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 ...

509th PIR. “Our logistical support was executed ... David Hanson, eenior enlisted leader of the 11th Airborne Division. Across the exercise, the two forces met often, with flares illuminating ...

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault ... and in militaries in general. In 1943, the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment — which carried out the first American airborne drop of World War ...

Chinook aircrews offer helicopter support to members of the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade, 25th Infantry Division at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska. (Maj. Jason Welch ...

Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade took to the Louisiana woods in August to compete against their most formidable enemy, the 1st Battalion 509th Infantry Regiment dubbed ...

He was a veteran of the US Army where he proudly served as a paratrooper in the 509th Airborne Division with tours overseas and across the United States. He was a devoted father and grandfather ...

He served proudly with the U.S. Army 509th Airborne Division in Europe and as a Combat NCO with the 173rd Airborne Division in Vietnam receiving a Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for valor.