United States Airborne

82nd Airborne Division

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.

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.

Smith, Stephen, et Simon Forty. 82nd Airborne: Normandy 1944. Havertown: Casemate, 2017.

Ruggero, Ed. Combat Jump: The Young Men Who Led the Assault into Fortress Europe, July 1943. 1st Perennial ed. New York: Perennial, 2004.


505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

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, renowned Dutch historian.

Lunteren, Frank van. Birth of a Regiment: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Sicily and Salerno. S.l.: Knox PR, 2022.

Lunteren, F. van. Spearhead of the Fifth Army: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Italy from the Winter Line to Anzio. Philadelphia, PA: Casemate, 2016.

Lunteren, F. van. Blocking Kampfgruppe Peiper: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Battle of the Bulge. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2015.

Lunteren, F. 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.