507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (17th Airborne Division) on 20 July 1942 it was activated at Ft Benning Ga and assigned to the Airborne Command; moved to Barksdale Field La on 7 March 1943 and to Alliance Army Airfield Neb. 23 March 1943 where assigned to the 1st Airborne Infantry Brigade on 14 April 1943; staged at Camp Shanks N.Y. 23 Nov. 1943 until departed New York P/E 5 Dec 1943; arrived in England 16 Dec 1943 (attached to 82nd Airborne Division 14 Jan-27 Aug 1944) and assaulted Normandy France on 6 Jun 1944; returned to England 13 July 1944 (attached to 17th Airborne Division 27 Aug 1944 – 1 March 1945) and landed in France 24 Dec 1944; crossed into Belgium 25 Dec 1944 and returned to France 11 Feb 1945 where ,assigned to the 17th Airborne Division on 1 March 1945; assaulted Wesel Germany 24 March 1945 (attached to XIX Corps 31 Mar-2 Apr 1945); arrived Boston P/E 15 Sep 1945 and inactivated at Camp Myles Standish Mass on 16 Sep 1945. Campaigns: Normandy, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe