{"id":789,"date":"2011-04-22T00:30:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T22:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesbeyondthegraves.com\/?page_id=789"},"modified":"2020-07-02T23:02:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T21:02:14","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.storiesbeyondthegraves.com\/veterans-of-worldwar-2\/the-experience\/soldiers\/pvt-edward-p-maley-2\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography Edward P. Maley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edward Maley was born on March 10th<\/span>, 1925. The Irish rooted Maley family was living in Easton at that time. Easton is a small town in North Hampton County in the state of Pennsylvania. Father Thomas Sr and mother Grace Sr had given birth to 6th<\/sup> children in total. Edward grew up in a Catholic family together with his two brothers Joseph & Thomas Jr, and his three sisters, Marion, Catherine and Grace jr. As a teenager, Edward attended High School where he spent 3 years..<\/p>\n

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On July 29th<\/sup>, 1943 he enlisted in the Army in Allentown, Pennsylvania from where he was sent to New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.\u00a0 Edward\u2019s brothers both served in the U.S. Navy during the war.<\/p>\n

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Edward was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia where he was put together with lots of other \u201cstrangers\u201d who had also volunteered for the paratroops. These men together formed a completely new regiment, the 513th<\/sup> Parachute Infantry Regiment, which became part of the 13th<\/sup> Airborne Division at that time. Edward was assigned to E Company 513th<\/sup> P.I.R, 17th Airborne Division, and was a Private in the 1st<\/sup> platoon from the beginning till the whole duration of his service.<\/p>\n

He qualified as a Paratrooper and became a rifleman. He\u00a0had trained at multiple different training camps throughout the U.S. such as Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, Camp MacKall, Camp Forrest and the Tennessee Maneuver area when his unit left the Boston Port of Embarkation on August 20th<\/sup>, 1944. They were aboard the USS Wakefield and finally on their way to Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Edward was stationed in France and fought\u00a0in Belgium in the Battle of the Bulge, the men would experience some of the most horrifying battles ever imaginable. Edward\u00b4s unit,
\nE Co. 513th<\/sup> P.I.R fought in multiple tiny villages West of Bastogne, during the first days of the Bulge. Ed was wounded during the battle and taken to an aid station. He only stayed here for a very short period, before heading back to his buddies.<\/p>\n

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Edward and his buddies would prepare for their next mission: and Airborne Operation at last, called Operation Varsity. Ed boarded a C-46 Curtis Commando troop carrier airplane and he, together with his comrades, was on his way towards Wesel, Germany on March 24th<\/sup>, 1945. Edward managed to leave the airplane and reach the ground without getting hit. He assembled with his unit and they started an attack towards their objective:
\na German Command post.<\/p>\n

Several men were killed and wounded during the attack, but the men managed to reach their objective and succeed their mission. It was during this attack that one of Edward\u2019s good friends, Stuart S. Stryker<\/a> was killed. Stryker was later posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor<\/a> for his heroic performances.<\/p>\n

The unit proceeded their way east towards the German city of M\u00fcnster riding along on top of British Crocodile Tanks belonging to the British Scots Guards. After several days of fighting the men of E Company and their British tank support found themselves in a countryside area just outside of the German town of Dorsten. On that dreadful day, March 28th<\/sup>, 1945 , Edward was killed while the tank collone suddenly received German fire from the nearby woods. Edward Maley had only recently turned 20. Several other men were also killed and some were wounded too.<\/p>\n

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Ed\u2019s remains were brought over to the American War Cemetery in Margraten. It appeared that Ed\u2019s dog tags were not present, so they could not identify him. It was not until 4 years later in April 1949 that the remains of Unknown soldier X-787 were identified as those of Edward P. Maley. It was not until 4 years later in April 1949 that the remains of Unknown soldier X-787 were identified as those of Edward P. Maley. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The dental chart records resulted in a positive identification when the Army\u2019s identification services matched them to Ed Maley\u2019s dental records from Camp Forrest, Tennessee in the States.<\/span><\/div>\n

\nThis text was written by the caretaker of Edward’s Grave:
\nTom Verheijden.<\/em><\/h3>\n

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