A Bridge Too Far

by Cornelius Ryan

  Garber, Dean Landis, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Manager, Personnel & Labor Relations, Jeffrey Mfg. Co., Canal Winchester, O.

  Gariano, Vincent Paul, Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Bus driver, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

  Garofano, Frank P., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Investigator, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm., Medford, Mass.

  Garzia, John, Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Owner, TV- and air-conditioning-service business, Hialeah, Fla.

  Gatlin, Hershel L., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Farmer, Colfax, La.

  Gavin, James M., Gen. [82nd Airborne]. Lt. Gen. (Retired), U.S. Army, Cambridge, Mass.

  Gelber, Aaron, Sgt. [82nd Airborne], Sgt. Major (Retired), U.S. Army insurance agent, Fayetteville, N.C.

  Gensemer, Harold Lester, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Sgt. Major, U.S. Army, Fort Hood, Tex.

  Gilbertson, Elmer, Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Salesman, Wausau, Wis.

  Gilliam, Frederick Keene, Flt. Off. [9th Troop Carrier Command]. C.P.A., Burlington, N.C.

  Goethe, James H., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Dentist, St. George, S.C.

  Gore, Tommy B., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Retired, U.S. Army, Tahoe Vista, Calif.

  Gougler, Frederick W., S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Railroad conductor, Reading Rail-road Freight Service, Clifton Heights, Pa.

  Grace, Jack, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. High-school art teacher, Bartlesville, Okla.

  Graham, Thomas W., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Farmer, Bluffton, Ind.

  Gray, William Joseph, Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Bus operator, Vincentown, N.J.

  Grey, Thomas Charles, Jr., Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Rural mail carrier, Macon, Ga.

  Hall, Raymond S., Capt. [101st Airborne]. Retired minister, Falmouth, Me.

  Haller, Joseph, Jr., Cpl. [101st Airborne]. Lithographing pressman, Detroit, Mich.

  Handelsman, Oliver, Major [101st Airborne]. Physician, Pittsburgh, Pa.

  Hanlon, John Douglas, Major [101st Airborne]. Newspaper columnist, Providence Evening Bulletin, Rumford, R.I.

  Hanna, Roy M., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Salesman, Berkeley Heights, N.J.

  Hannah, Harold W., Lt. Col. [101st Airborne]. Law teacher, writer and researcher, Texico, III

  Harmon, George E., T/5 [82nd Airborne]. Shipping clerk, Wrightsville, Pa.

  Harrell, John Daniel, Capt. [101st Airborne]. Druggist, Pensacola, Fla.

  Hart, Augustin S., Major [82nd Airborne]. Exec. V.-P., Quaker Oats Company, Lake Forest, III.

  Hart, Leo Michael, Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Manufacturer’s representative, North Miami, Fla.

  Hauptfleisch, Louis A., Capt. [82nd Airborne]. V.-P., Halsey, Stuart, and Co., Summit, N.J.

  Heath, Stanley H., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Secretary, Masonic bodies, Fargo, N.D.

  Helton, Roy Francis, Sgt. [101st Airborne]. President, J. D. Helton Roofing Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.

  Hennessey, Joseph S., Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Millwright, Farrell Corp., Beacon Falls, Conn.

  Herkness, Frank G., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Supervisor, electrical installations, Railway Division, Budd Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

  Hogenmiller, Joseph James, Cpl. [101st Airborne]. Glassworker, Crystal City, Mo.

  Holabird, John Augur, Jr., 2nd Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Architect, Chicago, III.

  Hopkins, James Bernard, Flt. Off. [9th Troop Carrier Command]. Ass’t Director, County Health Dept., St. Petersburg, Fla.

  Horne, Thomas A., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Pipe fitter, Newport, Division of Ten-neco Chemicals, Inc., Oakdale, La.

  Howell, James K., Pvt. [101st Airborne]. F.B.I., Woodbridge, Va.

