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PHOTO ALBUM ESTATE OF LT. COL ADAM KOMOSA – COMMANDER CO. D, 504TH PIR, 82ND AIRBORNE
Amazing archive of the commander of Company D, 504th PIR, 82nd Airborne. Consists of four massive albums: (1) his WWII service, (2) China 1930’s with 15th Infantry Regiment (“Old China Hands”) (3) Korean War, and (4) Cold War. Amazing content, including ultra rare Ft Benning Paratrooper training photos, including photos of Riddell football helmets (on loan from the West Point football team!) in wear! Photos from North Africa, Holland (Operation Market Garden), as well as Berlin, with photos of him by Hitler’s Bunker! The Korea album is very good, as is the 1930’s album where he was stationed in China with 15th Infantry Regiment (“Old China Hands”) – rare material! Many gruesome images of Japanese atrocities. Much material can be found online about Komosa, including his Silver Star citation and his personal war diary.
$9500
https://mcoecbamcoepwprd01.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/library/DonovanPapers/wwii/STUP2/G-L/KomosaAdamA%20%20CPT.pdf
https://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/504/504_trp_2.html
SILVER STAR CITATION: Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, General Orders No. 131 (November 3, 1945)
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain (Infantry) Adam A. Komosa (ASN: 0-378898), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action on 30 January 1945, near ****, Belgium. Captain Komosa, his exhausted and decimated company pinned down by four machine guns as he led it across open and exposed terrain, dashed forward with his submachine gun and silenced one enemy gun. To perform this action which enabled the company to advance, Captain Komosa voluntarily exposed himself for five minutes to a raking stream of accurate and interlocked enemy automatic weapons fire. Having disposed of one enemy machine gun, he called forward his own and so skillfully directed their emplacement and operation that the three remaining enemy guns were destroyed. Captain Komosa then placed himself at the head of the company and led it forward in a smashing attack against well emplaced enemy infantry that yielded eighty prisoners and caused many enemy casualties. His personal example of determination, devotion to duty and forgetfulness of self safety, inspired the men of his company and was a major consideration in the success of the attack. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.
