Private John Roderick Towle was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
John R. Towle, pictured here in 1943.
Image: The gathering before the ceremony to name 'John R. Towlestraat.'
The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas with a U.S. Department of Defense mandate to be "on-call to fight any time, anywhere" at "the knife's edge of technology and readiness." Primarily based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division is the U.S. Army's most strategically mobile division.
82nd Airborne Division
Review of the 328th Infantry Regiment at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia, 1 February 1918
Doughboys of Company B, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division, serving in a front line trench, France, 1 July 1918
328th Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Division advances in preparation to capture Hill 223 on 7 October 1918.