  Huebschen, Herbert E., S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Accountant, assistant office manager, Beatrice Foods Co., Wright & Wagner Dairy Division, Beloit, Wis.

  Hughart, Robert Ralph, P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Steelworker, Kaiser Steel Mill, Fontana, Calif.

  Hull, Logan Ben, Capt. [101st Airborne]. Obstetrician and gynecologist, Altoona, Pa.

  Hunt, Harold Lawrence, S/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. U.S. Civil Service, household-goods inspector, Petaluma, Calif.

  Hurtack George J., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Painting contractor, Plainfield, N.J.

  Igoe, Charles M., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Prop man, U.S. Army film production, Long Branch, N.J.

  Ihlenfeld, Edward W., T/4 [101st Airborne]. Lieutenant, Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee, Wis.

  Ingalls, Wilbur Royce, Cpl. [101st Airborne]. Signalman, Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Wellsville, N.Y.

  Ireland, Alfred Warfield, Jr., Major [82nd Airborne]. Sales executive, Woodland Hills, Calif.

  Irvin, James Morris, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. District manager, Pendleton Tool Ind., Inc., Greensboro, N.C.

  Isaacs, Jack Roger, Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Druggist, Coffeyville, Kan.

  Isenekev, Melvin Wm., Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Rural mail carrier, Boonville, N.Y.

  Jackson, Schuyler W., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Trucker, Bethesda, Md.

  Jacobs, Herbert, Capt. [101st Airborne]. Physician, Glendora, Calif.

  Jakeway, Donald I., S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Manager, Export Orders, Ebco Mfg. Co., Johnstown, O.

  James, Lawrence F., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Motorman, N.Y.C. Transit Authority, Brooklyn, N.Y.

  Jedrziewski, Anthony A., Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Electrical engineer, Belle Vernon, Pa.

  Johnson, Harry F., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Farmer, Arbuckle, Calif.

  Johnson, Joseph Bernard, Jr., Capt. [101st Airborne]. Lawyer, Duluth, Minn.

  Johnson, LeGrand K., Capt. [101st Airborne]. Regional manager, Central Region, Ryder Truck Lines, Atlanta, Ga.

  Johnson, Paul B., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. V.-P., insurance company, Ridgefield, Conn.

  Johnson, Wilton Harold, Cpl. [82nd Airborne]. Mail carrier, Palo Alto, Calif.

  Jones, Alvin, Major [101st Airborne]. Executive, Jones Motor Co., Inc., Allentown, Pa.

  Jones, Delbert Francis, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Mushroom grower, Avondale, Pa.

  Jones, Desmond D., Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Inspector, Sun Oil Co., Brookhaven, Pa.

  Jones, Glynne M., Col. [9th Troop Carrier Command]. Brig. Gen. (Retired), U.S. Air Force; Director of Aviation, airport manager, New Orleans, La.

  Jones, James Elmo, S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. President, Industrial Plastics, Inc., and Industrial Fabricators, Inc., Greensboro, N.C.

  Jones, Robert Ellis, Capt. [101st Airborne]. Col, U.S. Army, Bad Toelz, Germany.

  Jones, William I., Lt. [101st Airborne]. Physician, Charlotte, N.C.

  Joyner, Jonathan S., Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Civil-service employee, Lawton, Okla.

  Kaiser, James L., Major [82nd Airborne]. Col, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

  Kane, Maurice T., Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Police officer, Buffalo, N.Y.

  Kantala, Matthew W., Jr., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Quarry owner, Elberton, Ga.

  Kappel, Carl Wm., Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Col, U.S. Army, Springfield, Va.

  Kartus, Charles Leroy, S/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Merchant, Rock Hill, S.C.

  Keefe, Jack Edward III, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Physician, Miami Shores, Fla.

  Keenan, James E., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Ass’t V.-F., Chemical Bank, Hicksville, N.Y.

  Keep, Henry, Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Hospital administrator, Villanova, Pa.

