A Bridge Too Far

by Cornelius Ryan

  Rankin, William J., S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Carpenter, Kingman, Ariz.

  Richards, Theodore S., Lt. [101st Airborne]. Sgt. Major, USARSO, Canal Zone, Ft. Amador, C.Z.

  Richardson, William King, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Employee, Veterans Administration, Columbia, S.C

  Richmond, William K., Fit. Off. [9th Troop Carrier Command], Building-maintenance employee, Hicksville, N.Y.

  Ridgeway, Matthew B., Maj. Gen. [XVIII Corps]. General (Retired), U.S. Army, Pittsburgh, Pa.

  Rippel, John Kenneth, P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Director, Electronics Mfg., Baltimore, Md.

  Roberts, James J., Col. [9th Troop Carrier Command]. Col. (Retired), U.S. Air Force, Santa Barbara, Calif.

  Rocca, Francis A., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Machine operator, Pittsfield, Mass.

  Rohr, Willis F., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Carpenter, Hinsdale, III.

  Rosemond, St. Julien P., Capt. [101st Airborne]. First Asst. County Attorney, Miami, Fla.

  Rosenthal, Hillel Z., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Salesman, St. Louis, Mo.

  Rosinski, Harry F., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Auto mechanic, Garfield Heights, O.

  Ruppe, Frank, Cpl. [82nd Airborne]. Dental laboratory technician, Maspeth, N.Y.

  Ryals, Robert Wilson, Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Sgt. Major, U.S. Army, Trenton, N.J.

  Sampson, Francis Leon, Capt. (Chaplain) [101st Airborne]. Brig. Gen., Deputy Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Army, Arlington, Va.

  Sampson, Otis Little, S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Water company employee, Palm Springs, Calif.

  Sanders, Gus L., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Retired postmaster, Springdale, Ark.

  Santarsiero, Charles J., Lt. [101st Airborne]. Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., Scranton, Pa.

  Scanlon, Wilbur J., 1st Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Customer-service manager. General Electric Supply Co., Baton Rouge, La.

  Scheaffer, John E., 2nd Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Dairy sales manager, Camp Hill, Pa.

  Schmalz, Charles Edward, T/5 [82nd Airborne]. Laborer, Wheeling Steel, Steubenville, O.

  Schmidt, Nicholas, T/4 [101st Airborne]. Teacher of English and journalism, Twinsburg, O.

  Schneider, Frank, P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Machine operator, Downers Grove, 111.

  Schrader, Clifford W., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Construction foreman, Hoffman Esstates, III.

  Schultz, Arthur B., Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Counselor-therapist, San Diego, Calif.

  Schwaber, Sanford, P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. President, S. & M. Quality Foods, and Tasty Mix Products, Brooklyn, N.Y.

  Schwartz, John J., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Fireman, Rochester, N.Y.

  Schweiter, Leo Henry, Capt. [101st Airborne]. Brig. Gen., C.O., 173rd Airborne, A.P.O., San Francisco, Calif.

  Schwerin, William Fred, Jr., T/5 [101st Airborne]. Medical doctor, Pittsburgh, Pa.

  Searrin, William D., Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Bell Flower, Calif.

  Sefakis, Manuel John, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Worcester, Mass.

  Sessions, Myron Guy, Sgt. [101st Airborne]. College instructor, Spokane, Wash.

  Shapiro, Hyman D., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Ear, nose and throat specialist, East Lansing, Mich.

  Shennum, Merlin J., Cpl. [101st Airborne]. Farmer, Brockway, Mont.

  Shepard, Robert B., Capt. [101st Airborne]. Honda motorcycles, Memphis, Tenn.

  Shoemaker, Charles Harry, Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Maintenance section of National Park Service, Boulder City, Nev.

  Shutt, Harry G., Jr., M/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Construction superintendent, Shreveport, La.

  Siegmann, George A., 1st Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. District sales manager, Temple Terrace, Fla.

  Simmons, Cecil Lee, Capt. [101st Airborne]. Traffic engineer for City of Grand Rapids and Commanding General of Michigan National Guard, Grand Rapids, Mich.

