A montage of WWII American Paratrooper photos and insignia with a radio broadcast of an Army Air Corps correspondent, Lt. Tom Gahagen (?). I've tried to include as many of the different parachute and glider infantry units that saw action during the hostilities. Some might have been missed. Please excuse the omission of Parachute/Glider artillery and Engineers. Each man to earn their wings did their part. All gave some, some gave all.
Combat Jumps:
509th - Algieria, November, 1942; Operation Dragoon, August, 1944 (part of 1st Airborne Task Force)
82nd AB - Operation Husky, July, 1943; Salerno, Italy, September, 1943; Operation Overlord, June 1944; Operation Market-Garden, September 1944
101st AB - Operation Overlord, June, 1944; Operation Market-Garden, September, 1944
17th AB - Operation Varsity, March, 1945
517th PRCT - Operation Dragoon, August, 1944 (part of 1st Airborne Task Force)
551st PIB - Operation Dragoon, August, 1944 (part of 1st Airborne Task Force)
550th GIR - Operation Dragoon, August, 1944 (part of 1st Airborne Task Force)
503rd PRCT (PTO) - Nadzab, New Guinea, September, 1943; Noemfoor Island, July, 1944; Corregidor Island, February 1945.
11th AB (PTO) - (511th PIR) - Tagaytay Ridge, Luzon, February, 1945; (B Co.) Los Banos Raid, February 1945; (Gypsy Task Force) Appari, Luzon, June 1945
Plus smaller jumps throughout the war in both theatres.
Негізгі бет WWII AAF Reporter talks to American Paratroopers
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