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508th Infantry Regiment (United States)
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The 508th Infantry Regiment is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, first formed in October 1942 during World War II. The 508th is a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, and two battalions from the regiment are currently active: the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment is assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment is assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. The regiment served in combat during World War II, and regimental elements have served in combat in the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Iraq and Afghanistan.
508th Infantry Regiment coat of arms.
508th Infantry Regiment coat of arms.
Members of the 508th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division, check their equipment before taking off from an airfield in Saltby, Leicestershire, England, to part
Members of the 508th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division, check their equipment before taking off from an airfield in Saltby, Leicestershire, England, to participate in the invasion of Europe, 1944.
Men of the 508th PIR during Operation Market Garden, 17 September 1944.
Men of the 508th PIR during Operation Market Garden, 17 September 1944.
Memorial to fallen members of the 508th PIR in Wollaton Park, Nottingham, England, where the regiment was based in 1944–1945.
Memorial to fallen members of the 508th PIR in Wollaton Park, Nottingham, England, where the regiment was based in 1944–1945.
82nd Airborne Division
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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 a U.S. Department of Defense mandate to be "on-call to fight any time, anywhere" at "the knife's edge of technology and readiness." Primarily based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division is the U.S. Army's most strategically mobile division.
82nd Airborne Division
82nd Airborne Division
Review of the 328th Infantry Regiment at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia, 1 February 1918
Review of the 328th Infantry Regiment at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia, 1 February 1918
Doughboys of Company B, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division, serving in a front line trench, France, 1 July 1918
Doughboys of Company B, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division, serving in a front line trench, France, 1 July 1918
328th Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Division advances in preparation to capture Hill 223 on 7 October 1918.
328th Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Division advances in preparation to capture Hill 223 on 7 October 1918.