NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "In Britain they were known as The Parachute Regiment, but their German enemies christened them ...

All members of the regiment were parachute volunteers, but only a minor fraction were actually qualified jumpers during training at Camp Toccoa. So, when that very arduous training was over, in March ...

During their time in England, these Paratroopers became an integral part of the Quorn community. Many married several local women. This was not specific to the 505th PIR, but across the 82nd Airborne ...

Roy Hanna didn’t feel the rifle bullet as it struck his chest on a rainy battlefield near Anzio, Italy. He felt nothing as the bullet slipped between his ribs and pierced his right lung. But he heard ...

Early in 1945 the 44th Indian Airborne Division was formed to consist of two parachute brigades, one airlanding brigade (Glider borne) and supporting arms and was to head the expected invasion of ...