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505 Parachute Infantry Regiment | 456 Parachute Field Artillery Bn. | B-307 Engineer Bn. | 307th Medical Company | 80th Anti-Aircraft Bn.
>>>Would you like to honor a 505 Regimental Combat Team veteran who served in any of the units listed above, just contact us by double clicking here or manually type in ContackMeAt@aol.com.
>>>Little Known Facts of the 505 Regimental Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.
>>>We have a November 7,2024 update to this story. Read how an American soldier got his name in six books about the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment. Was he a hero ? Facts available in the public domain say otherwise. Double click here and read this amazing story.
>>>Visit our veteran photograph archive web page (457 photos as of November 12, 2024.)>>>Read their individual stories on our Paratroopers' page.
>>Wondering why your 505 Regimental Combat Team veteran was discharged from the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, the 466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, the 139th Airborne Engineer Battalion, or the 155 Airborne AA Battalion ? Click here for more information regarding veterans who served with the 505th Parachute Infantry or the 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion. In June of 1945, aproximately one thousand 505 paratroopers were reassigned to the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment. This web page will also explain the veterans ASR Score (Army Service Rating Score), a point system that initially allowed veterans to be discharged after the war with a minimum cumlative score of 85 points.
Paratroopers of the 505 RCT
- Veteran Photo Archive......New !
- General Gavin
- Stories
- Pictures
- Paratroopers.....................New !
- Roll of Honor
- Pathfinders
- Medics 505th PIR
- 505 Organization
- New - January 25,2022 Tech/5
Harry T. Greenfield 456PFA - C Battery -
New - A collection of
Paratrooper
postcards from WW-II. - New 2018 - 18 paratroopers added.
- New 2017 - 28 paratroopers added.
- New 2016 - 35 Photographs added.
About the 505 RCT
- 505-Combat Team Itinerary
1942 through 1945 New - Coat of Arms; Decorations
- Casualty Count
Days in Combat - Books and Publications
- Wanted Books and Publications
- Rosters
- New - H Company Camp Quorn May 1944-.
- New - G Company photograph.
- New - 505 Officers photograph.
- New 2020 - Captain John J. Dolan talks about
the battle for the La Fiere causeway on June 6,1944. - New - June 2020 - James J. Ricci WW-II Collection.
One of the largest collections of photos and mem-
orabilia we have ever received. James served in
A company's 1st Platoon.
Other Site Areas
- American Battle
Monuments Commission - Associations
- Panther newsletters - discontinued 2015
- Audio
- Links
- Memorabilia ....New !
- Normandy D-Day Prints
- 505-Rosters - September 14,2024
- The
latest edition
of the 505th Parachute Infantry
Regiment and the 505th Regimental Combat
Team are now available in pdf file or Microsoft
excel. Earlier versions are not up to date.
Visit our roster web page ! -
New - September 14, 2024 - View corrections
made to the original 505 Regimental Combat
Team roster. This is a Word Document. -
For a PDF document of corrections
click here 2x.
Research Your Veteran
Request military service records online, by mail or by fax.
WW-II enlistment records from 1938 to 1946 are availible here:
The National Archives database.
If you are trying to find information about a soldier from any unit
(not just the 505 RCT), here are two web pages that can show
you how to go about it:
Need research help, we will find someone to help you.
Just manually type in ContackMeAt@aol.com
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