Messengers of the Lost Battalion: The Heroic 551st and the Turning of the Tide at the Battle of the Bulge

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A Hero, my Uncle, my Friend,

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Great History - Great STORY!

Outstanding effort by Mr. Orfalea

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Messengers of the Lost Battalion: The Heroic 551st and the Turning of the Tide at the Battle of the Bulge
Gregory Orfalea
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A Hero, my Uncle, my Friend,.......2007-05-05

I purchased this book, because of the I had been looking for informationm on the 551st. Parachute Infantry Battalion. As my uncle Carlo is mention,
in the book, as well aa a picture of him on the boxing team.

I found the book very interesting reading and well written, once I started I could not put the book down.

The only thing that concerns me is that the auther did mentioned Carlo was listed as missing in action, and found the following month, frozen to
death the snow. I do not know if he stayed with his friend who had a trip wire in his hands, and my Uncle had Rosary beads in his hand when the bodies were found. I would like some closure on this matter. if Carlo stayed with a buddy, or if he had been, shot.

If in fact hr stayed with his buddy and prayed for him, I would concider this above and beyond the call of duty, and this would mean that he should have been awareded some type of medel for his heroisim.

Any one who has anuy infoemation on this subject, I would appriciate knowing whae actually happened.

A short family history My Grandmother, had 15 children 5 girls and 10 boys
during the secongd world war se had 8 of her 10 boys in the service, 5 in the Army and 3 in the Navy, znd my grandfather joined the Merchant Marines and made 7 crossing on the Alantic ocean.

Three of her Sons were in the European theater,in WWII Carlo was tn the 551st. Parachute Infantry Battalion, Ernest eas in the 1st indfantry division,
and Walter was in the 45th Infantry Division, Richard who was the youngest son joined the 82nd Airborne, but the war was over before he could be shipped to Euorpe.

John Intinarelli

From the family.......2006-02-25

I just returned from a family reunion of three brothers who lost their 551st father to a postwar life of change, sorrow, and memories. We were reunited with the sister we never knew, of a father we shared. We brothers lost our father in 1952; our sister lost him in 1986, this nation lost him in 2002. With deep thanks of appreciation to all the members of the 551st family, from Missouri to Maryland, Florida to New York, we four children of the 551st thank you so very much for keeping the family and unbreakable loyalty that was wrought from the days of that odd formation of tropics-trained badasses and the crucible, unimaginable oddysee of terror, death by frost, and combat at the Bulge. The author has performed a compatibably honorable, right for his generation, task of searching out and recording these untold stories of brotherhood and true patriotism. The things that caused these men to come together, and to support, and ultimately love one another in ways that those who follow can only remotely imagine, these are the things that their families and their nation, must search out for themselves, individually. For each of us, as we try to uncover those facts, we will find pieces, torn and stained fragments of their lives, well worn; and, in that process, uncover pieces of our selves -common remnants of times and lives long past, and by the grace of god many still living, some in strength, some in frailty, all in unity. For those of us who live in their shadow, it is our honor, and it must be our duty to piece that quilt of tangible life and abstract emotion that does now and will make the fabric of our nation and our individual families sturdy and warm against the unknown challenges we shall all face, or have faced. I hope to meet this fine author and thank him for his most honorable service to us all. The story of his father's 551st and all those who were equal parts of it is a true record of the real greatest generation.
Honor, Airborne,
Mark Roberts LaPierre
on behalf of his father, Gordon I. Roberts, PFC, 551st PIB, and his entire family.

Great History - Great STORY!.......2005-03-23

While helping a friend clean the house of his father who had recently passed, I came across this book and learned that my friend's father had served in the 551st, and was mentioned in the book. It is a very engrossing story, a history retold by the heroes who survived. So many soldiers were killed that the unit was disbanded and absorbed by other units leaving no-one to record their horrible and heroic experiences. Bob Shultz of Charleston West Virginia, actually arrived in Europe with Malaria caught from long training in Panama. The book recounts how on a reunion trip, he parachuted in Europe again at the age of 80, and was asked jokingly to pay for broken roof tiles by a French homeowner who's home he landed on during the war. When Bob Schultz of Charleston got shot at the battle of the buldge, it was just another battle to this battle hardened group of men, and his first thought was remove the women's underwear he was wearing to avoid shocking the medics; underwear which had been given to him by a local women to help keep warm in the severe conditions.

Outstanding effort by Mr. Orfalea.......2004-05-16

Some histories need to be written, and Gregory Orfalea did it for personal reasons and he produced a great book. Twenty years ago I met and got to know one of the survivors of the 551st PIR. He never mentioned anything about it's history or his experiences, so I never pushed the issue. At the time, the 551st was just another battalion who fought in WWII, my knowledge of that war was (and still is) limited. It would have been a travesty if these men had been forgotten. Thanks to Greg Orfalea, the record has been set straight.

A wonderful tribute.......2004-04-20

Upon the death of my grandfather, I was sitting around the house with my family and was informed of the existance of this book. I had no idea that my grandfather was part of a publication. I haven't read the book and it honestly isn't a typical interest of mine, but I plan to read it. My grandfather was part of the 551st and especially after his death, I find it an honor to be his granddaughter. Thank you, Mr. Orfalea. I'm sure you feel the same way about your father.

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