82nd Airborne Memorial at Ponte Dirillo

Sicily, Italy

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THE NIGHT OF JULY 10, 1943 WAS WITNESS TO BLOODY COMBAT BETWEEN THE 82nd
AMERICAN AIRBORNE DIV. AND ITALIAN AND GERMAN TROOPS EXTREME WERE THE
LOSES SUPREME WAS THE HEROISM AND FROM THE SACRIFICE OF THESE MEN IS
CREATED THE NEW HISTORY OF EUROPE

KILLED IN ACTION AT PONTE DIRILLO

Lt Col ARTHUR F. GORHAM PFC HARRY C. DOWNEY

1st Lt KURT B. KLEE PVT JOHN J. McGUIGAN
1st Lt JOHN D. SPRINKLE .. DAVID J. McKEOWN
Navy Ensign G.A. HULTON .. WILLIAM J. KERRIGAN
Sgt GERALD L. LUDLAM .. VERNON F. KNIGHT
.. TRAFFORD WILLIAMS .. PHILLIP V. PALMER
.. JOHN F. YEAGER .. STEPHEN W. VIDUMSKY
Cpl HOWARD S. OWENS .. RAYMOND E. FISKE
.. CHARLES F. CYMERYS .. JAMES T. BRADFORD
.. CORNELIUS J. MOYNIHAM Jr. .. ELDRIDGE V. HARBIN
.. WARREN LYONS .. JAMES D. HARRIS
PFC THOMAS D. ADAMS .. DOMININC T. ANGELO
.. THOMAS PLAKA .. ALFRED GLASCOCK
.. GEORGE H. GOUSMAN .. CARROLL NEICE
.. AEOYSIUS BONCYK .. JAMES D. LONG
.. ARTHUR H. NOUSER .. WALTER M. BARNETT
.. HAROLD MYRHOW .. WALTER F. KISSAU
.. NOEL M. WHEALTON .. JOE BOOTHE
.. LELAND LAYE .. WILLIAM BLAKE
.. MICHAEL A. SCAMBELLURI