He was assigned to the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, completing two combat deployments, one in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the other in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Different units within the 101st used symbols on their helmets for identification purposes including clubs for the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, diamonds for the 501st Parachute Infantry ...

In this image released by the U.S. Army, U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division ...

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In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division ...

Bowers was a demolition platoon leader in the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, then part of the 101st Airborne Division. A present-day battalion of that regiment falls under Daley’s leadership ...

Dziedzic was a member of Company G, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. In England, the 501st PIR trained for the eventual D-Day invasion at Normandy. At 2245 on June 5 ...

The next year, the Army’s first official parachute unit, the 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion, made “Geronimo” the motto on their unit insignia after their commander tracked down ...

Paratroopers with the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) touch down onto the Donnelly Drop Zone during a March 2022 iteration of the ...

Like many at the onset of World War II, the former Staten Island Advance delivery boy enlisted when he turned 18, and was assigned to Company H, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne ...

Rice fought on D-Day in Normany, France, with the the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne, Rease says. "He was also in Operation Market Garden in Holland and Belgium and in the ...