Accession Number:

AD1112457

Title:

NCOs of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion during World War II

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Research Paper]

Corporate Author:

ARMY SERGEANTS MAJOR ACADEMY FORT BLISS TX

Personal Author(s):

• Haga, Edward

Report Date:

2005-12-16

Pagination or Media Count:

8

Abstract:

NCOs of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion during World War II What unit conducted Americas first combat parachute assault, was the first airborne unit awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, and contained the first American paratrooper awarded the Medal of Honor It must have been some battalion from the famed 82nd Airborne Division.

Descriptors:

• warfare
• machine guns
• second world war
• guns
• small arms
• training
• united states
• submachine guns
• airborne
• amphibious operations
• army
• infantry
• parachutes
• war
• gas masks
• tennessee
• casualties
• paratroopers
• rifles
• spine

Subject Categories:

• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]