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Robert Frederick Sink (April 3, 1905 – December 13, 1965) was a senior United States Army officer who fought during World War II and the Korean War, though he was most famous for his command of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division, throughout most of World War II, in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
Its first commanding officer was Colonel Robert F. Sink, and the 506th was sometimes referred to as the "Five-Oh-Sink". On 10 June 1943, the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment officially became part of the 101st Airborne Division, commanded by Major General William Lee, the "father of the U.S. Army Airborne". [citation needed] Sink read in ...
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. Robert Sink 1st Battalion: Lt Col. William L. Turner (KIA 7 June 44), Lt Col. James L. LaPrade 2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Robert L. Strayer
Around noon, while reconnoitering the area by jeep, Colonel Sink, commanding the 506th PIR, received word that a second battery of four guns had been discovered at Holdy, a manor between his command post and Sainte Marie-du-Mont, and the defenders had a force of some 70 paratroopers pinned down.
— Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Wolverton, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 21. “Today, when people thank me for my service, I figure three years of my ...
The 1st/506th PIR engaged in more serious combat south of town when it had to rescue Col. Sink's command post, surrounded because it had pushed too far towards the German lines in the dark. [3] In the afternoon both the 506th and 501st advanced southwest but after a mile were stopped by heavy contacts with new German units including a few tanks ...
A US Army sergeant has been charged with leaking classified information to China in exchange for $42,000 after prosecutors said he repeatedly sent sensitive documents about some of the military ...
The regiment was commanded by Colonel Robert Sink. The 506th was an independent regiment until June 1943, when it became part of the 101st Airborne Division . Nixon went through the regimental unit training and pre-airborne training at Camp Toccoa , Georgia , and Airborne School at Fort Benning , eventually training at many locations throughout ...