505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
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| Operation Husky, Operation Avalanche, Operation Neptune, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge
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| James M. Gavin, Matthew Ridgway
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During World War II, the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR) was a regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army.
The regiment was activated at Fort Benning, Georgia on July 6, 1942, with combat drops in Sicily, Salerno, Normandy and the Netherlands, participation in the Battle of the Bulge and in Germany.
Following the German surrender, the regiment served as part of the Allied occupation force in Berlin.
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