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The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated in the Frying Pan area near here on 6 July 1942, with Lieutenant Colonel James M. Gavin as its first commander. Assigned to the 82d Airborne Division in February 1943, the regiment made four combat jumps and saw battle action in Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany during six campaigns: Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe.
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Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, Georgia · United States