ive read BOB and know everything bout the 506th but i wanna learn bout the 502nd what to do>???

Here is a book in print that's available
Vanguard Of The Crusade: The 101st Airborne Division In World War II

Picture of Cole's Son and Book Author

Check the index page you'll see Cole's Charge, and several pages Cole is highlighted on

Battle/Field Maps

Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of the 101st Airborne Division by Leonard Rapport and Arthur Norwood Jr.
Excellent and very informative unit history...Out of Print, but can be found fairly easily.

D-Day With the Screaming Eagles by George Koskimaki
Hell's Highway: Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September-November 1944 by George Koskimaki
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne: A Chronicle of the Defense of Bastogne, December 19. 1944-January 17, 1945 by George Koskimaki
Can't say enough good things about Mr. Koskimaki's books...Excellently written and contains MANY first-person accounts. MUST READS!