Mayo
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Post by Mayo on Jan 22, 2013 8:25:41 GMT -8
1. Spearheading of the invasion of Sicily
(July 9, 1943)
2. Invasion of Italy
(September 14, 1943)
3. Spearhead the invasion of Europe at Normandy "D-Day"
(June 6, 1944)
4. Jump 53 miles inside hostile territory at Nijmegen, Holland
(September 17, 1944)
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bthodgson
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I'm the 82nd Airborne Division, and this is as far as the bastards are going! - PFC Vernon Haught
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Post by bthodgson on Jan 28, 2013 12:34:55 GMT -8
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that the 82nd Airborne (and more specifically only the 505th PIR and 3rd battalion, 504th PIR) was the only American Airborne Division to make 4 combat jumps during the war.
- Brett
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davep
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Post by davep on Jan 28, 2013 12:50:19 GMT -8
Where is gets tricky, is the 504th made (2) Jumps in Sicily one day apart. Is that considered one jump or two. Obviously a soldier could only be in one or the other.
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bthodgson
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Post by bthodgson on Jan 28, 2013 12:54:54 GMT -8
You are correct, Dave. I would say that the unit as a whole is what counts as a jump. As you said, a soldier could only be in one jump or another.
While part of the regiment jumped the night of D-Day, the rest jumped the next day, which is when the friendly fire fiasco happened. Whereas the 505th jumped as a whole.
- Brett
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