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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
By 14 June 1944, the battery was consolidated and re-armed with new howitzers landed over the Normandy beaches. [1] The battery conducted a second parachute assault on 19 September 1944. After landing and firing in support of the 1/506th PIR and 502nd PIR, the battery occupied near St Oedenrode, supporting the 501st PIR and 502nd PIR.
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)
Docking in the Panama Canal Zone on 1 November, the 503rd picked up the 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion (minus Company C), which had been undergoing jungle training. The 501st, as well as Company A, 504th, was redesignated as the 503rd's 2nd Battalion: Company A, 501st became Company E, 503rd; Company B, 501st became Company F, 503rd; and ...
Battery M redesignated as Battery D 51st Artillery Batteries E and G 53rd Artillery transferred to 51st as Batteries E and F. The 51st had a mixed armament in France: the 1st Battalion with six French-made tractor-drawn 240 mm howitzers , the 2nd Battalion with eight French-made 270 mm mortars (on fixed mounts, moved on narrow-gauge railways ...
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
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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 ...