Bastogne: The Story of the First Eight Days - US Army Center Of ...

2D BA'ITALION (Companies D, E, F and Hq.)
Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. Robert L. Strayer
Commanding Officer (after Col. Strayer took over 1st Battalion):
Major Lloyd E. Patch
3D BA'ITALION (Companies G, H, I and Hq.)
Commanding Officer: Major Gus M. Heilman
327TH GLIDER INFANTRY REGIMENT
Commanding Officer: Col. Joseph H. Harper
Executive: Lt. Col. Thomas J. Rouzie
1ST BATTALION (Companies A, B, C and Hq.)
Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. Hartford F. Salee
2D BA'ITALION (Companies E, F, G and Hq.)
Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. Roy L. Inman
Executive (and Commanding Officer, following the wounding
of Col. Inman): Major R. B. Galbreaith
3D BA'ITALION (Companies A, B, C and Hq.)
Note: Though carried as the 3d Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry,
in this narrative, and considered such by the command,
this battalion was actually the 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry,
which accounts for the presence within the one regiment
of two battalions with A-B-C letter companies. This battalion
had served as the 3d Battalion of the regiment since the Normandy
landing.
Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. Ray C. Allen
Members of this regiment who figure in the narrative:
Company F: Capt. James F. Adams; Lt. Leslie E. Smith;
Tech. Sgt. Oswald Y. Butler; Staff Sgt. Carl E. Dickinson.
Company G: Capt. Hugh Evans; Lt. Stanley A. Morrison
Company A, 3d Battalion: Lt. Howard G. Bowles
Company B, 3d Battalion: Capt. Robert J. McDonald; Tech.
Sgt. Mike Campano
Company C, 3d Battalion: Capt. Preston E. Towns
321sT GLIDER FIELD ARTILLERY BA'ITALION
Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. Edward L. Carmichael
907TH GLIDER FIELD ARTILLERY BA'ITALION
Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. Clarence F. Nelson
377TH PARACHUTE FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION
Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. Harry W. Elkins
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