Alley, James H. “Moe”, born 20-07-1922, in Mount Ida, Arkansas 
to James Henry Alley (1880–1952) 
and his wife Grace Victory, born Davis Alley (1888–1983). 
James had two brothers: Joseph I.Alley (1912–1989) 
and Billy Bob Alley (1925–1987) 
. and he was married to Maxime Resta, born Prowell, Alley. (1922–1995) James was raised and attended school in Arkansas and from there in 1942 enlisted into the U.S. Army during WW II where he was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division. 
under command then of Major General William Carey “Bill”. Lee, Father Of The Airborne. 
James so became a member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 
Co. E, with then commander Lieutenant Colonel Robert Frederick Sink 
of the 101st Airborne. James participated in the jumps during the Normandy Invasion, Operation Market Garden, and served during the Battle of the Bulge.
The 506th Infantry Regiment, originally designated the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR) during World War II, is an airborne light infantry regiment of the United States Army. Currently a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, the regiment has two active battalions: the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment (1-506th IR) is assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment (2-506th IR) is assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.
The regiment served with the 101st Airborne Division in World War II. Regimental elements have served with the 101st in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Regimental elements have also served in peacetime with the 2nd Infantry Division, and deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The World War II actions of Company E (“Easy Company”) of the regiment’s 2nd Battalion were portrayed in the very interesting 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. 
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Alley was one of the 140 original Camp Toccoa men of Easy Company. He was portrayed by George Calil in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, telling the story of the 101st Division’s D-Day jump into Germany and the battles they encountered. He was one of the few to make it to Adolf Hitler‘s retreat. He was the recipient of three Purple Hearts 
and four Bronze Stars 
for his service in Normandy , Central Europe, Rhineland and Ardennes. Camp Toccoa was a training camp for paratroopers of the United States Army during World War II. In 1938, plans were made to build the camp, located five miles west of Toccoa, Georgia. The camp was officially opened on 14-12-1940. Initially, it was used by the National Guard, 
but from 1942 onwards by the Army. It was then called “Camp General Robert Augustus “Bob” Toombs”, 
after a Confederate General.
The 506th would participate in three major battles during the war: D-Day landings, 
Operation Market Garden where the Easy Company liberated my hometown Eindhoven. 
, and the Battle of the Bulge. 
They would have participated in Operation Varsity, but SHAEF decided to use the 17th Airborne Division, “The Golden Talons” 
instead.
The Easy Company was formed in 1942 and was first deployed during the Normandy landings. Its first real combat action was in the early morning of D-Day, when it had to neutralize a German battery of four 105mm guns aimed at Utah Beach. The company then led the Battle of Carentan, took part in Operation Market Garden, held its ground during the Battle of Bastogne, led the counteroffensive during the Battle of the Bulge, fought in the Rhineland campaign and captured Hitler’s Kehlsteinhaus. 
The last surviving member of the Company, Private Bradford Freeman, 
died on 03-07-2022 at the age of 97.
Death and burial ground of Alley Jr, James H. “Moe”.
During the war, around 1397 men served in Easy Company. Of those, 39 were killed in action or died of their wounds sustained during combat, and many others were wounded. James Alley survived all and after his discharge in 1945 he moved with his family to California, living there until 1951 when he moved to Washington.
James was a general contractor, mostly in the King County area, remodeling and building homes and commercial buildings. James was united in marriage to Elizabeth “Bettie” Riley in Seattle in 1975 and after his retirement in 1987 Jim and Bettie moved to Marblemount where they lived for several years until finally settling in Sedro-Woolley.
Alley Jr, James H. “Moe”..died 14-03-2008 (age 85) in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit County, Washington, USA and is buried at Union Cemetery Sedro-Woolley, Skagit County, Washington, Section Niche Wall 1, East Side, Space 26.
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