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513th Parachute Infantry Regiment Photos

Troops of Co. A, 513th PIR, 17th AB Division, walk toward Marche, Belgium, where they fought it out with the Nazis, trapping them in area near Bastogne. 1/10/45
Members of the 513th PIR, 17th AB Division, First Allied Airborne Army who have just landed near Wesel, Germany keep a sharp lookout for enemy activity.
German prisoners captured by the 513th PIR are lined up in Wesel area, Germany. These are some of the more than 800 Germans captured by the paratroopers within a few hours after their landing in this area.
Men of the 17th Airborne Division, First Allied Airborne Army, the first unit to land in Germany in one of the greatest airborne invasions of the war, set out in search of the enemy immediately after landing near Wesel, Germany.
American skytroopers wait in foreground for orders to advance on Munster, Germany while British tanks at left roll towards front line German stronghold.
T/Sgt. James G. Smith, Newtown Rd., 1 Tham, PA, and S/Sgt. Frank E. McCann, 246 Willow Ave., Wayne, PA, talk with two British paratroopers who have just been liberated from Germans in Munster, Germany. The two American soldiers are from the 513th PIR, 17th AB Division, fighting with the US Ninth Army.
First troops in Munster--Infantrymen of the 513th PIR, 17th AB Division, fighting with the US Ninth Army, pass through roadblock in the front line city of Munster. They were the first Allied troops to arrive in the city.

17th Airborne Parachute Maint. Company

139th Airborne Engineer Company

155th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion

193rd Glider Infantry Regiment

194th Glider Infantry Regiment

224th Airborne Medical Company

411th Airborne Quartermaster Company

464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion

466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion

507th Parachute Infantry Regiment

513th Parachute Infantry Regiment

517th Airborne Signal Company

680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion

681st Glider Field Artillery Battalion

717th Airborne Ordnance Company

Division Band

Division headquarters (HQ)

Military Police Platoon

Recon Platoon

389th Quartermaster Company (attached)

550th Infantry Airborne Battalion (attached)

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513th Parachute Infantry Regiment Photos

Troops of Co. A, 513th PIR, 17th AB Division, walk toward Marche, Belgium, where they fought it out with the Nazis, trapping them in area near Bastogne. 1/10/45

Members of the 513th PIR, 17th AB Division, First Allied Airborne Army who have just landed near Wesel, Germany keep a sharp lookout for enemy activity.

German prisoners captured by the 513th PIR are lined up in Wesel area, Germany. These are some of the more than 800 Germans captured by the paratroopers within a few hours after their landing in this area.

Men of the 17th Airborne Division, First Allied Airborne Army, the first unit to land in Germany in one of the greatest airborne invasions of the war, set out in search of the enemy immediately after landing near Wesel, Germany.

American skytroopers wait in foreground for orders to advance on Munster, Germany while British tanks at left roll towards front line German stronghold.

First troops in Munster--Infantrymen of the 513th PIR, 17th AB Division, fighting with the US Ninth Army, pass through roadblock in the front line city of Munster. They were the first Allied troops to arrive in the city.