Orin Doughty Haugen (August 18, 1907 – February 22, 1945) was a

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in the

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and commanding officer of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment during

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Career

Born in Wyndmere, North Dakota, Haugen graduated from the

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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

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, 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

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then became the first regimental commander of the 511th Parachute Infantry. Orin Haugen died en route to a hospital on

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from wounds sustained during the Battle of Manila, one day before his regiment would rescue POWs under Japanese military control at Los Baños.

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Other sources

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

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Background on the 511's Regimental Commander Orin Haugen''An Orin D. Haugen Page'' by Rebecca Webb, Oct. 23, 2002
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