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173rd Airborne Brigade - 'SKYSOLDIERS'  

  

- Homepage of the 173rd Airborne Brigade.   

 

503d on the Rock

  

The Website of the 503d Parachute Regimental Combat Team Association of WWII Inc.

 

533rd EB&S Regiment

   

The website  of the 533rd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, 3rd Engineer Special Brigade, who carried some of us to Corregidor.  

 

Airborne 

   

The U.S. Airborne in World War II - Comprehensive website containing brief histories of all Airborne Units = "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny."
......... ......Franklin Delano Roosevelt - June 27,1936

 

 

Airborne & Special Operations Museum

   

The Airborne & Special Operations Museum provides a unique educational experience on United States history and basic core values through the preservation interpretation and recognition of U.S. Army airborne and special operations history, equipment, technology, legend, art and weaponry.  

Alamo Scouts

 

The U.S. 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit of WWII. 

 

Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Foundation of New Mexico

 

Maintaining for future generations, the memory and unique history of the men who served their country, with bravery and great personal sacrifice, on Bataan and Corregidor.. 

  

Corregidor - Then and Now

 

  

Weaving together the threads of history into the Corregidor tapestry. The Internet's premier website on this historic island.  

 

Equipment for Airborne Troops  

 

Extract from the website of the Quartermaster Museum 

 

Fire Smoke and Steel

 

Website  of the Jungle-Fighting 82nd Chemical Mortar Battalion.   

 

"Grunt"

 

"Grunt" is dedicated to the current military and military personnel. It includes details on military rank insignia, medals and ribbons as well as images, forums, military quotes and glossaries.   

 

Insignia of Airborne Units, WWII

 

Part of "American Military Patches, Other Insignia and  Decorations of WWII" website.  

 

The Jungle Air Force of WWII

 

Reprint of  "Drop On Corregidor" by Major Thomas C. Hardman as published in the May 1945 issue of "Air Force, The Official Service Journal Of The U.S. Army Air Forces." - Part of  Larry Long's fine website on the 13th Air Force.

 

A Nisei on Corregidor - The Story of Harry Akune

    

The extraordinary account of Harry Akune on Corregidor and his ultimate recognition at the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame - The Drop Zone   
  

 

POWs under the Japanese

 

Roger Mansell, as Director of the Center for Research, Allied POW's under Japan, has compiled a superlative resource.

 

 

U.S. Army Unit Association Web Sites

 

Olive-Drab has compiled this listing for individual units and commands of ground forces.  Also use its links to the Veterans Organizations. A fine website throughout.

 

 

 

Ultimate Guide to WWII Records

 

A commercial website explaining the sources of information available from public records. Neophyte level.

 

 

 

 

         

OUR WEBSITES

AUTHORS

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Corregidor Then and Now

Don Abbott

The Lost Road

Battlebook - Corregidor

Bulletin Board / Feedback Forum

503d PRCT Heritage Bn.

Gerry Riseley

Combat Over Corregidor

Japanese Unit & Troop Strength

503d WWII Honor Roll

Rock Force

William T. Calhoun

Amid th' Encircling Gloom

Ft. Benning Monographs

Taps

Coast Artillery Manila & Subic Bays

John Lindgren

The Rock Patch

503d PIR as a Case Study

Rock Force Honor Roll

4th Marines on Corregidor

George M. Jones

By Order of Maj. Kline

Engineers' Report - Corregidor

Site & Navigation Info

Bless 'Em All

James P. Lowe

 

 

 

503d PRCT Assn Official Website

Robert W. Armstrong

REFERENCES

FILM CLIPS

503D HERITAGE

Concrete Battleship

Verne White

1936 Corregidor Map

503d Jump at Nadzab

by Article Title

Battle of Manila

Jim Mullaney

2/503 Vietnam Newsletter

Cleaning Up Corregidor

by Author Name

Fall of the Philippines

(more)

1945 Jump Map

Interview - Clevenger

by List of Recent Articles 

 

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