Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne Division
Stick 2 – 507th PIR
Operation Neptune – June 6, 1944
505th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3
507th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3
508th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3
Serial 6:
Drop zone: DZ “T” (507th PIR)
Drop time: 02:02
Dakota C-47 crew – Shalk 14
Pilot: First Lieutenant David Hamilton
Co-pilot: Second Lieutenant Stanton F. Bierwith
Navigator: Second Lieutenant Carl R. Jones
Crew chief: Technical Sergeant Melvin Doherty
Radio Operator: Staff Sergeant Samuel Carlley
Pathfinders – Stick 2 – 507th PIR
First Lieutenant Ralph S. McGill – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, F Co
Second Lieutenant Charles R. Ames – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Sergeant Jerome Shapiro – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, Hq
Sergeant John A. Turner – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, F Co
Technical 4th Rolland J. Duff – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, Hq
Corporal Russell B. Dillard – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, Hq
Corporal Eddie A. Tamplen – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, F Co
Corporal Peter J. Weathers – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, F Co
Private First Class Robert J. Beaudine – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, F Co
Private First Class Otto Eichelberg – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Private First Class Ronald B. Nicholson – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, Hq
Private First Class Louis C. Waldorf – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Private Curry M. Adderton – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, G Co
Private Ray A. Embree – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Private Edward W. Endsley – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, Hq
Private Michael Evanick – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, G Co
Private Roy E. Norris – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, Hq
Private William L. Robbins – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Private Bernard C. Shipton – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, C Co
Private James O. Wallis – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
