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	U.S. 82nd Airborne Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parachute Infantry Regiment, which was temporarily detached from the division to fight at Anzio, adopted the nickname "Devils in Baggy Pants," taken from an entry in a German officer's diary.
		Parachute Infantry Regiment was not assigned to the division for the invasion.
		The battalions involved are the 2nd Battalion of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Battalion of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/82nd_Airborne (2231 words)

	327 History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Shortly thereafter, the 401st Glider Infantry Regiment was split in two and the 1st Battalion was provided as a temporary third battalion to the 327 Glider Infantry Regiment.
		The 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment was next committed to action in Operation Market-Garden, the daring airborne invasion of Holland, on 18 September 1944.
		On 1 March 1945, the unit was disbanded and subsequently reconstituted as the 3rd Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry Regiment on 6 April 1945.
	www.campbell.army.mil /3327in/history3327.htm (969 words)

	WWII Combat Glider Pilot
		Secured in my glider was a caterpillar that, if all went well, would exit through the hinged nose of the glider and construct a runway for a small aircraft carried in a companion glider.
		Eventually the glider cut off and ditched in the Mediterranean, after which the group realized its error, turned around and took up new positions in the middle of the formation.
		At dawn we could see paratroopers and glider infantrymen cutting the Army Air Force insignia from the glider fuselages and wings to spread on their jeep hoods for the benefit of friendly aircraft.
	www.thedropzone.org /europe/Southern%20France/goldbranson.html (1309 words)

	waco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The glider operations in Burma proved that gliders were the superb aircraft to deliver equipment, including bulldozers, to prepare a runway for transport aircraft, deep in hostile territory, far behind enemy lines.
		It was scheduled to tow 514 gliders, of which 292 GC-4A’s and 222 Horsa’s in six glider operations on D-Day (June 6) and D+1(June 7) near Hiesville (10 miles inland from the Channel coast) and Saint-Mère-Eglise, in order to capture vital points for the invasion of Normandy.
		Gliders transporting all kinds of elements of the 17 AB, were to land along the Issel Canal (north of Wesel) to secure the bridges.
	users.pandora.be /airwareurope/operations.html (2311 words)

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		While the 1st Battalion, 117th Infantry, was busily severing the lifeline to Kampfgruppe Peiper on 19 December, Peiper was engaged with the bulk of his troops in an attempt to blast a path through Stoumont, the barrier to the last possible exit west, that is, the valley of the Ambleve.
		The two regiments involved (the 504th Parachute Infantry on the left and the 505th on the right) marched to their attack positions east of Werbomont with virtually no information except that they were to block the enemy, wherever he might be found, in conjunction with friendly forces operating somewhere off to the north and south.
		The 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry, was to continue the drive to enter the town from the west (after recapturing the sanatorium and the high ground flanking the entrance).
	history.sandiego.edu /cdr2/BYRD/BATTLE_O/GREEN_BO/CHAP_15.TXT (16510 words)

	Normandy: A Glider Pilot's Story
		After the gliders were unloaded and the casualties from the wrecks were taken care of, things settled down, and I went back to the CP to dig in for the night in an apple orchard behind a stable.
		The glider hit a large tree on the left side which sheared off the wing and stripped the fabric off the left side of the fuselage.
		Glider No. 42, in front of me off to my right, flown by F/O Irwin Morales and Lt. Thomas Ahmad, both of the 74th squadron, missed the LZ and landed in a swamp seven miles south of Carentan deep in enemy territory.
	www.71stsos.com /normandygeobuckley.html (5324 words)

	World War II Glider Pilot - Raymond Bean
		Bringing in his glider full of men met his first challenge as the field was too small and full of landed gliders.
		The tanks and infantry were located along the rough ring with many phone lines into the command center, so if there was a threat at many point on the ring the reserves and the artillery could be brought to bare on the German attack.
		On the 26th, Ray was in one of the 301 planes that flew, along with 11 gliders, on the re-supply mission.
	www.battleofsaipan.com /gliderpilot.htm (4310 words)

	Service of Supply WWII Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Third Infantry Division in WWII fought in Sicily, Italy at Cassino, Anzio, in Southern France, and in Germany and Central Europe.
		Infantry was made of National Guard Units of the southwest United States.
		Five infantry divisions were landed on the beaches, and three parachute infantry divisions were dropped behind German lines just after midnight on 6 June.
	www.serviceofsupply.com /EncyclopediaPage.htm (8086 words)

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		The pilot’s compartment is in the nose section of the glider and seats are disposed in a side-by-side arrangement for pilot and copilot.
		The glider may be safely landed at normal gross load in a field 660 ft by 200 ft surrounded by 50 foot obstacles without benefit of headwind.
		A 350-foot, 11/16-inch nylon rope attached to the nose of the glider is used on single tow.
	www.327gir.com /Gliders.html (607 words)

