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1–501st & 2–501st (less company A) PIR – 1 March – 9 Oct. 1971 [17] Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation with Palm: 1971 Vietnam War: Vietnam: 1–501st & 2–501st PIR – 18 April – 31 Aug. 1971 & 6–19 Sept. 1971 [17] Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation First Class with Palm: 1968–70 Vietnam War: Vietnam
Task Force Geronimo – 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1–501st PIR (October 2003 – August 2004) Task Force Devil – 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (January 2003 – July 2003) Task Force Thunder – 25th Infantry Division Artillery, (~March 2004 – March 2005)
In January 1944, Johnson and the 501st PIR sailed to England. By now, "Jumpy" Johnson had instilled a positive attitude in them which led to a fighting spirit. On D-Day, the 501st, now permanently attached to the 101st Airborne Division was assigned to seize some canal locks and demolish the bridges over the Douve River. One battalion remained ...
To accomplish this Swing formed a special unit–Gypsy Task Force–comprising the 1st Battalion of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, G and I Companies of the regiment's 2nd Battalion, an artillery battery from the 457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, and a platoon of engineers and miscellaneous signal and medical detachments. [70]
Docking in the Panama Canal Zone on 1 November, the 503rd picked up the 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion (minus Company C), which had been undergoing jungle training. The 501st, as well as Company A, 504th, was redesignated as the 503rd's 2nd Battalion: Company A, 501st became Company E, 503rd; Company B, 501st became Company F, 503rd; and ...
The 501st PIR was the division's reserve and guarding the left flank east of the 327. Patrols and aerial reconnaissance of Carentan indicated that the town might be lightly defended, and a plan to capture the city by a double envelopment was contrived, using the 502nd PIR on the right and the 327th GIR on the left, scheduled to jump off just ...
Camp Toccoa (formerly Camp Toombs) was a basic training camp for United States Army paratroopers during World War II, located five miles (8 km) west of Toccoa, Georgia. Among the units to train at the camp was the 506th Infantry Regiment. The regiment's Company E ("Easy Company") was portrayed in the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.
The battalion is located at Zoeckler Station, a sub-installation of Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea. It is subordinate to the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade [1] and has three subordinate companies, A Co, B Co and HHSC.