Battle of the Bulge

Airborne Bibliography

82nd Airborne Division

  • Jutras, Philippe. Sainte-Mère-Église et le débarquement aérien dans la nuit du 5-6 juin, 1944. Sainte-Mère-Église and the Aerial Invasion of This Town on D-Day, 6 June 1944. Bayeux: Heimdal, 1991.
  • LoFaro, G. The Sword of St. Michael: The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2011.
  • Nordyke, Phil. All American, All the Way: The Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II. St. Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2005.
  • Ruggero, Ed. Combat Jump: The Young Men Who Led the Assault into Fortress Europe, July 1943. 1st Perennial ed. New York: Perennial, 2004.
  • Smith, Stephen, and Simon Forty. 82nd Airborne: Normandy 1944. Havertown: Casemate, 2017..

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Wurst, Spencer F. (1924–2015) – American paratrooper and decorated WWII veteran of the 505th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division. Fought in Normandy, Holland, and the Ardennes; later rose to Colonel in the National Guard. Author of Descending from the Clouds (2004). Inducted into the OCS Hall of Fame and awarded the Legion of Honor.

James M Gavin
Gavin, James M. On to Berlin: Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943–1946. New York: Bantam Books, 1992.

Spencer Wurst
Wurst, Spencer F., and Wurst, G. Descending from the Clouds: A Memoir of Combat in the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2007.

Col. Mark James Alexander
Alexander, Col. Mark James, and Sparry, John. Jump Commander: In Combat with the 82nd Airborne in World War II. Philadelphia, PA; Newbury: Casemate, 2010.

Robert M. Murphy
Murphy, Robert M. No Better Place to Die: Ste-Mère Eglise, June 1944: The Battle for La Fière Bridge. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2009.

Nordyke, Phil. Four stars of valor: the combat history of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II. St. Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2006.

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Frank van Lunteren – Historian from Arnhem, Netherlands, and Honorary Member of the 504th PIR, its Association, the Colonel Reuben Tucker Chapter (82nd Airborne Division Association), and the former South Devon Branch of the Normandy Veterans Association. Specializes in the Battle of Arnhem (Sept. 1944), contributing to A Street in Arnhem (Kershaw, 2014) and publishing detailed studies in Arnhems Historisch Tijdschrift. frankvanlunteren.com

  • Lunteren, Frank van. Birth of a Regiment: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Sicily and Salerno. S.l.: Knox Press, 2022.
  • Lunteren, Frank van. Spearhead of the Fifth Army: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Italy from the Winter Line to Anzio. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2016.
  • Lunteren, Frank van. Blocking Kampfgruppe Peiper: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Battle of the Bulge. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2015.
  • Lunteren, Frank van. The Battle of the Bridges: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Operation Market Garden. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2014.

Nordyke, Phil. 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. Minneapolis: MBI Pub, 2008.

James Magellas
Megellas, James. All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe. 1st ed. New York: Ballantine Books, 2003.

T. Moffatt Burriss
Burriss, T. Moffatt. Strike and Hold: A Memoir of the 82nd Airborne in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Brassey, 2000.

Ross S. Carter
Carter, Ross S. Those Devils in Baggy Pants. (1st edition published in 1951, Republished in 2021. Johnson City, TN, USA: Mountain Girl Press, imprint of Jan-Carol Publishing, Inc., 2021.

456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion

McKenzie, John D. On time, on target: the World War II memoir of a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 2000.

101st Airborne Division

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Major Dick Winters
Winters, Major Dick, and Kingseed, Cole C. Beyond Band of Brothers. 1st ed. New York: Berkley Caliber, 2006.

Ambrose, Stephen E. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team

Astor, Gerald. Battling Buzzards: The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, 1943–1945. New York: D.I. Fine, 1993.

Paratroopers’ Odyssey: A History of the 517th Parachute Combat Team. 1st ed. Hudson, FL: 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team Association, 1985.