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Initially the American Glider Infantry Regiments (GIR) had only two battalions, but later in Europe, the two battalions of the 401st GIR were divided in March 1944 to act as the 3rd battalions of the 325th and 327th GIRs. In March 1945 the 401st Glider Infantry Regiment was disbanded and the battalions formally became part of their new regiments.
327th Glider Infantry Regiment: Col. George S. Wear (relieved 9 June 44) Col. Joseph H. Harper. 1st Battalion: Lt Col. Hartford T. Salee (WIA 10 June 44) 2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Thomas J. Rouzie; 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment: Lt Col. Ray C. Allen; 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. Howard R. Johnson
Disbanded 1 March 1945 in France and the personnel and equipment designated and constituted as the 3rd Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry. Reconstituted 6 April 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry; concurrently consolidated with the 3d Battalion, 327th Glider Infantry, and consolidated unit designated ...
The glider battalions of the 101st's 327th Glider Infantry Regiment were delivered by sea and landed across Utah Beach with the 4th Infantry Division. On D-Day its third battalion, the 1st Battalion 401st GIR, landed just after noon and bivouacked near the beach.
The assault—led by 18 tanks carrying a battalion of infantry—pierced the lines of the 327th's 3rd Battalion (officially, the 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry), and advanced as far as the battalion command post at Hemroulle. However, the 327th held its original positions and repulsed infantry assaults that followed, capturing 92 Germans.
Joseph H. "Bud" Harper (May 1, 1901 – August 8, 1990) was a United States Army officer. Harper was the officer who delivered General Anthony McAuliffe's one-word response, "Nuts", to the German request for the surrender of Bastogne. Colonel Harper had been appointed to command the 401st Glider Infantry Regiment.
327th Glider Infantry Regiment, Colonel Joseph H. Harper. 1st Battalion, 327th GIR, Lieutenant Colonel Hartford T. Sallee; 2nd Battalion, 327th GIR, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Rouzie; 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Roy C. Allen; Divisional Artillery, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe
The objective was to airlift glider infantry of the 6th Airlanding Brigade and divisional troops to reinforce the 6th Airborne Division on the left flank of the British invasion beaches. Using two landing zones, one to the west of the Caen canal and the other to the east of the River Orne , Mallard was the third airborne operation involving ...