James "Maggie" Megellas, the most decorated officer of the 82nd Airborne, died on April 2, at the age of 103.
I strongly recommend his book "All the Way to Berlin" and the documentary "Maggie's War".
https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/news/2020/04/03/james-maggie-megellas-fond-du-lac-war-hero-dies-age-103/2938815001/
Very sad to hear. Met him several years ago when he was vising the father of one of my best buddies (his father was also a 3/504 guy from WI, Bill "Knobby" Walsh (awarded the DSC during the Bulge at Cheneux & also made the canvas boat assault across the Waal as well as was in Sicily, Salerno & Anzio). Pretty unassuming guy but sure had a blast after we threw down a couple of brewskies and listened to those guys BS. I didn't know he had written an autobiography but have to pick it up the next time I'm in Fondy (Fond Du Lac). I don't know if he is mentioned in "All American, All the Way" but sure wouldn't doubt it as Bill is (also in "Devil's in Baggy Pants"). I wish I had known of some of the other things he had accomplished after the war as he was just a WW-II VFW guy to me when we met and the conversation was mostly just BS.
