Initially awarded the "right" to wear red berets by British MG Sir Frederick A.M. Browning, Commander, 1st Airborne Division, who made the 509th honorary "Red Devils." Performed America's first ...

In 1943, the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment — which carried out the first American airborne drop of World War II and is still an airborne unit to this day, with battalions in Alaska and Fort ...

Frederick Browning, commander of the British First Airborne Corps, granted a battalion of paratroopers from the United States Army's 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment membership in the British ...

But even before that, “All The Way,” was the original motto of the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment in 1942 Sure, the Army has its own band and chorus, but the 82nd Airborne Division does ...

1975-1979 - Platoon leader, adjutant, 1st Battalion, 509th Airborne Battalion Combat Team in Vicenza, Italy. 1979-1982-Commander, then aide de camp, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort ...

Staff Sgt. Seth Michael Plant, 30, an infantryman assigned to 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, died from injuries sustained from a bear attack Tuesday. "He always had a smile on ...

While recovering, he learned that the Army had decided to disband his storied unit, the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion. It had suffered overwhelming casualties during the Battle of the Bulge ...