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Robert Frederick Sink (3 April 1905 – 13 December 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.
Robert F. Sink (1905–1965), US Army lieutenant general and former regimental commander of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division; a close friend of Easy Company commander Major Richard Winters, he is portrayed by Vietnam veteran and retired US Marine Corps captain Dale Dye in the HBO/BBC miniseries Band of Brothers
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 ...
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
The Colonel Robert F. Sink memorial trail follows Currahee Mountain Road from the site of former Camp Toccoa to the summit of Currahee Mountain. [10] The start of the trail is marked by a commemorative plaque dedicating the trail to "Col. Bob" Sink from the Five-O-Sinks (506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Association).
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But Colonel Robert Sink, commander of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, one of the first units to train there, did not like the name. He thought it would prompt superstitions among the arriving young recruits, that after traveling down Route 13 passed the Toccoa Casket Company they would be arriving at Camp "Tombs".
Elliott Gould's character of "Colonel Robert Stout" in A Bridge Too Far (1977) is clearly based on Sink, although Gould makes reference to being an immigrant from Yugoslavia. Sink, mentioned by name in the Cornelius Ryan book, was the officer whose troops were about to seize the Son River bridge when it blew up in their faces, and whose men ...