  Keith, Herbert Paul, P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Tavern owner, Newcomerstown, O.

  Keith, John Marvin, T/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Repairman and installer, Mountain States Tel & Tel Co., Stevensville, Mont.

  Keller, John William, P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Toolmaker, Sea Cliff, N.Y.

  Kinnard, Harry William Osburn, Lt. Col. [101st Airborne]. Lt. Gen., U.S. Army, Ft. Belvoir, Va.

  Kirkwood, Robert S., Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Lt. Col, U.S. Army (Retired); senior auditor, N.Y. Telephone Co., New York, N.Y.

  Kissane, Joseph M., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Public accountant, Greenlawn, N.Y.

  Kjell, Clifford George, Capt. [101st Airborne]: Letter carrier, Rockford, III.

  Klein, Richard Lionel, Cpl. [101st Airborne]. High-school teacher, Huron, O.

  Knox, Clyde F., P.F.C.
[82nd Airborne]. Sgt. Major, U.S. Army, Fayetteville, N.C.

  Koch, Stuart H., T/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. General agent, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Appleton, Wis.

  Kogut, Michael J., 1st Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. V.-P., International Molders and Allied Workers Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, Ludlow, Mass.

  Komosa, Adam A, Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Lt. Col. (Retired), U.S. Army; professor, North Michigan Univ., Jeffersonville, Ind.

  Kos, Rudolph, P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Antique dealer, Deerfield, III

  Kotary, William E., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Agency Dept. Philadelphia Life Insurance Co., Wayne, Pa.

  Kough, Frank L., Cpl. [101st Airborne]. Correctional officer, Western Penitentiary, Pittsburgh, Pa.

  Krantz, Eugene A., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Works supervisor, Chicago, III

  Krebs, Frank X., Lt. Col. [9th Troop Carrier Command]. Legislative ass’t to Senator Cannon, Falls Church, Va.

  Kremer, Jean Harry, Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Salesman, Westbury, N.Y.

  Kroener, Walter B., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Battalion chief, Huntington Park Fire Dept. and Asst. Civil Defense Director, Huntington Park, Calif.

  Kuehl, Delbert A., Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Executive Asst. Director, Foreign Missions, Elmhurst, III.

  Kumler, Lyle Kay, Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Insurance business, Gibson City, III.

  Lachkovic, John Paul, P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Truck driver, Hagerstown, Md.

  La Magdeleine, Leslie Leo, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Die setter, Mundelein, III.

  Lange, William A., Sgt. [101st Aïrborne]. Tenant farmer, Pleasant Plains, III.

  Langston, Ledford M., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Industrial employee, Red Banks, Miss.

  Lappegaard, Ray Lenard, Cpl. [101st Airborne]. Director of organization and personnel, Toro Manufacturing Corp., St. Paul, Minn.

  La Riviere, Richard G., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Construction superintendent, Chicopee Falls, Mass.

  Larkin, Bernard L., Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Beer distributor, Levittown, Pa.

  Lassen, Donald Douglas, Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Plant mgr., Henderson Portion Pak., Miami, Fla.

  Lazenby, Harvill W., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. V.A. Hospital staff, Nashville, Tenn.

  Lee, John C. H., Jr., Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Director, Office of Appalachian Studies, Cincinnati, O.

  Leebrick, Frank Lee, Jr., Cpl. [101st Airborne]. Letter carrier, Silver Spring, Md.

  Lewis, Mike, T/4 [101st Airborne]. Services machine tools for the Bendix Corp., North Hollywood, Calif.

  Lillyman, Frank Lewis, Capt. [101st Airborne]. Deputy Operations Officer, U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga.

  Lindberg, John Albert, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Sales representative, Oklahoma City, Okla.

  Looney, Frank J., T/4 [101st Airborne]. Tavern owner, Albany, N.Y.

  Loveland, Glenn E., S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Employee, Board of Education, Shelby, O.

