MCoE Libraries
http://www.benning.army.mil/library/
AIRBORNE HISTORY
BOOKS
D756.5 .N6K67 2011 Koskimaki, George E. D-Day with the Screaming Eagles. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2011.
D756.5 .N6R84 2006 Ruggero, Ed. First Men in, U.S. paratroopers and the fight to save D-Day. New York: Harper-Collins, 2006.
D756.5 .N6W45 2011 Whitlock, Flint. If chaos reigns: the near-disaster and ultimate triumph of the Allied Airborne Forces on D-Day, June 6, 1944. New York: Casemate, 2011.
D763 .N4C537 2008 Clark Lloyd. Crossing the Rhine: breaking into Nazi Germany 1944 and 1945—the greatest airborne battles in history. New York: Grove Press, 2008.
D763 .S5B68 1983 Breuer, William B. Drop Zone, Sicily: Allied airborne strike, July 1943. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1983.
D769.345 .B53 1985 Blair, Clay. Ridgway’s Paratroopers: the American Airborne in World War II. Garden City, NJ: Dial Press, 1985.
D769.345 .T46 1992 Thompson, Leroy. U.S. Airborne in Action. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1992.
D769.346 11th .F58 1989 Flanagan, E.M. The Angels: a history of the 11th Airborne Division.
Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1989
D769.346 82nd .N67 2005 Nordyke, Phil. All American, All the Way: the combat history of the 82nd Airborne in World War II. Greenville, TX: 101st Airborne Division Association, 2005.
D769.346 101st .B37 2001 Bando, Mark. 101st Airborne: Screaming Eagles at Normandy.
Osceola, WI: MBI Pub., 2001.
D769.346 101st .B69 2001 Bowen, Robert. Fighting with the Screaming Eagles: with the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001.
D769.346 101st .R2 1948 Rapport, Leonard. Rendezvous with Destiny; a history of the 101st Airborne Division. New York: NAL Caliber, 1948.
D769.347 .A87 1993 Astor, Gerald. Battling Buzzards: the odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, 1943-1945. New York: D.I. Fine, 1993.
D769.347 .B74 1989 Breuer, William B. Geronimo! American paratroopers in World War II. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989.
D769.347 .G33 1990 Gabel, Kurt. The Making of a Paratrooper: airborne training and combat in World War II. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1990.
D769.347 .O36 2002 O’Donnell, Patrick K. Beyond Valor: World War II’s Ranger and Airborne veterans reveal the heart of combat. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
D769.348 506th .A43 2005 Alexander, Larry. Biggest Brother: the life of Major D. Winters—the man who led the Band of Brothers. New York: NAL Caliber, 2005.
D769.348 506th .A45 2010 Alexander, Larry. In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers: a return to Easy Company’s battlefields with Sergeant Forrest Guth. New York: NAL Caliber, 2010.
D769.348 506th .A57 2001 Ambrose, Stephen E. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
D785 .A585 2007 Guard, Julie, ed. Airborne: World War II paratroopers in combat.
New York: Osprey, 2007.
U53 .G38B66 1994 Booth, T. Michael. Paratrooper: the life of Gen. James M. Gavin. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
U53 .L397G46 1995 General William C. Lee: father of the Airborne: just plain Bill. San Francisco: Airborne, Press, 1995.
UD480 .H52 1979 Hickey, Michael. Out of the sky: a history of airborne warfare. New York: Scribner, 1979.
UD480 .W38 1978 Weeks, John S. Assault from the Sky: a history of Airborne warfare.
New York: Putnam, 1978.
UD483 .B38 1989 Barker, Geoffrey T. A concise history of the US Army Airborne infantry, with lineage and insignia. Brandon, FL: Anglo-American Publishing Co., 1989.
UD483 .D49 1978 Devlin, Gerard M. Paratrooper! New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1978.
UD483 .F55 2003 Flanagan, E. M. Airborne: a combat history of American Airborne forces. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 2003
UD483 .F58 1997 Flanagan, E.M. The Rakkasans: the combat history of the 187th Airborne Infantry. Novato, CA Presidio Press, 1997.
