503rd Infantry Regiment
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The 503rd Infantry Regiment, formerly the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment served as
Dwarfed by and silhouetted against clouds of smoke (created to provide concealment), C-47s from the USAAF drop a battalion of the 503rd at Nadzab, New Guinea. A battalion dropped moments earlier is landing in the foreground.
Paratroopers of the 503rd PRCT descend on Corregidor, 16 February 1945.
Tien Bing No. 1 exercise in Pingtung, Taiwan, 1960
Tien Bing No. 1 exercise in Pingtung, Taiwan, 1960
Battle of Corregidor (1945)
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The Battle of Corregidor, which occurred from 16 to 26 February 1945, pitted American forces against the defending Japanese garrison on the island fortress. The Japanese had captured the bastion from
503rd Infantry Regiment
…former regimental S-3 and executive officer, and former 1st Battalion commander, succeeded to regimental command. On 16 February 1945, the 503rd RCT jumped on Fortress Corregidor ("the Rock") to liberate that island from occupying Japanese forces. Braving intense fire, the paratroopers rushed forward and overcame the heavy…
USS Claxton provides fire support during the Corregidor landings
The remains of a Japanese cave