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The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment was scheduled to make a combat parachute jump, in order to help oust the military-led dictatorship and restore the democratically elected president, although Haiti had never had democracy in any form. The Division's first wave was in the air, with the 505th PIR loaded on aircraft awaiting takeoff, when the ...
Crest of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. In the summer of 1942 the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated in the tarpaper shack Frying Pan area of Fort Benning, overlooking Lawson Army Airfield. Gorham, then a major, was assigned as commander of the 1st Battalion. [22] There was no time lost in getting a hard training schedule ...
2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment: Lt Col. Charles A. Carrell (Relieved 9 June 44), Maj. Arthur W. Gardner (KIA 14 June 44); Maj. Osmund Leahy; 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. William E. Ekman 1st Battalion: Maj. Frederick C. A. Kellam (KIA 6 June 44), Lt Col. Mark J. Alexander
Col. Benjamin H. Vandervoort served in the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment from 1940 to 1945 and was the regiment’s operations officer during the invasion of Sicily and Salerno, Italy.
Company "A", 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division: U.S. Army: 1945: Co. A for crossing Rhine River at Hitdorf, Germany on 6 April 1945: Company "A" 504th Parachute Infantry, is cited for outstanding performance of duty in the armed conflict against the enemy in Germany on 6–7 April 1945.
In 1986, the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment created the "Gavin Squad Competition". This competition was designed to identify the most proficient rifle squad in the regiment. The original competition was won by a squad from 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 3/505th PIR. Gavin was on hand to award the nine man squad their trophy.
The division was a veteran outfit, with two of its units, the 504th and 505th Parachute Infantry Regiments , having made combat jumps into Sicily and Italy.However, the 504th had not arrived in England in time to train for Operation Neptune, and had been replaced in the mission by the inexperienced 507th and 508th PIRs, both temporarily attached for the operation (the 507th later transferring ...
5th Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment; 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment (DRF 1) 6th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment; A Battery, 2-62d ADA; B Company, 27th Engineer Battalion; B Company, 7th Medical Battalion; B Company, 707th Maintenance Battalion; B Company, 7th Supply and Transportation Battalion; 3rd Brigade. 4th Battalion, 17th ...