  Smith, Ralph R., Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Post-office clerk, St. Petersburg, Fla.

  Smith, Raymond, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Owner and president of Smith-Elkhorn Coal Co., Thorntotn, Ky.

  Smith, William F., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Gas & Electric Utilities, New Castle, Del.

  Soper, Erwin J., Jr., P.F.C. [307th Engineers]. Erection superintendent, Haarmann Steel Co., Feeding Hills, Mass.

  Speck, Roger Donald, Pvt. [82nd Airborne]. Southern Bell Telephone Co. and V.-P. of Local 3204, Communication Workers of America, Atlanta, Ga.

  Stach, Stanfield August, Capt. [101st Airborne]. Retired, disability, Houston, Tex.

  Stallbories, Robert Henry, Chief Warrant Officer [82nd Airborne]. Life insurance agent, Equitable Life Assurance Society, Tulsa, Okla.

  Steed, James Thomas, Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Marketing manager, Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

  Steele, John M.,* S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Retired, Wilmington, N.C.

  Stein, Lester, Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Eye surgeon, Steubenville, O.

  Steinfield, Manfred, S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Furniture manufacturer, Skokie, III.

  Strayer, Robert L., Lt. Col. [101st Airborne]. Insurance executive, Springfield, Delaware County, Pa.

  Strieter, William L., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Real-estate broker, Arlington, Va.

  Strunk, Willard M., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Carpet-store owner, Wheatridge, Colo.

  Sult, Vernon Ralph, S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Liquor salesman, Granada Hills, Calif.

  Swanson, James A., Flt. Off. [9th Troop Carrier Command]. Material-control manager, Industrial Corporation, Park Forest, III.

  Swanson, Wallace Albert, Capt. [101st Airborne] Geologist; general foreman & supervisor with W. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Co., Fairfield, Ala.

  Sweeney, Neil J., Capt. [101st Airborne]. Civil service, Villa Park, III.

  Sweeney, Patrick J., S/4 [101st Airborne]. Public-relations coordinator, Wappinger Falls, N.Y.

  Taft, Chester Weldon, P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Millwright-machinist, Seneca Army Depot, Clyde, N.Y.

  Tallerday, Jack, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Col, U.S. Army, Fort Bragg, N.C.

  Tallon, Robert M., Sr., S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Department-store owner-manager, Dillon, S.C.

  Tarbell, Albert A., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Ironworks employee, Nedrow, N.Y.

  Taylor, Frank Curtis, Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Retired, Albuquerque, N.M.

  Taylor, John H., Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Paint and floor-covering contractor and retail-store owner, Lufkin, Tex.

  Taylor, Maxwell D., Maj. Gen. [CO., 101st Airborne]. General, Chief of Staff (Retired), U.S. Army.

  Taylor, Ray Edward, S/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Plasterer, Ashtabula, O.

  Thain, Carl Ernest, Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Contractor, McAlester, Okla.

  Tisdale, Paul Arthur, Lt. [9th Troop Carrier Command]. Col., U.S. Army, Arlington, Va.

  Tomardy, Bernard Joseph, Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Washington Gas & Light Co., Vienna, Va.

  Travers, Thomas R., 2nd Lt. [9th Troop Carrier Command]. Operator van and storage company, Berkeley, Calif.

  Tremble, Leonard G., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Staff assistant, petroleum company, Fort Worth, Tex.

  Tribe, Robert Wayne, Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Specialist, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Sacramento, Calif.

  Truax, Kenneth W., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Agency manager, rural insurance companies, Wisconsin Farm Bureau affiliate, Ettrick, Wis.

  Tucker, Reuben H.,* Col. [82nd Airborne]. Administrative department of The Citadel, Charleston, S.C.

  Tucker, William Humphrey, Jr., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Attorney; formerly Chairman, U.S Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D.C.

  Tyler, John Norman, Major [101st Airborne]. (Retired) Cleveland, Tenn.

  Vandervoort, Benjamin Hays, Lt. Col. [82nd Airborne]. Col. (Retired), U.S. Army, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

  Van Duzer, Franklin Kenneth, S/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Owner of Ris-Van Realty Co., V.-F., Community National Bank; director, Guardsman Life Insurance Co., Clear Lake, Iowa.

