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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.
The 506th PIR was an experimental airborne regiment created in 1942 to jump from C-47 transport airplanes into hostile territory. E Company was established at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, under the command of 1st Lieutenant Herbert Sobel. Before attending paratrooper training, the unit's troops performed the standard battle drills and physical ...
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]
Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Lieutenant-Colonel G.A. Mobbs 1st (Airborne) Divisional Field Park, Major Cecil Cyril Chidgey; Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1st (Airborne) Divisional Workshops, Major Jack Carrick; Royal Army Medical Corps, Colonel Graeme M. Warrack
University of London Officers Training Corps, Roll of War Service 1914-1919. Privately published. 2010. ISBN 978-1-177-07206-9. Westlake, Ray, Tracing the Rifle Volunteers, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84884-211-3. Willoughby, Roger Talbot . Military History of the University of Dublin and its Officers' Training Corps 1910-22 ...
Head of Training Capability, Army Command Director, Collective Training Transformation Programme: The Rifles: OBE: 30 June 2023 [69] Caroline J. Woodbridge-Lewin: Commandant, Defence College of Technical Training: Royal Signals: MBE: 30 June 2023 [69] John M. H. Woolmer: Intelligence Corps: 30 June 2023 [69] Timothy Peter Jenkins: Army Reserve ...
In 1920 it was promulgated in Army Order 545 of 1920 to abolish the rank of Brigadier General and substitute in its place the ranks Colonel Commandant (commander of a brigade or training school) and Colonel-on-the-Staff (staff officer, usually appointed Directors, Deputy Director etc. at the War Officer and in India), effective from 1 January ...
Includes commissioned officers of the Officers' Training Corps of the British Army. Pages in category "Officers' Training Corps officers" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total.