World War II books and books about the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion

Recommended 551st reading

Books

• Airborne, E.M. Flanagan, Jr. Ballantine Books, New York, 2002
• Champagne Campaign, The, Robert H. Adleman & Colonel George Walton. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1969.
• First Airborne Task Force, De Trez, Michel. D-Day Publishing, Brussels Belguim, 1998.
• Geronimo!, William B. Breur. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1989
• In their Own Words, (Audiobook) Topics Entertainment. 2002.
• Left Corner of My Heart, Dan Morgan. Wauconda, Washington; Adler Enterprises, 1984.
• L'Enfer De Trois-Ponts Du 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, Serge Fontaine. D-Day Publishing, Belgium, 1988
• Messengers of the Lost Battalion Orfalea, Gregg. Free Press, New York, New York, 1997.
• Operation Dragoon, William Breuer. Presidio Press, Novato, CA, 1987.
• Paratroopers!, Gerard Devlin. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1986.
• Paratroopers Odyssey, A history of the 517th PCT, Clark Archer. 517th PRCTA, FL,1985
• Rendezvous at Rochelinval, Tucker, Bill. Harwichport, Massachusetts; International Airborne Books, 1999.
• Riviera to the Rhine, Jeffrey J. Clarke & Robert R. Smith. CMH-US Army, Washington DC, 1993.
• USA Airborne, 50th Anniversary: The 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, Dillard, Douglas, COL (USA Ret). Turner Publishing Company, 1990.

Videos

• The History Channel, Suicide Missions: Winter Warriors, 2000.

On the Web

• Antioch Review, Spring 1994. The Lost Battalion of the Ardennes
• Monograph by Capt. Bill Smith held at Donovan Research Library. Operations of the 551st PIB in the attack, in the vicinity of Trois Ponts, Belgium January 2-7, 1945, Ardennes Campaign. Personal experiences of Headquarters Company Commander
• US Army Magazine: The Last Battle
• CNN.com: WWII paratroopers get long awaited recognition
• Pvt. William Dennis B/551: Lawrenceburg's "Dennis" Trophy
• US Army Infatry Homepage The National Infantry Museum 551st PIB Monument

Monuments to the 551st

551st PIB Memorial, Ft, Benning, GA
• Arlington National Cemetery, Memorial Tree (Red Oak). Section 33
• La Chapelle, Belgium
• Lieurneux, Belgium
• Rochelinval, Belgium (2 monuments, 1 from the 551st and 1 to the 551st and in memory of LTC Joerg.)

Museums

• The Musee De Liberation , in Le Muy, France, is small but full of great exhibits, many pertaining to the 551st. They even have a Waco glider that was found in the woods near one of the LZ's in 1991 by one of the curators. No canvas was left, but the framework was totally intact.

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