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2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Robert L. Strayer 3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. Robert Lee Wolverton (KIA 6 June 44), Maj. Oliver M. Horton 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion : Lt Col. Edward L. Carmichael
[3]: 200 Shortly afterwards, Robert Strayer, now a lieutenant colonel, was elevated to the regimental staff and Winters took over as acting commander of the 2nd Battalion. [7]: 221 [3]: 202 In April, the battalion carried out defensive duties along the Rhine before moving to Bavaria later in the month.
3rd Battalion, 502nd PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Cole (KIA September 18th) 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Colonel Robert F. Sink. 1st Battalion, 506th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Harwick, James L. LaPrade; 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Strayer; 3rd Battalion, 506th PIR, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver M. Horton ...
Band of Brothers is a 2001 American [2] war drama miniseries based on historian Stephen E. Ambrose's 1992 non-fiction book of the same name. [3] It was created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who also served as executive producers, and who had collaborated on the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan. [4]
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 training that comes with being in the parachute infantry.
Robert Frederick Sink (April 3, 1905 – December 13, 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.
Lieutenant Colonel Andre Lucas, commanded the 2nd Battalion in Vietnam during the battle of FSB Ripcord, killed in action, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. [21] Specialist 4 Gordon Roberts awarded the Medal of Honor. [19] Sgt. Leslie Halasz Sabo, killed during Operation Binh Tay I, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on 16 May 2012 ...
The lieutenant colonel was sometimes known as "lieutenant to the colonel." [ citation needed ] In British practice, regiments were commanded by their lieutenant colonels, as the colonel was a titular position [ 8 ] (with the incumbent absent from the regiment serving as a senior staff officer , a general officer , or as a member of the nobility ).