Interviews with Ranger Veterans
Len Lomell
CORNELIUS RYAN ARCHIVE
Cornelius Ryan was a famous author of WWII histories. He wrote three fantastic books: The Longest Day, A Bridge too Far, and The Last Battle. He solicited first hand accounts of those who were there that day, and received hundreds upon hundreds of responses.
NOTE: All Ranger/Airborne material seems to have been contained in box 10.
POINTE DU HOC
- Col James Earl Rudder (2nd Bn, C.O.)
- Lt. George Kerchner (2nd Bn, D Co)
- William “L-Rod” Petty (2nd Bn, F Co)
- SGT Regis McCloskey (2nd Bn, D Co)
- Lt. Theodore Lapres, Jr (2nd Bn, E Co.)
- Capt. Otto Masny (2nd Bn, F Co.)
- S/SGT Thomas F Ryan (2nd Bn, F Co)
- Lt Amos Potts, Jr. (165th Signal Photographic Co., Detachment “M”, landed with 2nd at Pointe du Hoc)
- S/SGT William J Stivison (2nd Bn, F Co.)
- PFC Carl Bombardier (2nd Bn)
- PFC John Gilhooly (2nd Bn)
- PFC Paul Medeiros (2nd Bn, E Co.)
- T/5 Herman Stein (2nd Bn, F Co.)
- PFC Loring Wadsworth (2nd Bn.)
POINTE DE LA PERCEE
OMAHA BEACH
- PFC Wallace Young (2nd Bn, HQ Co.)
- Lt. Robert Arman (2nd Bn)
- Lt. Robert Edlin (2nd Bn, A Co.)
- SSGT Gail Belmont (2nd Bn, A Co.)
- Capt. Edgar Arnold (2nd Bn, B Co. C.O.)
- Lt. Col. Richard Sullivan (5th Bn, PRG C.O.)
- Cpl. John Burke (5th Bn, A Co.)
- Lt. Robert Fitzsimmons (2nd Bn, B Co.)
- Lt. John Reville (5th Bn, F Co)
- Capt. William Runge (5th Bn, F Co.)
- 1Sgt Avery Thornhill (5th Bn, B Co.)
- PFC Max Coleman (5th Bn, C Co.)
- Lt. Francis Dawson (5th Bn, D Co.)
- 1Sgt Raymond Herlihy (5th Bn, D Co.)
- TSGT John Hodgson (5th Bn, F Co)
- PFC Alexander Barber (5th Bn, medic)
- S/SGT Donald Chance (5th Bn)
- Capt Edward Luther (5th Bn)
- Lt. George Miller (5th Bn, D Co.)
- S/SGT Emil Nelson Jr. (5th Bn, F Co.)
- Sgt. John Perry (5th Bn, A Co.)
- S/SGT Burton Ranney (5th Bn, F Co.)
- Lt. Col Max Schneider (5th Bn)
- T/5 Dan Schopp (5th Bn)
- Lt. Jack Snyder (5th Bn.)
- PRC Carl Weast (5th Bn, B Co.)
- Lt. Col George Whittington (5th Bn)
- US Rangers After Action Reports (Seems to be a summary of the Small Unit Actions book)
US Army Special Operations History Office
- Beyond the Beach: The 2nd Rangers Fight Through Europe
- From Omaha Beach to the Rhine: The 5th Ranger Battalion in the European Theater
- Roughing it with Charlie: The Charlie Company, 2nd Ranger Bn, Landing on OMAHA Beach
- Rangers in WWII: Part 1 – Formation and Early Days
- Rangers in WWII Part 2 – Sicily and Italy
- Commando & Ranger Training Part 1 – Preparing America’s Soldiers for War
- Commando & Ranger Training Part 2 – Preparing America’s Soldiers for War
- Commando & Ranger Training Part III – Forging Junior Leaders to Toughen Men to Win in Combat