Paratroopers of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

This page is dedicated to Donald G. Sutherland

    Donald G. Sutherland enlisted into the Army on April 13, 1942 from Boston, Massachusetts. He served in I company as a Staff Sergeant.

 

 

 



 

 

Tech Sergeant Donald G. Sutherland, 1946.

 

Staff Sergeant Donald G. Sutherland, 1944.

 

Staff Sergeant Clarence Prager of I company. Our guess is the picture was taken in England before D-Day 1944.
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions he took against the enemy on the day he was killed,
September 18,1944 in Holland.

 

The photo below was taken in May of 1944 in front of the Goscote Hotel, Leicester, England.
(Left to right) 1st Sergeant Harold Melvin, Mrs. H. Sheppard, Staff Sergeant Clarence Prager, Mr. H. Sheppard and Staff Sergeant Donald G. Sutherland. The Sheppard's are proprietors of the hotel.

 

D-Day C-47 loading manifest. After listing the 18 paratroopers in the stick, the containers carried underneath the C-47 are shown.
Parachute colors are noted in the right column. They help identify the contents of each container.

 

The crew manifest of aircraft number 43-15617. The pilots line is unreadable, other than his rank of Major.

 

England 1944.

 

Donald's WW-II display case.

 

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