Il s'agit de Reed Pelfrey CO.H 3th bataillon 502 P.I.R. 101st AB
Si vous regardez bien il porte le brevet para anglais ainsi que les ailes des Special Forces US.
Son parcours est intéressant.
Il a donc été parachuté en Normandie puis par la suite s'est engagé dans l'OSS.
Il a été incorporé en tant que 2nd LT dans l'Opérational Group ADRIAN,parachuté pas loin de Dijon fin Aout.Après avoir sauté sur la Normandie avec des milliers de para comme lui,il a donc eut le courage d'être de nouveau parachuté en plein territoire mais avec seulement une trentaine d'hommes.
Chapeau Monsieur !!!
Logiquement le brevet para Anglais se porte au bras droit mais par contre le Belge se place à cet emplacement, j'ai distribué quelques brevets para Belge en tissus et en metal et tous l'on placé de suite sur leur tenue ...
Robi,
1- ton lien ne foctionne pas.
2- Tu dois faire erreur sur l'histoire d' Howard Manoian, car il a bel et bien été para dans la 82AB.
Je comfirme Howard Manoian n'aurait jamais été au 505PIR
Message de notre ami Gennaker
La remise de médaille à Howard Manoian a fait sortir du bois un "secret" que nombre de vétérans de la 82nd se partageaient en silence depuis de nombreuses années ; Howard Manoian, qui depuis des décennies racontent à qui veut l'entendre en France et aux US son "extraordinaire aventure" au sein de A/ 505 PIR... N'A EN RÉALITÉ JAMAIS SERVI CHEZ LES PARATROOPERS!!
Sources : Mark Bando-Brian Siddall- Boston Herald
Voici son Military record :
Howard Manoian from Military Records
ASN: 31285089 Date Entered Service: February 19, 1943 Reporting Station: Springfield, MA Hampden County Birth Year: 1924
?Initially basic training was 12 weeks with an additional 4+ weeks of advanced training?. The Previous quote is from Mr. Kip Lindberg the curator of collections at the US Army Chemical Corps Museum. Howard Manoian joined the 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company (33rd CML Decon Co) July 1943 at Camp Blanding in Florida. This would mean Manoian joined the 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company after his 4 month basic and advanced training. The payroll records of the 33rd CML Decon Co show Howard joining July 1943 at Camp Blanding in Florida. Manoian is listed in the rest of the monthly payroll reports through the end of the year. In September of 1943 he is promoted to Private First Class (Pfc.).
To recap we have Manoian serving in the 33rd CML Decon Co from July 1943 through the end of the payroll records which stop December 31, 1943. Now morning reports will be used to document his service with the 33rd CML Decon Co. He is mentioned on the January 1944 Morning Report. So we can now place him as going overseas with the 33rd CML Decon Co. He is on the reports again in April for going on sick leave with a strained muscle caused by Marching and or Drilling. All during the time period his rank is Pfc. according to the records. On May 10, 1944 Howard Manoian is promoted to Corporal. He is listed numerous times on the May 1944 Morning Reports for the 33rd CML Decon Co. At this time the 33rd is stationed in Bodmin, Cornwall County, England.
Manoian is listed as part of the first platoon second section, second in command under Sergeant Fick. First platoon is attached to the 531st Engineer Shore Battalion?s 1st Battalion for the Invasion of Normandy. This is per Special Orders 98 from Headquarters 1st Engineer Special Brigade dated May 13, 1944. The May 14th 33rd CML Decon Co Morning Report shows 1 Officer and 33 enlisted men of the 1st Platoon being attached to the 1st Battalion of the 531st Eng Shore Reg referencing SO 98.
Howard Manoian is now attached to the 531st Engr Shore Reg as of May 14, 1944 as part of 1st Platoon 2nd section from the 33rd CML Decon Co. The June 8, 1944 Morning Report show the 1st Platoon returning to control of the 33rd CML Decon Co. It lists 1 Officer and 32 men coming back in and one man Sergeant Bernard Dwyer being LWA (Lightly Wounded in Action). This brings to total back to 34 total men.
On June 17, 1944 the 33rd CML Decon Co is located at Audouville-la-Hubert, France, operating a Chemical Warfare Service (C.W.S.) Supply Dump with Class II and IV supplies. Manoian?s name next appears on the June 17th Morning Report showing him Accidentally Wounded at 1900 hours. The report lists him as from duty with company to Hospital (LD) (LD is the abbreviation for Line of Duty). The June 20, 1944 Morning Report for the 33rd CML Decon Co changes Accidentally Wounded to LWA. The June 22, 1944 Morning Report shows Manoian being transferred to the United Kingdom along with two men LWA and one LIA (Lightly Injured in Action).
During the time period of June 1944 Manoian shows up in two different Medical units reports. The first is the 128th Evacuation Hospital which is stationed at Boutteville, France two kilometers SE of Turqueville. He is treated for a superficial hand wound (list as debridement without closure) and returned to duty the next day. The date of the report is June 1944 and this report uses Manoian?s ASN 31285089 as the identifier. The second report is also June 1944 and though neither shows a day, this has to be the second one as he is listed as being hospitalized for 147 days. This means the 2 day absence has to precede the 147 day absence. The 128th Evac Hosp was located in Boutteville from June 11 through June 22, 1944. This means Manoian?s first injury had to be between June 11th and June 16th. The first wound is so minor he isn?t mentioned on the Morning Reports.
The second report lists the Hospital as the 3rd Station Hospital located at Tidworth, England. His wound is listed as Compound Fracture of the third metacarpal bone which is the bone between the knuckles of the middle finger. Fracture du 3ème métacarpe : 147 jours d'hôpital!!!!
He spends the next 147 days in the Hospital and leaves in November of 1944 to rejoin his C.W.S. unit. On both medical reports his arm of service is listed as Chemical Warfare Service.
Owing to the fact that the research was only to verify his service in either the 33rd CML Decon Co or Co A 505 during this time period. No other documents were requested. However one more Medical Report was included in the batch of records sent from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO USA.
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