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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 ...
The 3rd Infantry Division with the following-attached units: 254 Infantry Regiment, 99th Chemical Battalion, 168th Chemical Smoke Generator Company, 441st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP), 756th Tank Battalion, IPW Team 183, and the 2831st Engineer (C) Battalion fighting incessantly, from ...
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)
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]
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
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.
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; 735th Tank Battalion (United States) 741st Tank Battalion (United States) 743rd Tank Battalion; 745th Tank Battalion; 746th Tank ...
100th Infantry Battalion; 101st Infantry Battalion; 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment; 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment; 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment; 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment; 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion (United States) 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (United States) 555th Parachute Infantry ...