World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Casper E. 'Pappy' Curtis
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Connecticut
Honored By
Harvey S. Sutherland
Relationship
509th Airborne PIB
ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE ELITE 509TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY BATTALION, THE MOST DECORATED PARATROOP UNIT OF WWII. HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN PARATROOPERS TO MAKE AN AIRBORNE ASSAULT INTO NORTH AFRICA, OPERATION TORCH. MADE THREE PARACHUTE JUMPS BEHIND ENEMY LINES WHILE SERVING IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS.