Floyd "Ben" Schwartzwalder was awarded a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, four battle stars, the Presidential Unit ...

Decades after Staff Sgt. William Owens' heroic actions at La Fiere Bridge, his Bronze Star was posthumously upgraded thanks ...

A display commemorating Operation Iraqi Freedom is seen June 6, 2025, at the 2nd Cavalry Regiment Museum in Vilseck, Germany, ...

He attended St. Helena’s School and Manhattan Prep. He joined the Army and was a paratrooper in the 509th airborne division from 1962-1965, traveling abroad and working as an instructor aide in ...

He was a veteran of the US Army where he proudly served as a paratrooper in the 509th Airborne Division with tours overseas and across the United States. He was a devoted father and grandfather ...

serving in both the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion and the 82nd Airborne Division. Mort participated in campaigns in Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno ...

1975-1979 – Platoon leader, adjutant, 1st Battalion, 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team in Vicenza, Italy. 1979-1982 – Commander, then aide de camp, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized ...

Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade took to the Louisiana woods in August to compete against their most formidable enemy, the 1st Battalion 509th Infantry Regiment dubbed ...

509th Infantry Regiment. “The legacy that we have, dating all the way back to World War II when we were an Airborne Division fighting in Europe,” said U.S. Army Col. Travis McIntosh ...

Upon returning to action, he was assigned to a different division ... member of the group of 509th paratroopers who made the first US military combat parachute jump during World War II ...

U.S. Army Captain Floyd “Ben” Schwartzwalder jumped out of the C-47 Skytrain shortly after 3 o’clock in the morning on June 6, 1944, D-Day. His parachute opened with a sudden jerk in the ...

Katz was a first lieutenant in the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion of the famed 82nd Airborne Division. He fought in Algeria, Morocco, Sicily, France and Germany. While he never had to jump in ...