  Luiz, Charles, Cpl. [82nd Airborne]. Engineering technician, Federal Aviation Administration, Manchester, N.H.

  Macchia, Rocco L., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Real estate, Ozone Park, N.Y.

  Machol, Robert Leonard, T/5 [82nd Airborne]. Electrical foreman for Mafco Electric Co., of West Hartford, Simsbury, Conn.

  Mackey, Leonard Snow, Cpl. [101st Airborne]. Runs mineral and lapidary shop, Cotton, N.Y.

  MacLeod, Tom, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Postmaster, Columbia, S.C.

  MacNees, Frank J., Col. [9th Troop Carrier Command]. Col. (Retired), U.S. Air Force; rancher, Travelers Rest, S.C.

  Maltese, Edward Vincent, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Col, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

  Mansolillo, Nicholas W., Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Works employee, Providence, R.I.

  Marohn, Robert E., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Detective Lieutenant, Tonawanda Police Dept., Tonawanda, N.Y.

  Martin, J. Roy, Jr., Capt. [101st Airborne]. Roofing contractor, Anderson, S.C.

  Martin, Orville S., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Laborer, Methyl Ware Corp., Two Rivers, Wis.

  Mason, Charles W., M/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Airborne Historian, Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, N.C.

  Massei, Ernest Lawrence, Jr., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. President, Cape Fear Car Service Co., Fayetteville, N.C.

  Mastrangelo, William, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Tavern owner, Philadelphia, Pa.

  McCarthy, John T., M/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Employee of photoengraving plant, purchasing, estimating and billing, Chicago, III.

  McClain, Allen French, III, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. City fireman, Coral Gables, Fla.

  McDavid, James Earl, P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Construction superintendent, Hayward, Calif.

  McElfresh, John F., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Clerk of Circuit Court, Deeds, Knox County, Edina, Mo.

  McFadden, Frank J., Lt. [101st Airborne]. Lt. Col. (Retired), U.S. Army; Deputy Director, Tattnall County Civil Defense Unit, Reidsville, Ga.

  McGilvra, LaVerne Russell, P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Beekeeper, Baraboo, Wis.

  McGinnis, Arthur J., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Probation officer and real-estate broker, Elkridge, Md.

  Mcllvoy, Daniel B., Major [82nd Airborne]. Medical doctor, pediatrician, Bowling Green, Ky.

  Mclntosh, Ben Charles, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Utility man for Board of Education, Bartlesville, Okla.

  McKeage, Donald Wm., Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Construction superintendent, Hemlock, Mich.

  McKearney, Bernard J., Lt. [101st Airborne]. Ass’t. Supt. of Schools, Hingham, Mass.

  McMandon, William T., Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Branch manager, Singer Company, Miami, Fla.

  McNiece, Jake, Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Post office clerk, Ponca City, Okla.

  Meddaugh, William J., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Personnel specialist, I.BM. Corp., Hyde Park, N.Y.

  Megellas, James, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. D.S.C., Director, U.S. A.l.D. mission to Panama, Balboa, C.Z.

  Merlano, Louis P., Sgt. [101st Airborne]. District sales manager, Hermes Business Machines Paillard Inc., Levittown, Pa.

  Meyer, Ralph F., Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Union official and salesman, San Francisco, Calif.

  Meyers, James Joseph, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Col, U.S. Army, Columbia, S.C.

  Miller, Michael G., Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Mailman, Edison, N.J.

  Miller, Walter Leroy, Jr., Capt. [101st Airborne]. National Secretary-Treasurer, 101st Airborne Div. Ass’n., Greenville, Tex.

  Millsaps, Woodrow Wilson, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Lt. Col. (Retired), U.S. Army; civil service, Columbus, Ga.

  Mitchell, Charles A., S/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Insurance consultant, sales director, Talladega, Ala.

  Mitchell, Edward J., Cpl. [101st Airborne]. Air-mail dispatcher, Oshkosh, Wis.

