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The 505th Infantry Regiment (505th IR), formerly and colloquially the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR) and the 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment (505th AIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, one of four infantry regiments of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, with a long and distinguished history.
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division: U.S. Army: 1944: D-Day – Normandy: for action at Sainte-Mère-Église: First Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (less Company "A") of the 82nd Airborne Division: U.S. Army: 1945: Operation Market Garden – Cheneux, Belgium
C-47 of the 439th Troop Carrier Group, which carried the 506th PIR (of Band of Brothers fame) into Normandy. Group commander's aircraft, chalk #1 of Serial 11. Brig. Gen. Julian M. Chappell at RAF Exeter
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Fulbrook Gorham (January 11, 1915 – July 12, 1943) was a United States Army officer and paratrooper.Gorham was the first commander of the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 82nd Airborne Division.
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 ...
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel Reuben H. Tucker. 1st Battalion, 504th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Berry; 2nd Battalion, 504th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Willems; 3rd Battalion, 504th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Julian Cook; 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel William E. Ekman 1st Battalion, 505th PIR, Major Talton Long
He was soon promoted to executive officer of the 2d Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Two months later, he was again promoted, to S-3 (operations officer) of the Regiment. He made his first of four combat jumps as an executive officer, participating in the Invasion of Sicily.