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II
http://www.amazon.com/Four-Stars-Valor-Parachute-Infantry/dp/0760326649/ref=sr_1_2?m=A374VS59X5ED68&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1458485679&sr=1-2&keywords=world+war+two

Guy LoFaro - The Sword of St. Michael: The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II
http://www.amazon.com/Sword-St-Michael-Airborne-Division/dp/0306820234/ref=sr_1_22?m=A374VS59X5ED68&s=merchant-items&ie=UTF8&qid=1458485679&sr=1-22&keywords=world+war+two

bayonetbrant

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1574882589

First person account of a LT in the 82 who jumped into Sicily, was on the beach in Anzio, and jumped in Market-Garden.
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

Airborne Rifles

The Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, NC, right outside Ft. Bragg might have some good primary sources for you:

http://www.asomf.org

Also, the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum on Ft. Bragg itself likely will have some good primary source material as well, if that's what you're looking for.

http://www.82ndairbornedivisionmuseum.com