GEN Matthew B. Ridgway GEN Matthew B. Ridgway, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II, recognized the importance of pathfinder operations, leading to the prominent legacy that ...

He was a member of a segregated unit in the Pacific Northwest that fought forest fires set off by Japanese balloon bombs.

Hamilton, the last surviving Pathfinder pilot from the Normandy Invasion, was very active with the D-Day Squadron, the DC-3 Society, and the WWII Airborne ... from the 82nd Airborne at precise ...