Jake McNiece
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James Elbert "Jake" McNiece was a US Army paratrooper in World War II. Private McNiece was a member and eventual leader of the Filthy Thirteen, an elite demolition unit whose exploits inspired the 196
Photo signed by Jake McNiece applying war paint to another member of the Filthy 13 on Operation Neptune D-1
506th Infantry Regiment
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The 506th Infantry Regiment, originally designated the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II, is an airborne light infantry regiment of the United States Army. Currently a parent regim
Jake McNiece
…use of explosives. McNiece enlisted for military service on September 1, 1942. He was assigned to the demolition saboteur section of what was then the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. This section became the Filthy Thirteen, first led by Lieutenant Charles Mellen, who was killed in action on June 6, 1944, during the Invasion of…
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Kenneth Michael Kays receiving the Medal of Honor from U.S. President Richard Nixon
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment patrolling the Korean Demilitarized Zone near GP Ouellette in 1987
Iraqi National Police and U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, discover a weapons cache in Dora, Baghdad on 8 Oct. 2006.