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He led the 509th into Africa in late 1942. He shows up again landing at Utah via LCT in 1944.
His book was published in 1944, so perhaps he was back in the states, or in England, training more paratroopers? Anybody read his book? It may say in there. Beanbatch 20:29, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Interestingly, Raff's sister the nun, didn't tell him that the Little Flower wasn't Jesus. In fact, the Little Flower of Jesus was from Calvados, Basse-Normandie, near where Raff would fight with the 325th. -- Habap 06:14, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
As I was re-reading David Kenyon Webster's Parachute Infantry, I realized the book he was reading on the way to the Market Garden drop was Raff's book. Webster found it boring.... -- Habap ( talk) 20:56, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
In searching on Amazon for more sources that mention Raff, I came across Hearst Over Hollywood by Louis Pizzitola, in which Colonel Raff is among those the author thanks in the acknowledgements. On page 37, Pizzitola identifies L. Edson Raff as a movie cameraman taking a shot from the rear of William Randoph Hearst's train speeding back (Washington to New York) from the William McKinley inauguration in 1901. The young Mr. Raff is identified as "the stepson of Norman Raff of Raff and Gammon, film manufacturers for Thomas Edison." I'm decided unsure of the relationship between the two, but since this is the only mention of a Raff in the book and Pizzitola thanks COL Raff, I am going to guess that there's a good chance this was his father or uncle. -- Habap ( talk) 15:24, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
Go figure! "EDSON RAFF NOW COLONEL; Man Who Trained U.S. Parachute Troops for Africa Promoted", December 3, 1942, Thursday, Page 12, 133 words. I'll have to find that one. -- Habap ( talk) 15:24, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
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He led the 509th into Africa in late 1942. He shows up again landing at Utah via LCT in 1944.
His book was published in 1944, so perhaps he was back in the states, or in England, training more paratroopers? Anybody read his book? It may say in there. Beanbatch 20:29, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
Interestingly, Raff's sister the nun, didn't tell him that the Little Flower wasn't Jesus. In fact, the Little Flower of Jesus was from Calvados, Basse-Normandie, near where Raff would fight with the 325th. -- Habap 06:14, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
As I was re-reading David Kenyon Webster's Parachute Infantry, I realized the book he was reading on the way to the Market Garden drop was Raff's book. Webster found it boring.... -- Habap ( talk) 20:56, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
In searching on Amazon for more sources that mention Raff, I came across Hearst Over Hollywood by Louis Pizzitola, in which Colonel Raff is among those the author thanks in the acknowledgements. On page 37, Pizzitola identifies L. Edson Raff as a movie cameraman taking a shot from the rear of William Randoph Hearst's train speeding back (Washington to New York) from the William McKinley inauguration in 1901. The young Mr. Raff is identified as "the stepson of Norman Raff of Raff and Gammon, film manufacturers for Thomas Edison." I'm decided unsure of the relationship between the two, but since this is the only mention of a Raff in the book and Pizzitola thanks COL Raff, I am going to guess that there's a good chance this was his father or uncle. -- Habap ( talk) 15:24, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
Go figure! "EDSON RAFF NOW COLONEL; Man Who Trained U.S. Parachute Troops for Africa Promoted", December 3, 1942, Thursday, Page 12, 133 words. I'll have to find that one. -- Habap ( talk) 15:24, 23 May 2009 (UTC)