  Van Ort, Richard M., Cpl. [82nd Airborne]. Truck driver, Summit, III

  Vanpoyck, Walter S., Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Administrative officer, Eastern Air Lines,
Miami, Fla.

  Vantrease, Glen Wilson, Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. C.P.A., Gary, lnd.

  Veach, Donald, P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Farmer, Manila, Ark.

  Vest, Hansford C, Sr., Cpl. [101st Airborne]. Machinist, Boeing Co., Renton, Wash.

  Vuletich, Michael, S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Steelworker, South Holland, III.

  Wade, James Melvin, 2nd Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Lt. Col., U.S. Army, Fort Bragg, N.C.

  Wagner, Richard Paul, S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Electric welder, Baraboo, Wis.

  Waldt, Anthony M., P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Clerk, Aberdeen, S.D.

  Webster, Leonard J., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne], Heating & air-conditioning engineer, Milwaukee, Wis.

  Weil, Bernard L., Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Manager, furniture store, Norfolk, Va.

  Weinberg, Stanley, 2nd Lt. [82nd Airborne]. Haberdasher, Jersey City, N.J.

  Wellems, Edward N., Major [82nd Airborne]. Col., U.S. Army, Ft. Lewis, Wash.

  Welshons, Don R., Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Minister, Sunland, Los Angeles, Calif.

  Wetsig, Chester J., S/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Micro-electronic engineering at General Electric Co., Marcy, N.Y.

  Whitacre, William B., Col. [9th Troop Carrier Command], Retired V.-P., American Airlines, Hot Springs, Ark.

  White, Myron A., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Farmer, Grinnell, Iowa

  Wienecke, Robert H., Lt. Col. [82nd Airborne]. Major Gen. (Retired), U.S. Army; consultant and director of insurance company, Ventura, Calif.

  Wierzbowski, Edmund L., Lt. [101st Airborne]. Special representative, insurance sales, Chicago, III. (NOTE: Uses name Edmund L. Weir for business.)

  Wilder, Thomas Patten, Capt. [101st Airborne]. Yacht consultant, Balboa, Calif.

  Williams, Adriel N., Col. [9th Troop Carrier Command]. Brig. Gen., U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.

  Williams, John Henry, Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Instructor in R.O.T.C. program at Central High School, Chattanooga, Tenn.

  Williams, Warren R., Jr., Lt. Col. [82nd Airborne]. Director, U.S. Army Board for Aviation Accident Research, Fort Rucker, Ala.

  Winton, Walter Farrell, Jr., Lt. Col. [82nd Airborne]. Brig. Gen., U.S. Army, An-nandale, Va.

  Woll, Shepherd, P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. Owner, Wholesale Drug Sundries, Rockville Centre, N.Y.

  Womack, Waymon W., Pvt. [101st Airborne]. Dow Chemical, Freeport, Tex.

  Wood, Rev. George B., D.D., Capt. [82nd Airborne]. Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Fort Wayne, Ind.

  Wood, Leslie Earl, 1st Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Laboratory technician, Wunda Weve Carpet Co., Travelers Rest, S.C.

  Wurst, Spencer F., Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Laboratory technician, General Electric Co., and Lt. Col., National Guard, Erie, Pa.

  Wyngaert, Julius A., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. U.S. Army, 3D Special Forces, Fayetteville, N.C.

  Yates, Gorden Wyatt, S/Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Assistant produce manager in a supermarket. Attends college nights, Phoenix, Ariz.

  Yedenock, William, Jr., S/Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Insurance broker, Berwyn, Pa.

  Yeiter, Robert D., P.F.C. [82nd Airborne]. Restaurateur, Traverse City, Mich.

  Young, Charles H., Lt. Col. [9th Troop Carrier Command]. Commercial airlines captain, Grapevine, Tex.

  Zagol, Walter Frank, P.F.C. [101st Airborne]. State instructor, savings-bank life insurance, Taunton, Mass.

  Zakby, Abdallah K., Major [82nd Airborne]. Middle-East representative, tractor company, A.P.O., New York 09694.

