Airborne Division

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Constituted 14 March 1941 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 502d Parachute Battalion Activated 1 July 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Constituted 24 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment (less 1st Battalion). Was activated 2 March 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia and was assigned 15 August 1942 to the 101st Airborne Division. The 502 was Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France. The 502nd Infantry Regiment originated in July 1941, as the 502nd Parachute Battalion, an experimental unit formed to test the doctrine and tactics of parachute assault. On 2 March 1942, the unit was redesignated as the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment. The 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment was activated on 1 July 1941, at Fort Benning, Georgia, and joined the 101st Airborne Division in August 1942. Radio call sign: "KICKOFF" The 502nd Parachute Infantry under Colonel George Van Horn Moseley was activated as a battalion in 1941. The troops had already undergone significant training when the 101st Division was activated in mid 1942. The 502 or five-oh-deuce , as they became known, were increased in size to a regiment, and made the original TO&E Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division. Unlike other early Parachute Battalions, the 502 retained the same unit number and personnel when increased in size. ...

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