G-511th Airborne

View a brief History of the 11th Airborne by Leo F. Kocher

View a brief History of the 187th Glider Inf. Regt. by Col. William E. Weber

View a brief History of the 188th Glider Inf. Regt. by Lt. Gen E.M. Flanagan Jr. USA (Ret.)

View a brief History of the 127th Airborne Engineer Battalion by Al Harkrader

View a brief History of the 457th Parachute Field Arty. Battalion by Lt. Gen E.M. Flanagan Jr. USA (Ret.)

View a brief History of the 511th Parachute Inf. Regt. by Leo F. Kocher

View an Extended History of the 511th Parchute Inf. Regt. by Leo F. Kocher

View "The Sack & Rape of Manila -1945" from the Battling Bastards of Bataan

View John S. Beaber's Deliverance! A WWII POW Diary (1942-1945)

View the Paratroopers of the 50's Web Site which contains many photos & articles of the 40's-50's

View the 504th PIR Assoc. Web Site (from the 82nd Airborne)

View the Rakkasan NET The Official Home of the 187th AIR Assoc.

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Assembled Biographies of Rod E. Serling, RHQ-511th (The Twilight Zone) by: Beringia Zin

View the Rod E. Serling Memorial Foundation by Carol Serling

View the FBI case of (Iva Toguri), also know as -- Tokyo Rose

The Oryoka Maru Story A report on the inhuman treatment of prisoners in the Philippines & aboard ship to Japan

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Currahee  In the beginning there was Mt. Currahee and it had to be conquered if you wanted to be a Paratrooper
The 511th PIR Sails the Pacific on the S.S. Sea Pike in 1944 by Miles W. Gale, H-511th

Selecting the MacArthur Guard by Ralph Ematinger, F-511th

MacArthur Honor Guard Roster of the 11th Airborne troopers selected in 1945 for Gen. MacArthur

  Steps on My Journey to the 11th Abn. and Occupation of Japan by William Windrum DDS, SVC-511th

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The Infantry Soldier's Learning Curve - A Slippery Slope A well written article by Charles J. Sass, B-511th

Lesson Learned, Don't be Afraid to say Hello Another great article by Charles J. Sass, B-511th

Six Weeks a'Bumming by Charles A. Sass, B-511th PIR

In The Groove (sound logic??) by Charles A. Sass, B-511th PIR

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Note: I have very little History for the 11th Div. Support Units, I would be honored to post.

Send to:

Leo Kocher

2514 Alexander Ct.

Richland, WA 99354

email: leodonna@owt.com