World War II Honoree

Carl Paul

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Kamiah, Idaho

Honored By

Callaway Family Association

HE SERVED IN THE 82ND DURING WWII AND WAS A SERGEANT IN THE 505TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT. HE MADE FOUR COMBAT JUMPS DURING THE WAR. HE PARACHUTED AT NIGHT INTO SICILY AND ITALY IN 1943 AND ALSO JUMPED AT NIGHT DURING THE WEE HOURS OF JUNE 6, 1944 INTO ST. MARE EGLISE, FRANCE. HE MADE ONLY ONE DAYLIGHT COMBAT JUMP, WHICH WAS ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1944 INTO HOLLAND DURING OPERATION MARKET GARDEN. THE 505TH TOOK AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE CAPTURE OF THE NIJMEGEN BRIDGE. THE 505TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS THE ONLY REGIMENT THAT MADE FOUR COMBAT JUMPS DURING THE WAR. HE LATER FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND ON INTO GERMANY THROUGH THE END OF THE WAR.