Meet the NCOs
“Our non-coms said the training would make us so ornery we’d be able to chew razor blades
and spit nails.” -511th PIR paratrooper
S/Sgt. Hawkins, Edwin R.
Battalion Operations Sergeant - Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 511th PIR
T/Sgt. Steele, Robert C.
Platoon Sergeant - 3rd Platoon - Acting Platoon Leader, D Company, 511th PIR
NCO Biographies
"While not being from the samurai class, none-the-less, I do recognize great warriors when I see them, and I take great pride in having served with the best fighting men of World War II.”
-1st Lt. Ralph E. Ermatinger, 511 PIR