  Zapalski, Daniel J., 1st Sgt. [101st Airborne]. Retired Army officer; field representative for Prudential Savings b- Loan Association, Rosemead, Calif.

  Ziegler, Roland C, 1st Sgt. [82nd Airborne]. Electrician, Baraboo, Wis.

  BRITISH

  Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law, Field Marshal [21st Army Group]. Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G., retired, Hampshire.

  Adair, Allan, Maj. Gen. [Guards Armoured]. C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., General, British Army, retired, London.

  Allsop, D., Capt. [1st Airborne]. Transport & dairy manager, Pontesbury, nr. Shrewsbury.

  Anson, Geoffrey F., Capt. [Guards Armoured]. M.C., Area manager, Ford Motor Credit Co., Ltd., London.

  Ashington, George, Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Tool setter operator, Birmingham.

  Ashley, Neville L., Sgt. [1st Airborne]. Teacher, Cheshire.

  Ashworth, Walton, S/Sgt. [Glider Pilot Regt.]. Watchmaker, Essex.

  Atwell, Douglas, S/Sgt. [Glider Pilot Regt.]. Valuer, Somersetshire.

  Austin, John Edward, Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Civil servant, Surrey.

  Axford, James Alfred, L/Cpl. [1st Airborne]. Postman, Kent.

  Back, Harold E., L/Cpl. [1st Airborne]. Post-office clerk, London.

  Bagguley, Reginald, Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Snack-bar proprietor, Staffordshire.

  Ball, Donald, Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Ambulance driver, Yorkshire.

  Barclay, W. J. J., Pvt. [Pathfinder, 1st Airborne]. M.M., Major, Ndola, Zambia.

  Barnes, Frank, Sgt. [Guards Armoured]. Hospital clerk, Belfast.

  Barnett, J. Patrick, Lt. [1st Airborne]. Golf club secretary, Kent.

  Barry, Peter, Lt. [1st Airborne]. Medical doctor, Somerset.

  Basnett, Edward F., Sgt. Pilot [Glider Pilot Regt.]. Housemaster, Home Office Boys School, Salop.

  Baylis, George Sidney, S/Sgt. [Glider Pilot Regt.]. Cargo superintendent, Kent.

  Beckett, Sir Martyn, Capt. [Welsh Guards]. Architect, London.

  Bedford, Ronald G., F/Sgt. [R.A.F.]. Salesman, Torquay, Devonshire.

  Beech, James W. A., Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Agricultural store manager, Spalding, Lincolnshire.

  Bennett, Clifford J., Guardsman [Guards Armoured]. Grocery manager, Rugby.

  Bennett, Frederick C, Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Stock audit, Redditch, Worcestershire.

  Bennett, Henry, Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Stockbrokers messenger, London.

  Bentley, Thomas C, Sgt. [1st Airborne]. Warrant Officer, British Army Recruiting, Nottingham.

  Binick, Norman, Sgt. [Pathfinder, 1st Airborne]. Entertainer, London, S.W. 14.

  Blunt, John Graham, Lt. [1st Airborne]. Major, Zambia Regiment, Ndola, Zambia.

  Blyton, Henry, Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Plant operator, Lancashire.

  Boldock, Walter, J. P., Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Rodent operator, Lincolnshire.

  Boulding, George H. W., Sgt. [1st Airborne]. Printing-machine minder, Kent.

  Bowden, T. D. L., Trooper Signalman [1st Airborne]. Manager, the National Kenya Sweepstake, Nairobi, Kenya.

  Bowers, Reverend Raymond E., Chaplain [1st Airborne]. Parish priest, Richmond Place, Bath.

  Bowles, Dennis A., Signaller [1st Airborne]. Analytical chemist, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

  Brace, Terry, Cpl./Medic [1st Airborne]. Storekeeper, Kent.

  Breese, C. F. O., Major [1st Airborne], Brigadier, retired; Company director, Yorkshire.

  Breitmeyer, Alan N., Lt. [Grenadier Guards]. Colonel, commander, Grenadier Guards, London, S.W. 1.