  Moe, Glenn Allen, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Sheet-metal mechanic, Toppenish, Wash.

  Morrison, Thomas J., Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Advertising-specialty business operator, Ambler, Pa.

  Mulloy, Patrick J., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Employment counselor, Gary, Ind.

  Mulvey, Thomas Paris, Capt. [101st Airborne]. Real-estate broker, stocks and bonds, Clarksville, Tenn.

  Murphy, Ernest P., 2nd Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Law-enforcement officer, Kissimmee, Fla.

  Murphy, James J., Cpl. [82nd Airborne]. Salesman, Indianapolis, Ind.

  Nadler, Philip H., Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Supervisor, Reichbold Chemicals, Inc., Westwood, N.J.

  Neill, Robert W., 2nd Lt. [101st Airborne]. Retail-furniture dealer, Pullman, Wash.

  Nichols, Mickey, Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Insurance agent, Philadelphia, Pa.

  Nickrent, Roy Walter, S/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Town marshal and waterworks Supt. for village, Saybrook, III.

  Nicoll, Kenneth S., S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Ironworker, Montgomery, Tex.

  Norris, James Sherley, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Welder, Roanoke, Va.

  Nunan, Paul D., S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Sgt. Major, U.S. Army, Syracuse, N.Y.

  Oakley, Herbert L., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Dry cleaner, Columbus, O.

  Oatman, William John, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Truck driver, Lancaster, Pa.

  O’Connell, Robert Phil
ip, 2nd Lt. [101st Airborne]. National accounts manager, Group Hospitalization, Inc., Bowie, Md.

  O’Hagan, Patrick J., Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Civil service, N.Y.C. Transit Authority, Brooklyn, N.Y.

  Oldfather, Earl Shively, Cpl. [82nd Airborne]. Banking officer, Toledo Trust Company, Toledo, O.

  Olsen, William S., Lt. [101st Airborne]. Asst. to the President, Florida Mobile Home Assoc, Madeira Beach, Fla.

  Olson, Charles Ray, S/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Asst. superintendent of the composing room of the Jamestown (N.Y.) Post-Journal, Lakewood, N.Y.

  Olson, Hugo, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Attorney, Moorehead, Minn.

  O’Neal, Russell Roy, S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Restaurant owner, San Anselmo, Calif.

  Osborne, Ernest William, Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Material expediter, Union Carbide, Charleston, W. Va.

  Parker, Arthur, Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Retired fire fighter; television technician, St. Petersburg, Fla.

  Paterson, Charles, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Safety supervisor, Armour Agricultural Chemical Co., Winter Haven, Fla.

  Patton, Donald Vickrey, Acting Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Architect, Allen, Patton & Associates, Rockford, III.

  Pearson, Donald T., S/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Supervisory Plant Quarantine Inspector, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Bayside, N.Y.

  Peterson, Theodore L., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Manufacturers’ representative, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

  Phillips, Robert Hamilton, Capt. [101st Airborne]. V.-P., Trust Company of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga.

  Pickens, Oren Clinton, Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Postal employee, Homestead, Fla.

  Piper, Robert M., Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Col., U.S. Army, A.P.O., San Francisco, Calif.

  Prescott, William L., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Artist, San Miguel de Allende, G.T.O., Mexico.

  Pritikin, Marvin E., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. President, Illinois Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Chicago, III.

  Prow, Robert F., T/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Manager of a Pennsylvania state liquor store, Ambler, Pa.

  Purcell, Warren Carver, P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Farmer; Deputy Commissioner of Revenue, Petersburg, Va.

  Quirici, Oreste, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Manager, Physical Testing Laboratory, Kaiser Steel, Rutherford, Calif.

  Ragland, Robert Eugene, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Western regional sales manager, Baldwin, Ehret, Hill Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.

  Randall, Charles H., Jr., Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Highway engineering technician, Los Altos, Calif.