The 17th Airborne talon is engraved on his headstone. My father in his short life carried the pain of war for most of his adult life as shrapnel was lodged in his body. By 1942 he is in Portland, OR with his parents. His company. Yes my uncle Elliott R Lund was in the 513th PIR of the 17th Airborne Division and saw action in the battle of the Bulge on the western outskirts of Bastogne. The first to go into action and the one that saw more combat than any other was the 82nd Airborne Division, the All American’s. I was in 2d Bn (Abn) 508th Infantry in1964/1965 then sent to RVN. My uncle was assigned to “B company- 1st Battalion- 513th. +31 642 128647. My younger son just told me he ordered your book. Great site! Thanks again I found it particularly interesting having spend 40 years living in Arizona that the original Black soldiers selected to try out for paratroop training, according to the history on the site, came from Fort Huachuca in Arizona. Fuller, and he said yes. He said he never killed anyone, but captured many German soldiers. They took revenge when Daddy had surgery a few weeks later by ripping off his neck brace the day after he had spinal surgery from a wound suffered during paratroop training. Some escaped in a truck but were machined gunned by D company which had set up a light machine gun to block any escape. I will try to obtain a copy of the book “Thunder from Heaven”. He managed to get down but was lost, all alone behind enemy lines in Holland. Looking forward to hearing from you I know my Dad trained in Georgia at Fort Benning. was he in the Infantry, Artillery, Armo ??? Dominique, Training took place at Ft. Benning and in the Georgia Mountains near Toccoa. He recovered & returned to duty. I know he was part if the Normandy Invasion and landed in “Sainte Mere Eglise”. His wound was treated by a captured German doctor. Colonel Frederick M. Schellhammer. On February 4, 1945, D company lost the following troopers at Imus: Shaw, Everette R. Tahsler, Clifford G. Walter, Anthony G. Gumm, Henry F. Rathert, Edward. Thanks for giving me some new knowledge which I plan on reading more about. I feel I knew him through the stories my Dad told me and the many letters I have that he wrote to his family during the war. Here is his Military Records. I would like to know how to research his years of service. He’d earned many awards in his service in Europe, but none so sweet as this. He spoke about rounding up hiding soldiers from all different countries who were starving, scared & didn’t know who to trust. He was an Operation Sergeant when the 502nd was sent to England.