505 Parachute Infantry Regiment (A Legacy of Lessons)

Abstract

The following account is drawn from interviews with four distinguished veterans of the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR). Their composite World War II service comprises fifteen combat jumps and over 1140 days of combat from Sicily to Berlin. All four veterans joined the 505 PIR in the States and participated in the unit's pre-deployment training. This article is an incisive analysis of how one of the youngest regiments in the U.S. Army was molded into a battle-hardened and respected fighting unit. Despite the passing of forty-five years, the conditions under which they fought might well be replicated on tomorrow's battlefield described in Airland Battle Doctrine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 20, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209620

Entities

People

  • Jack P. Nix Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Battlefields
  • Business Administration
  • Classification
  • Combat Readiness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Life Preservers
  • Management Personnel
  • North Africa
  • Photography
  • Schools
  • Second World War
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Science