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Orin D. Haugen

{{Short description|US Army officer (1907–1945)}}

{{Infobox military person

| name = Orin D. Haugen

| rank = Colonel

| unit = 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment

| nickname = "Hard Rock" Haugen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1907|08|18}}

| death_date = {{Death date|mf=yes|1945|02|22}} (aged 37)

| birth_place = Wyndmere, North Dakota

| death_place = Hollandia, Dutch East Indies

| placeofburial = Golden Gate National Cemetery

| placeofburial_label= Place of burial

| allegiance = {{USA}}

| branch = United States Army

| serviceyears = 1930–1945

| battles = World War II

| awards = Silver Star
Air Medal
Legion of Merit

}}

Orin Doughty Haugen (August 18, 1907 – February 22, 1945) was a colonel in the United States Army and commanding officer of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II.

Career

Born in Wyndmere, North Dakota, Haugen graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1930. Commissioned into the Infantry Branch, Haugen had a variety of postings and training.

In 1940 he was serving in the 32nd Infantry at Fort Ord, California when he volunteered for the then new United States Parachute Troops. Captain Haugen become commander of "A" Company of the 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion. He later became executive officer of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment then became the first regimental commander of the 511th Parachute Infantry.p.138 Salecker, Gene Eric Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun: U.S. and Japanese Paratroopers at War in the Pacific in World War II Stackpole Books, 17 Aug. 2010

Orin Haugen died en route to a hospital on New Guinea from wounds sustained during the Battle of Manila, one day before his regiment would rescue POWs under Japanese military control at Los Baños.[http://www.genealogytrails.com/ndak/richland/military/ww2armycas.html Orin D. Haugen, serial # 18254 (Richland County, North Dakota World War II Army Casualties)]

{{cite web

|url=http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/9023/

|title=Orin D. Haugen 1930

|publisher=West Point Association of Graduates

|author=

|accessdate=September 24, 2015}}

{{cite web

|url=http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/511/511.html

|title=511th Parachute Infantry Regiment

|publisher=www.ww2-airborne.us/units/511/511.html

| author=

|accessdate=September 24, 2015}}

See also

References

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Other sources

  • Flanagan, Edward M. (1986) The Los Baños Raid: The 11th Airborne Jumps at Dawn (Presidio Books) {{ISBN|0891412506}}
  • Flanagan, Edward M (1988) The Angels – A History of the 11th Airborne Division 1943–1946 (The Battery Press) {{ISBN|0891413588}}
  • Hagerman, Bart (1990) U.S.A. Airborne: 50th Anniversary, 1940-1990 (Turner Publishing Company) {{ISBN|9780938021902}}
  • Henderson, Bruce (2015) Rescue at Los Baños: The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War II (William Morrow) {{ISBN|9780062325068}}

External links

  • [http://www.thedropzone.org/pacific/num2.html Background on the 511's Regimental Commander Orin Haugen]
  • [http://cda.morris.umn.edu/~webbrl/Haugen/ An Orin D. Haugen Page by Rebecca Webb, Oct. 23, 2002]

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Category:1907 births

Category:1945 deaths

Category:Military personnel from North Dakota

Category:People from Richland County, North Dakota

Category:American people of Norwegian descent

Category:Recipients of the Silver Star

Category:Recipients of the Legion of Merit

Category:Recipients of the Air Medal

Category:United States Military Academy alumni

Category:United States Army colonels

Category:United States Army personnel killed in World War II