Is this a help ? Greetings 33rd Armoured Regiment liberated Nordhausen on 11 April 1944. History of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. 06 JULY 1942 505TH ACTIVATED 15 AUG 1942 325TH INF. DESIGNATED G.I.R. (82ND INF. NOW A/B DIVISION 12 FEB 1943 505TH JOINS 82ND A/B DIVISION 10 MAY 1943 ARRIVES CASABLANCA, FRENCH MOROCCO, NORTH AFRICA 14 MAY 1943 ARRIVES OUDJA, FRENCH MOROCCO (FOR TRAINING) 10 JULY 1943 JUMPED ON SICILY, 505TH SPEARHEAD, SCATTERED DROP, 0030 HRS 11 JULY 1943 BATTLE OF BIAZZA RIDGE, SICILY 20 AUG 1943 RETURNED TO NORTH AFRICA 05 SEPT 1943 MOVED TO SICILY AS RESERVE 14 SEPT 1943 LEFT TO REPULSE GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACK, SALERNO BEACH-HEAD, ITALY 15 SEPT 1943 JUMPED ON PAESTUM, ITALY (SALERNO BEACH-HEAD) 0230 HRS 15 SEPT 1943 325TH GIR LANDS SALERNO BEACH 28 SEPT 1943 BEACH LANDING AT MAIORI, ITALY 2200 HRS 29 SEPT 1943 ARRIVED AT CASTELLEMARE, ITALY 01 OCT 1943 LIBERATED NAPLES, ITALY 06 OCT 1943 UNITS OF 505TH ENTER ARNONE, VOLTURRO RIVER, ITALY 18 OCT 1943 LEFT NAPLES (ABOARD S.S.FREDERICK FUNSTON) 1715 HRS 09 DEC 1943 ARRIVE AT BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND 14 FEB 1944 ARRIVE AT QUORN, LEICESTER, ENGLAND 31 MAY 1944 MOVE TO SPANHOE & COTTESMORE AIRFIELDS FOR INVASION OF EUROPE 06 JUNE 1944 JUMPED ON NORMANDY, FRANCE (ST MERE EGLISE 0130 HRS) 6/7 JUNE 1944 325TH GIR LANDS NORMANDY, FRANCE 6/9 JUNE 1944 DEFENCE OF ST MERE EGLISE - PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION AWARDED 7/8 JUNE 1944 NEUVILLE-AU-PLAIN, FRESVILLE, LE HAM, MONTEBOURG STATION 15/16 JUNE 1944 CAPTURE OF ST SAVOUR-LE-VICOMTE 20/6 - 4/7 JULY BOIS DE LIMORS, ATTACK ON HILL 131 4/7 JULY 1944 ATTACK ON HILL 95 08 JULY 1944 RELIEVED IN NORMANDY 13 JULY 1944 ARRIVED BACK AT QUORN, ENGLAND 17 SEPT 1944 JUMPED ON GROESBEEK, HOLLAND (1ST DAYLIGHT COMBAT JUMP) 1305 HRS 19/20 SEPT 1944 2/505TH ATTACK NIJMEGAN BRIDGES - 2ND PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION 23 SEPT 1944 325TH LANDINGS REINFORCE 82ND AREA - HEAVY FIGHTING & CASUALTIES 12 NOV 1944 RELIEVED AT BEEK, MAAS RIVER, HOLLAND 0845 HRS 17 NOV 1944 ARRIVED AT SUIPPES, MARNE, FRANCE 18 DEC 1944 LEFT FOR ARDENNES, BELGIUM, ARRIVE WERBOMONT 20 DEC 1944 505TH: TROIS PONTS, SALM RIVER DEFENSIVE LINE, BELGUIM 325TH: BARVAUX, GRANDMENIL, MOUHAN, BELGIUM 3/9 JAN 1945 FIRST ARMY OFFENSIVE: BASSE-BODEUX, REHARMONT, FOSSE, ABREFONTAINE, GORONNE, VIELSALM 12 JAN 1945 THEUX, BELGIUM (CORPS RESERVE) 28 JAN 1945 ADVANCE ARRIVES AT LOSHEIMERGRABEN, GERMANY (SIEGFRIED LINE) 04 FEB 1945 LEFT LOSHEIMERGRABEN 07 FEB 1945 LEFT SALMCHATEAU, BELGIUM FOR HURTGEN FOREST 18 FEB 1945 RELIEVED AND LEAVE ZU SCHNIDT, ROER RIVER, GERMANY 20 FEB 1945 ARRIVE BACK AT SUIPPES 02 APRIL 1945 LEAVE SUIPPES FOR RUHR POCKET, GERMANY 4/29 APRIL 1945 WESSELING, SECHTEM, BLEKEDE, GERMANY 30 APRIL 1945 CROSS THE ELBE RIVER, GERMANY 1/2 MAY 1945 NEUHAUS, VLIELANK, GERMANY 08 MAY 1945 VICTORY IN EUROPE (NO CELEBRATION) 19 AUGUST 1945 ARRIVE IN BERLIN, GERMANY ----- Original Message ----- From: <MStateler@aol.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:37 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] answers to questions > Thanks to everyone who answered my questions. I am afraid I was not > specific enough. > James M. Coleman 15103571 > 82nd Airborne, 505, 2nd Bn, Headquarters Company. > He completed his parachute training at Fort Benning, GA in 1942. > He arrived in North Africa May 10, 1943. > He went to Ireland after Italy, (we have a letter from him in Ireland) > > 1. I believe snowfrog is right in stating that he met up with Patton in > Sicily. He spoke of meeting up with him and his troops. > > 2. He spoke of hearing the bagpipes in a way that I thought they had > come > to help them. I always guessed that it happened in Normandy but I don't > know. > I know that when he jumped in Normandy he landed in a tree, and somebody > cut him down. > > 5. The concentration camp that snowfrog mentioned can not be the one he > was > talking about because he was already injured during that time. He was > shot > September 1944. > Could it have been in Nordhousin that he saw they people in the > concentration camp? > Information > > He lost his eye left eye at Nijmegen, Holland. He was near a machine gun > section which was uable to advance because of fire from enemy automatic > weapons. He crawled forward under a barrage of artillery, mortar and > machine gun > fire, to locate the enemy weapons. He deliberately exposed himself to > draw > fire and was wounded during this action. With great determination he > returned > to his own men with information that enabled them to destroy the enemy > gun > positions. He was injured in his hand and eye causing him to have to > have his > eye removed in Belgium. He insisted on going back to duty and left a > Belgium > Hospital for 2 weeks and went back to his company. He only had one eye > at > this time. He also had serious bouts of malaria. > > There is not much information on him from the Department of the Army > before > Normandy. One record shows him receiving his CIB in Normandy and another > receiving it in Holland. We > know this is incorrect. He made all four combat jumps but for some reason > he did not receive his CIB until the Normandy jump. We have a newspaper > article stating his combat jumps. > > New question. > > 6. We would like to know why he did not receive his CIB for his jump in > Sicily. He received 4 Bronze Battle Stars. He made 2 jumps before he > went to > Ireland with the 505. He also jumped in Normandy and Holland. Are there > records of the combat jump sticks? > Any help will be much appreciated. > Marva > > > > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country > your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give > dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For > example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. 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