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The 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (551st PIB) was, for many years, a little-recognized airborne forces unit of the United States Army, raised during World War II, that fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Originally commissioned to take the French Caribbean island of Martinique, they were shipped instead to Western Europe. With an initial ...
550th Airborne Battalion 'Operation Vendetta', 1944. This notional formation was 'built up' around real units, the 517th Regimental Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment & the 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion which were depicted as operating under a single command when in fact they were operating separately. [2]
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 3rd Battalion (jumped first). 505th Regimental Combat Team (RCT), including 505th PIR, 456th Parachute Field Artillery (PFA), 307th Engineering Battalion (Engr.), Company B. Husky I 3,406 Italy Gela, Sicily 10 July 1943 504th RCT, including 504th PIR, 1st & 2nd Btn.; 376th PFA, 307th Engr., Co. A Husky II
515th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States) 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment; 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team; 541st Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States) 542nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States) 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion (United States) 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (United States)
517th Parachute Infantry Regiment [13] 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion [e] 596th Airborne Engineer Company 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion (Glider) 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment (Reinforced) 463rd Airborne Field Artillery Battalion
313th Military Intelligence Battalion (United States) 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion; 452nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion (United States) 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment; 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (United States) 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion (United States) 602nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion; 717th Tank Battalion
The 550th was originally formed as an air landing unit rather than a parachute or glider battalion. The battalion's mission was to land if required in Central, Latin, and South American countries as well as areas in the Caribbean, notably Martinique. The unit would be preceded by the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion.
On return to Camp Mackall, while preparing for overseas movement, Colonel Walsh was replaced as commanding officer by Lt. Col. Rupert D. Graves, United States Military Academy '24, who came from command of the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion. In early May, the RCT components staged through Camp Patrick Henry near Newport News, Virginia.