First U.S. Airborne unit deployed overseas, arriving at Land's End, England ... and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry, with subsequent assignment to the 8th Infantry Division.

Rice earned his paratrooper wings and became a member of one of the most exclusive and demanding regiments of that time—the 501st ... Infantry Regiment (PIR) of the 101st Airborne Division, C ...

an infantry Soldier with Company A, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, and an EIB training instructor. McGlocklyn ...