"Recipient of the Purple Heart medal" . "1907-11-15Z"^^ . . "Edson Duncan Raff (November 15, 1907 in New York City \u2013 March 11, 2003 in Garnett, Kansas) was an officer in the US Army and author of a book on paratroopers. He served as commanding officer of the first American paratroop unit to jump into combat, the 2nd Battalion 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, near Oran as part of Operation Torch."@en . . "Edson Duncan Raff"@en . "\"LittleCaesar\""@en . "Raff, Edson"@en . "United States of America" . "2003Z"^^ . . "2003-03-11Z"^^ . "1907Z"^^ . . "2nd Battalion 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment,507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 77th Special Forces Group" . . . .