  Bridgewater, William George, Sgt. Major [Glider Pilot Rest.]. Petworth, Sussex.

  Briggs, Bernard W., Capt. [1st Airborne]. Lt. Col, British Army (Retired), Dortmund Station, B.F.P.O. 20.

  Brook, Henry, L/Cpl. [1st Airborne]. Bank messenger, nr. Manchester.

  Brown, Francis Edward, Sgt. [1st Airborne]. Porter, British Railways, Yorkshire.

  Bruce, David, Capt. [Guards Armoured]. Stock jobber, London, S.W. 10.

  Bruce, Joseph Morrison, Sgt. [Irish Guards]. Retired, Belfast 13.

  Bryant, Reginald, Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Printing engineer, Bristol 5.

  Buchanan-Jardine, Rupert, Lt. [Guards Armoured]. M.C., Farmer, Dumfriesshire.

  Burton, Arthur Edwin, Cpl. [1st Airborne]. Assistant superannuation officer, Leicestershire.

  Butcher, John M., W/Sgt. [1st Airborne]. Works manager, Manchester.

  Cain, Robert,* Major C.O. [1st Airborne]. V. C, Retired, Oxted, Surrey.

  Callaghan, Harry, Sgt. Major [1st Airborne]. O. B. L., Civil servant, Aldershot, Hampshire.

  Camp
bell, Alexander Wm., Cpl. [1st Airborne]. Patrolman, County Durham.

  Campbell, Gordon, S/Sgt. [Glider Pilot Regt.]. Order clerk, Workington, Cumberland.

  Campbell, P., Sgt. [1st Airborne]. Motor parts manager, Johannesburg, South Africa.

  Cannon, Brian Frank, Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Engineering foreman, Luton, Bedfordshire.

  Carr, B. D., Lt. [1st Airborne]. Supervisor, trust company, Vancouver, British Columbia.

  Cassie, James, Signalman [1st Airborne]. Bookbinder, Edinburgh 11, Scotland.

  Cawrey, Victor F., Pvt. [Pathfinder, 1st Airborne]. Haulage contractor, Leicestershire.

  Chandler, William F., Trooper [1st Airborne]. Instrument maker, London, S.E., 24.

  Chapman, Harry A., W/S/Sgt. [Glider Pilot Regt.]. Electrical contracts manager, Cyncoed, Cardiff, Wales.

  Chatterton, George S., Col. [Glider Pilot Regt.]. Retired brigadier, London, N.W. 8.

  Chennell, William, Cpl. [Guards Armoured]. Carpenter, London, S.E. 4.

  Christie, Gordon, Sapper [1st Airborne]. Bricklayer, nr. Spalding, Lincolnshire.

  Christie, Robert K., Gunner [1st Airborne]. Life-insurance agency superintendent, Surrey.

  Christie, Valentine Brock, Flying Officer [Royal Canadian Air Force]. Grain farmer, Alberta, Canada.

  Clark, R. J., Capt. [1st Airborne]. Bank economic adviser, Hertfordshire.

  Clegg, Benjamin B., Capt. [1st Airborne]. Managing director, Sheffield.

  Clegg, Eric, Gunner [1st Airborne]. Universal miller, engineering workshop, Lancashire.

  Cleminson, James A. S., Lt. [1st Airborne]. Company director, Norfolk.

  Cockrill, James D., Signalman [1st Airborne]. Police sergeant, Norfolk.

  Cole, C. V., Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Carpenter, North Queensland, Australia.

  Coles, C. J., Cpl. [Guards Armoured]. Major, Royal Guards, Windsor, Berkshire.

  Consett, William L., Major [Guards Armoured]. Retired, London.

  Conway, James J., L/Cpl. [1st Airborne]. Driver, Ministry of Aviation, Camberley, Surrey.

  Cook, Ralph, Gunner [1st Airborne]. Chemical operator, Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

  Cooper, Derek G. D., Capt. Major [Guards Armoured]. County Donegal, Ireland.

  Cooper, Frederick S., Pvt. [1st Airborne]. Driver, Hornsy Rise, London N. 19.

  Copley, Stanley G., Signalman [1st Airborne]. Public-relations executive, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire.