In 1945, they made the last major combat jump of World War II, drifting down in parachutes east of the Rhine River, Nazi Germany's last natural barrier against invasion by American and British forces.
NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "In Britain they were known as The Parachute Regiment, but their German enemies christened them ...
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How U.S. Paratroopers Heroically Stopped the Nazi Advance
In this episode of WW2 Wayfinder, I take you to the Belgian town of Trois Ponts, where the 82nd Airborne Division played a ...
The U.S. Army might have perfected the use of airborne troopers, but it wasn't the first branch to try out the tactic. In 1927, 12 Marines jumped from a transport plane flying over the Anacostia area ...
Retired 1st Sgt. Harold Eatman was one of the original members of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He is seen here in Naples in October 1943. Eatman, who was a corporal at the time, died July 6, ...
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