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1–501st & 2–501st (less company A) PIR – 1 March – 9 Oct. 1971 [17] Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm: 1971 Vietnam War: Vietnam: 1–501st & 2–501st PIR – 18 April – 31 Aug. 1971 & 6–19 Sept. 1971 [17] Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation First Class with Palm: 1968–70 Vietnam War: Vietnam
Task Force Geronimo – 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1–501st PIR (October 2003 – August 2004) Task Force Devil – 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (January 2003 – July 2003) Task Force Thunder – 25th Infantry Division Artillery, (~March 2004 – March 2005)
The citation reads as follows: 101st Airborne Division (less 2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment), with the following-attached units: 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment; 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment; 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion; Counterintelligence Detachment, 101st Airborne Division; Order of Battle Detachment ...
1st Battalion, 501st PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Harry W.O. Kinnard; 2nd Battalion, 501st PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Ballard; 3rd Battalion, 501st PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Julian Ewell; 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel John H. Michaelis. 1st Battalion, 502nd PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick F. Cassidy
Tien Bing No. 1 exercise in Pingtung, Taiwan, 1960 Tien Bing No. 1 exercise in Pingtung, Taiwan, 1960. The move was accompanied by the rotation of the only other airborne battle group, 1-187th, from the 24th to the 82nd. Concurrently 1-504th and 1-505th were relieved from the 82nd and assigned to the 8th Infantry Division in central Germany. At ...
To accomplish this Swing formed a special unit–Gypsy Task Force–comprising the 1st Battalion of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, G and I Companies of the regiment's 2nd Battalion, an artillery battery from the 457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, and a platoon of engineers and miscellaneous signal and medical detachments. [70]
In January 1944, Johnson and the 501st PIR sailed to England. By now, "Jumpy" Johnson had instilled a positive attitude in them which led to a fighting spirit. On D-Day, the 501st, now permanently attached to the 101st Airborne Division was assigned to seize some canal locks and demolish the bridges over the Douve River. One battalion remained ...
The 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division is an airborne infantry brigade combat team (BCT) of the United States Army.The unit is stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska and is the only airborne brigade combat team which is part of United States Army Pacific.