US PARAS
U.S. Parachute Infantry Regiments (WW2)
By Margaret Pawley
US PARAS - U.S. Parachute Infantry Regiments (WW2) |
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HISTORY 501 PIR (101 Airborne Division) • Normandy - D-Day • Operation Market Garden • The Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge 502 PIR (101 Airborne Division) • Normandy - D-Day • Operation Market Garden • The Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge 503 PIR (Pacific Theater) 504 PIR (82 Airborne Division) • July 1943 : Sicily - Operation Husky • September 1943 : Italy - Operation Avalanche • January 1944 : Italy - Operation Shingle • June 1944 : France - Operation Overlord (Small number as Pathfinders) • September 1944 : Netherlands - Operation Market Garden • December 1944 : Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge • March 1945 : Invasion of Germany 505 PIR (82 Airborne Division) 506 PIR (101 Airborne Division) • Normandy - D-Day • Operation Market Garden • The Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge 507 PIR (17 Airborne Division) 508 PIR (82 Airborne Division) • June 1944 : Normandy - D-Day • September 1944 : Netherlands - Operation Market Garden • December 1944 : The Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge 509 PIR (1st Airborne Task Force) 511 PIR 513 PIR (17 Airborne Division) 515 PIR (13 Airborne Division) 517 PIR (13 Airborne Division) 541 PIR (remained in US) 542 PIR (remained in US) 551 PIBn (1st Airborne Task Force) 555 PIR (remained in US) | ||||
| Roll Of Honour: 5915 | Awards: 2613 | Images: 3355 | Links: 1 | |
• Adoptiegraven database - Dutch website remembering US dead/missing at 3 American War Cemeteries - Margraten,Ardennes and Henri-Chapelle.
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