Army commemorates 79 years of Airborne history

Army commemorates 79 years of Airborne history - Delaware

The first test of a U.S. Army paratrooper drop occurred at Fort Benning Aug. 16, 1940, when Lt. (later Col.) William T. Ryder and Lt. (later Lt. Col.) James A.

Army commemorates 79 years of Airborne history | Article

Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning commemorated the 2019 National Airborne Day Aug. 16 at Fryar Drop Zone at Fort Benning.

173rd Airborne Brigade Marks 79th Anniversary of WWII's ... - Army.mil

PONTI SUL MINCIO, Italy (May 1, 2024) - To honor history and heroes, the 173rd Airborne Brigade stood on sacred ground at Ponti sul Mincio ...

Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division commemorate 79th ... - DVIDS

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) helped commemorate the 79th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, Belgium.

82nd Airborne Division Paratroopers Honor Fallen 507th PIR ... - DDay

By the end of the D-Day invasion, more than 9,000 allied troops were dead or wounded. Eighty years later, U.S. troops remain forever indebted to ...

D-Day 79 - PFC Deglopper Memorial Ceremony

... Airborne Division, delivers a speech commemorating Pvt. 1st ... Tags. 82nd Airborne DivisionU.S. ArmyparatrooperUSAEURAFDDay79. More ...

Remembering D-Day - Department of Defense

The roughly 160,000 Allied troops who landed in Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944, not only successfully executed the largest air, land and ...

82nd Airborne Division Supports D-Day 79 - YouTube

Maj. Gen. Christopher LaNeve, commanding general of the, 82nd Airborne Division, gives remarks during the, Airborne Monument Ceremony, ...

WWII80 - U.S. Army Europe and Africa

Staff Sgt. Michael E. Fyffe, a Soldier with 101st Airborne Division, reenlists with a small group of Soldiers in Bastogne, Belgium on Dec. 10, 2022. Festivities ...

WWII80 - U.S. Army Europe and Africa

Sep. 17: Commemoration Ceremony in Beek, Netherlands with a speaker from the 82nd Airborne Brig. Sep. 18: Unveiling Vector ...

82nd Airborne Division - Wikipedia

The division later served in World War II where, in August 1942, it was reconstituted as the first airborne division of the U.S. Army and fought in numerous ...

Operation VARSITY: The Last Airborne Deployment of World War II

In Southern France, the 1st Airborne Task Force, a provisional division of the Seventh Army consisting of several parachute and glider units, made a night air ...

349th Air Mobility Wing

The October 2023 unit training assembly weekend proved Reserve Citizen Airmen were ready when in flight 70th, 79th ARS aircrews assist in SAR mission. 70th, ...

On D-Day Anniversary, Austin, Milley Call on All to Defend Democracy

The men who stormed Normandy 79 years ago saved democracy and it is all of our duty to defend with undimmed vigor the principles for which the Allies fought.

Delta returns World War II veterans to Normandy for 79th D-Day ...

Because time is of the essence for our WWII veterans, partnering with the Best Defense Foundation, a nonprofit organization specialized in ...

History of Civil Air Patrol

On July 1, 1946, President Harry S. Truman signed Public Law 79-476, incorporating the organization. Following the creation of the U.S. Air Force as a separate ...

MTC History - Virginia National Guard

To fill its ranks, the 78th began retraining of troops from the Army Air Corps and the Army Specialized Training Program to become infantrymen. After five ...

World War II Photos | National Archives

Enlarge General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore during initial landings at Leyte, Philippine Islands. Local Identifier: 111-SC-407101, National Archives ...

Prominent Military Figures - Arlington National Cemetery

Maxwell Taylor, U.S. Army (1901–1987) — Gen. Taylor's distinguished World War II service included organizing the Army's first airborne division, the 82nd ...

101st Airborne Division - Wikipedia

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault ...