508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

The 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated at Camp Blanding, Florida, on 20 October 1942, later attached to the 82nd Airborne Division, and took part in the parachute assaults into Normandy on June 6, 1944, and into Holland on 17 September 1944. It fought in the Ardennes in December 1944 and in the Rhineland in May 1945. On V-E Day, it was chosen as the Honor Guard for Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces. Four years, one month, and four days after coming into existence, it passed into history at Camp Kilmer, N.J., on 24 November 1946.

Florida · United States