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    The 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (551st PIB) was, for many years, a little-recognized airborne forces unit of the United States Army, raised during...
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    ID The 509th Infantry Regiment (previously the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment) is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army. The unit...
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  • Caribbean, notably Martinique. The unit would be preceded by the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion. As the threats to the Caribbean and Latin American regions...
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    The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas with...
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    British 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade, the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, the 509th and 551st Parachute Infantry Battalions, the glider-borne 550th...
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  • downsized to a battalion and kept in reserve in the United States until mid-1945 when it was deactivated. The 542nd Parachute Infantry Regiment came into...
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    Col. Rupert D. Graves, United States Military Academy '24, who came from command of the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion. In early May, the RCT components...
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    the 1970s and 1980s a parachute infantry capability was revived, while a Parachute Battalion Group based on the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment...
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    Parachute Regimental Combat Team, reinforced by the 509th, and the 1st/551st parachute infantry battalions and their only glider infantry battalion,...
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    The United States Army created a large number of notional deception formations that were used in a number of World War II deception operations. The most...
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  • Group (United States) 5th United States Colored Cavalry 5th United States Colored Infantry Regiment 500 Years Later 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (United...
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    The 334th Infantry Division (German: 334. Infanterie-Division) was a German Army infantry division in World War II. Originally formed in November 1942...
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    "The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment". Retrieved October 11, 2009. "254th Engineer Combat Battalion". January 28, 2015. "30th Infantry Division". White...
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    Robert T. Frederick (category United States Military Academy alumni)
    British 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade and the American 509th and 551st Parachute Infantry Battalions, the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team,...
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    29th Infantry Regiment Two French Light Infantry Battalions 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion 298th Engineer Combat Battalion 740th Tank Battalion 18th...
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  • Brigade. Added to them were the U.S. 550th Glider Infantry Battalion and U.S. 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, both of which had previously been stationed...
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  • List of paratrooper forces (category Military parachuting)
    Spear" 7063rd Parachute Battalion 8150th Parachute Battalion 9264th Parachute Battalion 8171st Reconnasissance Battalion 551st Parachute Brigade (Reserve) "Arrows...
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    Pathfinder (military) (category Military parachuting)
    pathfinders. The jump into North Africa, made up of men of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion (509th PIB), resulted in its men being scattered to places such...
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    landed in Operation Dragoon. One of the constituent units, the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion, dropped on Draguignan, 42 kilometres (26 mi) from the coast...
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    Engineer Company 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion (Glider) 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment (Reinforced)...
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    William P. Yarborough (category United States Army Infantry Branch personnel)
    505th Parachute Infantry, St. Paul: MBI Publishing, ISBN 0-7603-2664-9 Orfalea, Gregory (1999), Messengers of the Lost Battalion: The Heroic 551st and the...
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    Military Intelligence Battalion 11th Cyber Battalion 15th Signal Brigade 369th Signal Battalion 442nd Signal Battalion 551st Signal Battalion Ordnance Training...
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    consolidated with the 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing, which provided airborne surveillance off the eastern coast of the United States from December...
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    Battle of Elsenborn Ridge (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
    2016. Orfalea, Gregory (1 May 1999). Messengers of the Lost Battalion: The Heroic 551st and the Turning of the Tide at the Battle of the Bulge. Touchstone...
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  • This is a list of known parachute jumps into combat zones by troops and units of the United States military. Participation in such jumps is recognized...
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  • ISBN 978-0-02-881069-0. Orfalea, Gregory (May 1, 1999). Messengers of the Lost Battalion: The Heroic 551st and the Turning of the Tide at the Battle of the Bulge. Touchstone...
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  • Military history of France during World War II (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
    formed from the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, the 550th Glider Infantry Battalion, and the 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry regiment. The 1st...
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    Camp Edwards (category Installations of the United States Army in Massachusetts)
    1114th SCU 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1943) 68th Coast Artillery Regiment (AA) (1940–1941) 550th AAA Auto Weapons Bn (1943) 551st AAA Auto Weapons...
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  • fortress infantry battalion, two machine gun battalions, some anti-aircraft artillery batteries, and two grenadier training and replacement battalions. When...
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    List of memorials and monuments at Arlington National Cemetery (category Lists of monuments and memorials in the United States)
    Cemetery is a United States national cemetery located in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. It is managed by the United States Army, rather...
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