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	507th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because their initial commander, Lieutenant Colonel George V Millett Jr was captured after a few days in Amfreville, Colonel Edson Raff, who had recently led the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, to command the regiment.
		During World War II, the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (507th PIR) was a regiment of the 82d Airborne Division and, later, 17th Airborne Division of the United States Army.
		Although their target was supposed to be in Drop Zone T, north of Amfreville, the confusion caused by clouds and flak resulted in a wide scattering of the unit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/507th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment (386 words)

	2nd Battalion (Airborne) 503rd Infantry - Battalion History
		Lieutenant Colonel Edson D. Raff, then the Regiment’s executive officer, became the first battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd, which was formed from the 504th PIR in March 1942.
		Because of the Korean Conflict, 503rd Airborne Infantry was reactivated on March 2, 1951 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and assigned to the 11th Airborne Division.
		During the movement west the 501st Parachute Battalion, which embarked in the Panama Canal Zone, was redesignated as the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment.
	www.173abnbde.setaf.army.mil /503rd/history.htm (386 words)

	United States Army Special Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The force was founded by Aaron Bank and their official headgear is the green beret, thanks to the efforts of an early officer, Edson Raff.
		John Wayne's movie "The Green Berets" was about the early years of the Vietnam war where Green Beret advisors were sent to SE Asia to aid the South Vietnamese in fighting the Communist North.
		The Green Beret was originally unauthorized for wear by the U.S. Army.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Green_Berets (667 words)

	United States Army Special Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The force was founded by Aaron Bank and their official headgear is the green beret, thanks to the efforts of an early officer, Edson Raff.
		John Wayne's movie "The Green Berets" was about the early years of the Vietnam war where Green Beret advisors were sent to SE Asia to aid the South Vietnamese in fighting the Communist North.
		The United States Army Special Forces —also known as the Green Berets or simply Special Forces (capitalized)— is a Special Operations Force of the U.S. Army trained for unconventional warfare and special operations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Green_Berets (1122 words)

	United States Army Special Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The force was founded by Aaron Bank and their official headgear is the green beret, thanks to the efforts of an early officer, Edson Raff.
		The United States Army Special Forces —also known as the Green Berets or simply Special Forces (capitalized)— is a Special Operations Force of the U.S. Army trained for unconventional warfare and special operations.
		Preparing for an October 12, 1961 visit to the Special Warfare Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the President sent word to the center's commander, Brigadier General William P. Yarborough, for all Special Forces soldiers to wear the beret as part of the event.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_Army_Special_Forces (1122 words)

	glider.htm
		Legend An Interview with Colonel Edson Raff about his jump during Operation Varsity as Regimental Commander of the 507 PIR.
		The squadron was tasked in Operation VARSITY, the crossing of the Rhine and invasion of Wesel, Germany.
		Operation Market Garden - Glen Derber, of the 501 PIR, captures the experiences of an airborne machine gunner fighting in Holland through an extraordinary diary that he was able to maintain during the war.
	home.earthlink.net /~preese125/family/hays/dshays/glider.htm (302 words)

	glider.htm
		Legend An Interview with Colonel Edson Raff about his jump during Operation Varsity as Regimental Commander of the 507 PIR.
		The squadron was tasked in Operation VARSITY, the crossing of the Rhine and invasion of Wesel, Germany.
		Operation Dragoon Charles Doyle, of the 509, describes the 509's actions during the first day of the Invasion of Southern France.
	home.earthlink.net /~preese125/family/hays/dshays/glider.htm (302 words)

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