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Riley, Jr, is in the back, in a picture taken just after the Battle of the Bulge. He went into combat for the first time around January 8, 1945, with the 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment of the 17th Airborne Division. His regiment suffered such heavy casualties it was later disbanded and the survivors were assigned to other units. He was only 20 years and 4 months old on his initiation to combat in the Battle of the Bulge, which began December 16, 1944, and lasted through the month of January, 1945.
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