ACROSS THE YEARS, I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF ITEMS COME ACROSS MY DESK WHICH I WANT TO SHARE WITH SERIOUS STUDENTS OF THE 503D LINEAGE - IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS WHIICH YOU WANT TO SHARE AND PRESERVE IN DIGITAL FORM, SEND THEM IN PDF FORMAT FOR INCLUSION HERE.
THANKS TO LTC AND MRS. RWW (R), E/2/503/173 69-70 WE ARE USING THE FLIPPING BOOK PROGRAM
BLESS 'EM ALL - THE RESEARCH PAPERS
The comprehensive history of the 503rd Parachute Regiment has been published in a four volume hardcover series, along with a stand-alone Pictorial Companion. The series prime author was Col. William T. Calhoun, and under its editorship by Paul F. Whitman its scope was expanded considerably.The origin of the project was Col. Calhoun's reference notes, compiled across his decades of exhaustive research and interviews, and extracts from the Regiment's records. We now present these in a Reference Reading Series for serious students of the Regiment.
NEGROS (OCCIDENTAL) OPERATION
The transfer of the 503d PRCT to Gen. Eichelberger's command resulted in it being called in to "assist" the 185th Infantry Regiment which was finding the "mopping up" in Negros a much harder task than expected. Negros would become, ultimately, a much more difficult operation than Corregidor. The campaign would be largely overlooked by even the Army's Official Historian. It was perhaps the most grievous misuse of a paratroop unit in WWII. The Negros Journals are presented in five folders.