	1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment
		Thereafter, the 187th Airborne Infantry was relieved on 1 February 1951 from assignment to the 11th Airborne Division and reassigned on 1 July 1956 to the 101st Airborne Division.
		It was relieved on 8 February 1959 from assignment to the 24th Infantry Division and assigned to the 82d Airborne Division.
		The unit was relieved on 1 October 1983 from assignment to the 11th Airborne Division, assigned to the 193d Infantry Brigade, and activated in Panama.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/1-187in.htm (315 words)

	187th Infantry Regiment.htm
		The 187th Infantry Regiment was constituted on 12 November 1942 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina.
		On 25 February 1943 it was activated and designated as a glider infantry regiment assigned to the 11th Airborne Division.
		The 187th Infantry Regiment is the only airborne regiment in the history of the US Army to fight in every war since the inception of airborne tactics.
	www.warchronicle.com /units/US/101st/rakkasans.htm (531 words)

	The Battle of Normandy
		The 3d British Infantry Division, landing over Sword Beach, supported by the 6th Airborne Division to be dropped on the east bank of the Orne River, formed the east flank of the assault.
		At 0016, five gliders of the 6th British Airborne Division's glider infantry skidded to stops on the approaches to the bridges over the Orne River and the parallel Caen Canal.
		Although concentration and movement were slow, units were able to reinforce the glider infantry holding the Orne bridges and to clear the landing zone near Ranville for the seventy-two gliders due to land at 0330.
	www.history.rochester.edu /mtv/overview.htm (4617 words)

	History of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82 Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Co F, 325th GIR Infantry suffered the most losses at the Baraque de Fraiture crossroads but they stood their ground until COL Billingslea gave permission to come out.
		Gliders and their tow planes were slow, fat targets.
		As soldiers of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment swooped down to Normandy, other elements of the 82nd Airborne Division were in the process of capturing the town of St. Mere Eglise on an airborne operation behind enemy lines.
	www.falconbrigade.com /regiment/history.html (3499 words)

	THE 501st PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT
		The 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment was in contact with the German forces along the Neder Rijn front in the Netherlands.
		They were flanked on the left by the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and on the right by the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment.
		Regular infantry units had been beaten back by the German offensive, and many stragglers were withdrawing to the rear.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/documents/wwii/501pirbulge.htm (3046 words)

	2-44 ADA Unit History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel W. Scoggin, was a special troop unit of the 101st Airborne Division and was activated from units of the 401st and 327th Glider Infantry Regiments.
		The 3rd Battalion of the 401st Glider Infantry, less Company K, was transferred to the 81st Battalion with I and L Companies becoming Battery C and F. Company B of the 327th Glider Infantry became Battery B of the 81st.
		The heavy weapons Companies H and E of the 327th Glider Infantry became Battery D and E, 81st Battalion.
	www.campbell.army.mil /244ada/unithistory.htm (674 words)

	Encyclopedia: 82nd Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On August 15, 1942, the 82nd Infantry Division became the first airborne division in the U.S. Army, and was redesignated the 82nd Airborne Division.
		The 82nd was not sent to the Korean War, as both Presidents Truman and Eisenhower deemed it necessary to keep the division as a strategic reserve in the event of a Soviet ground attack anywhere in the world.
		82nd Airborne Division paratroopers were among the first ground troops sent into the Kosovo region of the Balkans in June of 1999, when the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, moved in from the neighboring Republic of Macedonia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/82nd-Airborne-Division (2024 words)

	World War II Maps - Top Secret Bigot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was Killed in Action on June 7, 1944 at the "Vierville crossroads" while driving an ammunition truck of the B Battery.
		In front of wrecked Horsa Glider, which was one of many that crashed into hedgerows.
		He was in all major actions with the 115th Infantry.
	www.ww2dday.com /gallery.html (1215 words)

	About the 82nd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In January 1944, the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which was temporarily detached from the Division to fight at Anzio, earned the nickname "Devils in Baggy Pants." The nickname was taken from an entry made in a German officer's diary.
		Two new parachute infantry regiments, the 507th and the 508th, joined the division, Due to its depleted state following the fighting in Italy, the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment did not take part in the invasion.
		They were followed shortly by the 3d Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, who themselves will be followed by the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment in January 2001 as part of regular peacekeeping operation rotations.
	www.bragg.army.mil /www-82DV/about_82nd.htm (1877 words)

	Unit Histories
		Radio callsign:"KANGAROO" In 1942, the 82nd Infantry Division at Camp Claiborne, LA was split in two, to form two new Airborne Infantry Divisions.
		Radio callsign:"KICKOFF" The 502nd Parachute Infantry under Colonel George Van Horn Moseley was activated as a battalion in 1941.
		A Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division held up the 506th as well as the French 2d Armored division for some hours, before the 3rd division colonel granted passage across that bridge.
	www.101airborneww2.com /unithistories.html (5280 words)

	82nd Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It had been reorganized from an infantry division in the early days of World War II and had undergone extensive training stateside.
		For D-Day, the division was composed of the following airborne regiments: 505th Parachute Infantry, 507th Parachute Infantry and the 325th Glider Infantry.
		The 504th Parachute Infantry, which had remained in combat in the Mediterranean, was detached to rest and absorb replacements in England.
	www.normandyallies.org /82hist.htm (610 words)

