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Of Courage And Determination
By Bernd Horn
Claude and Madeleine: A True Story of War, Espionage and Passion
By Edward Marriott
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 39776" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lahti </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Edward Henry </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>511 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Commanding Officer) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Colonel </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Silver Star with oak leaf cluster </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Philippines 1944-45 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 28.4.1913 Portland,Oregon</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Benson Tech</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Oregon National Guard (162 Infantry Regiment,41 Division)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 1931 (Private)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated USMA,West Point 1938</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>511 PIR 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>C.O. 3 Bn</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Regimental XO 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>C.O. 511 PIR 11.2.1945 - August 1947 (Colonel)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>504 PIR (C.O.) October 1947 - June 1949</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Office of the Secretary of Defense,Pentagon</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Adviser to Region Commander,Pleiku,South Vietnam</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Command and General Staff School,Fort Leavenworth,Kansas</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Armed Forces Staff College,Norfolk,Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Army War College,Carlisle,Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired June 1962 (Colonel)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Silver Star (x2),Legion of Merit,Bronze Star (x3),Army Commendation Medal (x3),Air Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Consultant to Research and Analysis Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Herndon,Virginia (45 years until death)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Elizabeth Jane Sherman of Ocean City,New Jersey (divorced 1954) (3 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Lucille Hannah</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 2.9.2001 North Virginia Community Hospital,Herndon,Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 7A Site 155-D</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/e-lahti.11108/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/11/11108-922471ba3878ed421ba212a09bbdcab4.jpg?1591390005" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/e-lahti-grave.11109/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/11/11109-7bea93af833c3e642a9323f6775ee774.jpg?1591390005" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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