UD483 .H35 1988 Halberstadt, Hans. Airborne: assault from the sky. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1988.
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UD483. H69 1983 Hoyt, Edwin P. Airborne: the history of American parachute forces. New York: Stein and Day, 1979.
UD483. W75 2007 Wright, Robert K. Airborne forces at war: from parachute test platoon to the 21st Century. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2007.
AUDIO/EBOOKS
(Audiobooks with call numbers are in the HQ McoE Donovan Research Library Collection. Others may be available in online audiobook links through the library online catalog via OneClick, Ebscohost, or ebrary for Donovan Research Library patrons)
D769.346 101st .G83 2007 Guarnere, William. Brothers in battle, best of friends. Old Saybrook, CT: Tantor Audio, 2007acPherson, Malcolm.
D769.346 506th .A572 1998 Ambrose, Stephen E. Band of brothers E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's nest. New York: Simon & Schuster Audio, 1998.
D769.348 506th .A45 2010 Alexander, Larry. In the footsteps of the Band of Brothers, a return to Easy Company’s battlefields with Sergeant Forre. Old Saybrook, CT: Tantor Audio, 2010.
(This title also available on OneClick through the Donovan Library online catalog at:
http://mcoe.oneclickdigital.com/#titles/9781400125326)
ARTICLES
Argentieri, SPC Gregory. “National Airborne Day marks first jump in 1940”. Army Times, 21 August 2009. http://www.army.mil/article/26397/
To find articles in the Bayonet newspaper go to:
http://www.benning.army.mil/library/content/Virtual/Bayonet/index.htm
Click on the year you want to search, click on the link, and wait for the entire year to load.
Each year is pdf searchable using your browser “Find” command, for names, units, and other keywords.
Infantry magazine is available at:
http://www.benning.army.mil/library/content/Virtual/Infantry%20Magazine/index.htm
Additional years are being digitized, and are current unavailable digitally. Additional years will be posted whenever possible.
STUDENT MONOGRAPHS
To view the airborne student papers from World War II click on the link:
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Each paper should load for viewing or downloading when you click on the link below the author and title.
To search in the student monographs collections go to: http://www.benning.army.mil/library,
Click on “Digital Collections” in the left side menu
Scroll down to “Infantry School Student Papers”
Click on “World War II”
Click on the “World War II Finding Aid” at the top of the page.
You can use the “Find” command on your browser to search for units, battles, or other terms.
Posted papers will be by author. If the paper is not posted, please send an email to the DonovanRefDesk address on the home screen of the Donovan Research Library page, located under the two library pictures, and the paper will be posted, and a link sent to you.
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
To access, enter the document number (DN) in the search field at http://www.dtic.mil.
Greene, Jr, Channing M. “Canopies of Blue: the American Airborne Experience in the Pacific in the Second World War as a Case Study in Operational Art and Multi-role Flexibility”. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Command and General Staff College Paper, Mar 2008. Defense Technical Information Center.
http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA485661
DN: ADA485661
Ketterson, T. B. “82D Airborne Division in Sicily and Italy” Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Command and General Staff College Paper, Nov 1945. Defense Technical Information Center. <http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA438100>.
DN: ADA438100
Warren, John C. “Airborne Operation in World War II, European Theater.” Air University, Maxwell AFB, Sep 1956. Defense Technical Information Center.
< http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA438105>
DN: ADA438105
DVDs (all are in the MCoE HQ Donovan Research Library Collection)
DVD-0078 D-day down to Earth: return of the 507th. New York: PBS Home Video, 2003.
DVD-0863 D-day: the total story A&E Television Networks: c2004.
DVD-0010 Geronimo the U.S. Airborne in World War II. Eugene, OR: Marathon Music & Video:
2003.
WEB SITES
Camp Toccoa started in 1942
http://camptoccoaatcurrahee.org/history.html
VERTICAL FILE
For additional printed sources, check the vertical file at MCoE HQ Donovan Research Library. Ask circulation desk for assistance.
July 2015