	West Virginia Medal of Honor Recipients (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Ohio Co. native 2nd Lt. Josiah M. Curtis (12th West Virginia Infantry) retrieved his unit's flag from two fallen color bearers and was one of the first Union soldiers to reach Fort Gregg during an assault on Petersburg, Virginia, on 2 April 1865.
		Joseph McCauslin (12th West Virginia Infantry) served with "conspicuous gallantry" as a color bearer during the assault on Fort Gregg at Petersburg, Virginia, on 2 April 1865.
		PFC Ralph E. Pomeroy of Quinwood (31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division) was killed while defending a communication trench near Kumhwa, on 15 October 1952.
	www.wvculture.org /history/wvmoh.html (2159 words)

	club2_final
		The story of their Glider Bretheren who went into battle in Waco and Horsa Gliders is no less part of the heroic deeds and history of the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII.
		We portray the soldiers of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne division through public events, educational activities and reenactments.
		It is a true honor to pay homeage to the vetrans of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of WWII and to keep the memory of their service to their country alive through our impression.
	chs82nd.homestead.com /82ndPage.html (261 words)

	440th Troop Carrier Group History
		The 440th TCG airlifted 586 infantrymen of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment and it's Company 'C' as well as the Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion of the 325th, all part of the 82nd Airborne Division.
		All gliders cut loose and landed successfully and all aircraft returned to base in spite of a hail of small arms and machine gun fire.
		Not only did they deliver a magnificent and well coordinated landing which in many cases was in the midst of hostile positions, but were immediately engaged with their Airborne associates in the hottest kind of hand-to-hand fighting.
	www.ninth-airforce.co.uk /440troopcarrier.htm (2484 words)

	Saving Private Ryan: 327th Glider Infantry Regiment
		The 327th Infantry Regiment was constituted on August 5th, 1917 and assigned to the 82nd Infantry Division.
		On March 25th, 1942 the 327th was reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, and further reorganized and redesignated as the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment on August 15th, 1942.
		The 327th Glider Infantry Regiment participated in other actions during the war, most notably Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge, and was deactivated on November 30th, 1945 in France.
	www.sproe.com /t/327th-glider.html (372 words)

	CH-325.01 (325th Airborne Infantry Regiment Plain)
		The "AA" refers to the nickname "All American Division" which was adopted by the organization in France during World War I. The 325th Airborne Regiment is part of the 82nd Airborne Division.
		The front insignia is that of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment.
		The 325th Regiment was formed in 1917 during World War I. After participation in World War II as the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment it was redesignated as the 325th Airborne Infantry on December 15, 1948.
	www.coins-of-panama.com /challenge/ch325-01.html (495 words)

	Edward Henry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Private Edward Henry was assigned to F Company, 2nd Battalion, of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which had in August and September of 1944 engaged in an extended siege which resulted in the taking of the town of Sospel, in Southern France.
		All objectives of the attack plan were met, and on February 3rd, the RCT received orders attaching it to the 78th Infantry Division at Simmerath.
		The 517th RCT was to move north to the Kleinhau-Bergstein area, relieve elements of the 8th Infantry and attack south from Bergstein during darkness on February 5th to seize the Schmidt-Nideggen Ridge.
	www.dvrbs.com /CamdenWW2-EdwardHenry.htm (1384 words)

	ipedia.com: 82nd Airborne Division Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In April 1943, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division deployed to North Africa under the command of Major General Matthew B. Ridgway to participate in the campaign to invade Italy.
		The initial assault on Sicily, by the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was the first regimental sized combat parachute assault conducted by the United States Army.
		They were followed in September by the 3d Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, who themselves were followed by the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, in January 2001 as part of regular peacekeeping operation rotations.
	www.ipedia.com /82nd_airborne_division.html (2103 words)

	Government Views of D-Day 1944
		Transport gliders and paratroopers were flown into the area behind the beachead to disrupt the organisation of German land forces."
		"The mission of the 4th Infantry Division in the invasion of the continent was to land at Beaches Tare (Green) and Uncle (Red) on Utah Beach at 060630 June 1944 and move inland to link up with units of the 82nd Airborne and 101st Airborne Divisions...
		The Ranger Group, attached to the 116th Infantry and commanded by Lt. Col.
	www.ccny.cuny.edu /library/Divisions/Government/DDay.html (7527 words)

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		Since each glider battalion had four rifle companies of four platoons, compared to the parachute battalion's three rifle companies, each of three platoons, the numerical strength of an airlanding Brigade, was almost the same as that of the two parachute Brigades combined.
		A similar number of gliders was also used to deliver heavier equipment such as anti-tank guns, light field guns and even light tanks.
		All gliders were flown by members of the Glider Pilot Regiment, who were expected to fight as infantry after they had landed their aircraft, often under the most hazardous circumstances.
	www.bafa.org.au /www/yshaw2.htm (310 words)

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