Harvey S. Sutherland

Harvey S. Sutherland

NAME: Harvey Stevens Sutherland

ASN: 31357888

PLACE OF BIRTH: Lynnfield, Massachusetts

DATE OF BIRTH:

DATES OF SERVICE: June 1943 - November 1945

UNIT ASSIGNED: B Company, 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion

E Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division.

CAMPAIGNS: Anzio with arrowhead; Rome-Arno, Southern France with arrowhead, Ardennes - Alsace (Battle of the Bulge) and Rhineland (Germany)

AWARDS:

Combat Infantryman Badge WD-GO#1, dated 1 September 1944

Master Parachutist Badge with one combat jump star

Bronze Star Medal with oak leaf cluster

Purple Heart Medal WD-GO#17,dated 15 October 1944

Good Conduct Medal

Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal with four bronze stars and one arrowhead

WWII Victory Medal

Army of Occupation (Germany)

U.S. Army Service Ribbon

Overseas Service Ribbon

Battle of the Bulge WWII

Combat Service

Armed Forces Service

Cold War Victory Medal

French Croix de Guerre SUTHERLAND, HARVEY S, PFC 1950,GO 43 FRENCH ARMY.

Belgian Fourragere (red)

French Fourragere (maroon)

Netherlands Lanyard

DECORATIONS:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Carano, Italy WD-GO 53,1945

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Liege, Belgium WD-GO, 30,1945

French Croix de Guerre with silver star DA-GO, 43, 1950

Unit cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgium Army for action in the Ardennes

Unit cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgium Army for action at St Vith

Unit authorized to wear the Insignia of the French 3rd Zouaves Regiment WD-GO, 1, 27 December 1944

Unit presented Red Beret by British Airborne Troops Commander, Major General F.A.M. Browning

Belgium Croix de Guerre with oak leaf cluster Degree Numbers 1685, 4 Jun 1949 AND 7252, 13 JULY 1950 by Charles - Prince OF Belgium,

Regent of the Kingdom.

" Special Diploma" from the French Government

International (Legion of Honor)

SUMMARY OF SERVICE: Assigned to the 509th at the Anzio beachhead from the 11th Airborne Division right after jump school in December 43. Was at Fort Polk at the time. Air Assault jump into Southern France, 15 August 1944. wounded 20 August and was air evacuated to Naples, Italy. Discharged from the hospital to go to the battle of the Bulge. The 509th was disbanded 1 March 1945, I was reassigned to E Company 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. "America's Guard of Honor 82nd Airborne Division. General Eisenhower's "SHAEF" Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. Riems, France "Little Red School House" 8 May 1945 - Capitulation Du Riech. 100 percent permanently and totally disabled due to service connected wounds incurred during World War II.

MARITAL STATUS: "I met the love of my life DAWN on Memorial Day in 1946 and we married in July. We have four children and will be celebrating our sixty-third anniversary this year 2009".

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Quality Assurance Engineer, for twenty-five years I worked and traveled extensively for Sanders Associates, Inc.Nashua, New Hampshire. Primarily work was on NASA's Apollo Lunar mission as a member of the Quality Assurance Reliability Engineering Team.

Past Chairman of the Merrimack valley section of the American Society for Quality Control.

Holding certificates as Quality Control Technician, Quality Assurance Engineer and Quality Assurance Reliability Engineer

A Faculty member and Adjunct Professor of Reliability Engineering and Quality Assurance Process Control with the New Hampshire Technical Colleges.

CIVIC ACTIVITIES:

Disabled America Veterans (DAV), Chapter No. 19, New Hampshire

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post No. 8641, Trustee, Merrimack, New Hampshire

Past Commander Post No. 9548, (VFW) Middleton, Massachusetts

Past Commander Augustus P. Gardner Post No. 227,American Legion, Middleton, Massachusetts

Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) No. 395, Concord, New Hampshire.

'Harvey S. Sutherland WW II' is placed on the Purple Heart Trail of New Hampshire at U.S. Route No. 4, West at Intersection of U. S. Route No.125

Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge.

509th Parachute Infantry Association, Trustee

International Legion of Honor

509TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY ACTIVITIES:

Trustee of the Association

Attended most all of the National Reunions, all of the mini's at Plymouth, Massachusetts and held many mini's

Held many mini reunions for the New England 509ers and their wives at our home.

Airborne 509th Man of the Year, 1993 and Honorary Member (pathfinders) C Company ABN/PFDR 509TH Infantry.

FRATERNAL FELLOWSHIPS:

Ancient Free and Accepted Mason--Raised 1946, Amity Lodge, Danvers, Massachusetts.

Member Affiliate Rising Sun Lodge No. 39, Nashua, New Hampshire.

Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite 32nd Degree Mason Consistory Valley of Nashua, New Hampshire

Bektash Temple Shrine, (AAONMS), Ancient Arabic Order of the Noble Mystic Shrine.

International Order --"Legion of Honor" Concords, New Hampshire.

Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, Lodge No. 720, Nashua, New Hampshire.

(Harvey Sutherland, Working the Shrines Circus for disabled children)

(Right to Left (Standing); Leslie Green, Frank May, Harvey Sutherland, rest unknown. Down in Front; Pete Munroe, Raymond Lewis and Samuel Grant. Airfield near Lido di Roma, Italy. Practice jump, May 1944.)

(Harvey Sutherland, sitting on the ground, Bill Sutton on my shoulder. R to L; Charlie Roberts, John Reodiger, unknown, George Williams. Lido di Roma, Italy. July 1944, before our Air Assault into Southern France. 15 August 1944

(Harvey Sutherland with local French girl, Saint Tropez, Southern France, August 1944)

(Pvt. Jesse Campbell (seated) and Pvt. Harvey Sutherland (standing) Paris, France, 1945. Notice the Eisenhower jackets these developed late in the war at the direction of General Eisenhower and issued in most cases at the end of the war.)

(Harvey Sutherland, In La Harve, France, awaiting transportation to the states)

(LTC Jarkowsky presents replica of the French 3rd Zouaves regimental badge to Harvey Sutherland, April 2001 on trip to Fort Polk, during Dedication ceremonies of conference room and hall way to Paul B. Huff, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.)

(Harvey Sutherland. Over his shoulder is the replica of the French 3rd Zouaves Regiment badge, autographed by all the paratroopers of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion on the back.)

(Harvey Sutherland, Marching down Pennsylvania Ave. Washington D. C. during Airborne 50th anniversary parade. July 1990)
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(Mini-reunion held by Karen and Russell Floyd in Vermont. Russ made these signs and posted them along the highway directing us to their home, in 1990. I still have one at the peak of our home. What a blast ! ! !, Russ is a Marine.. R to L; Bob Grover, Charlie Doyle, John Pietras, Ed Roy and Al Peters, others not shown)

(Harvey Sutherland, standing under his name on The Purple Heart Trail at U. S. Route no. 4, west at intersection of U. S. Route no. 125 New Hampshire.)

(Combat Infantryman Badge belonging to Harvey Sutherland)

(Badge of the 3rd Zouaves Regiment belonging to Harvey Sutherland)

(Left to Right: John Devaine, Charlie Doyle [standing], 'Bud' Seigel, Harvey Sutherland, Nick DeGata. picture was taken in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The plaque was hand carried by George Fontanesi to The Allied Museum, Nettuno, Italy.)

Presented with American Flag flown in his honor

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