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In 2004, two documentaries aired on the 507th. PBS aired the documentary, D-Day: Down to Earth — Return of the 507th. This film connects the regiment's contribution to the war with their journey back to Normandy for the unveiling of a monument in 2002. On 1 June 2004, Investigating History aired, D-Day: The Secret Massacre.
The 507th Maintenance Company was a United States Army unit which was ambushed during the Battle of Nasiriyah in the rapid advance towards Baghdad during 2003 invasion of Iraq on 23 March 2003. The most well known member of the unit was Private First Class Jessica Lynch whose rescue from an Iraqi hospital received worldwide media coverage.
A majority of the POWs were captured from the ambush of 507th Maintenance Company. Separated from a larger convoy, they were ambushed in the Iraqi-held town of Nasiriyah on March 23, 2003. Out of thirty-three soldiers present, eleven were killed and seven were captured in the firefight. Several weapons of some soldiers jammed in the firefight. [1]
The Regimental Insignia was authorized in 1986 and revised in 1994 to the current insignia. The insignia is described as a gold color metal and enamel device 1 inch in height consisting of a gold eagle with wings spread and head lowered looking to his right and standing upon a wheel with a blue felloe set with thirteen gold stars, having thirteen gold spokes and the hub white with a red center ...
507th Communications Squadron: Tinker AFB, OK: Feb 87 – Aug 92 Was 507th Comm Flight, redesignated 507th Comm Flt 509th Communications Squadron: Walker AFB NM, Whiteman AFB MO: Aug 48 – Feb 51, Feb–Aug 52, Jul 93-present See 509th Bomb Wing: 512th Communications Squadron: Reading Airport, New Castle County Airport, Willow Grove NAS, Dover AFB
507th Tactical Air Control Wing (later 507th Air Control Wing), 1 October 1990 [2] 347th Fighter Wing, 28 May 1992 [2] Ninth Air Force, 1 March 1994 [2] Twenty-Fourth Air Force, 18 August 2009; 689th Combat Communications Wing, 5 October 2009; Twenty-Fourth Air Force, 30 September 2013; 688th Cyberspace Wing, 4 June 2018; 461st Air Control Wing ...
Typically, during staff duty, soldiers man the front desk and conduct checks of unit headquarters within their unit’s area of operation. Maj. David Nixon, an operations officer for the 18th ...
Patrick Wayne Miller (born January 15, 1980) is a United States Army soldier. He was a private first class during the 2003 invasion of Iraq with the U.S. Army's 507th Maintenance Company, serving as a mechanic, becoming a POW.