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The 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (513th PIR) was an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, raised during World War II.The 513th formed part of the 17th Airborne Division and participated in the European Campaign, fighting in the latter stages of the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945 and parachuted into Germany in Operation Varsity in March, in the largest airborne drop of ...
The 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment was the second divisional unit to land, ... The 17th Airborne Division was relieved of occupation duty on 14 June by British ...
513th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit; 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States) (513th PIR), regiment of the 17th Airborne Division of the United States Army; 513th Troop Carrier Group, wing of the United States Air Force assigned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
The 17th Airborne Division suffered a similar casualty rate, reporting around 1,300 casualties out of 9,650 personnel who took part in the operation, while the division claimed to have taken 2,000 POWs, a number similar to those taken by 6th Airborne. [2] This made a total of around 3,500 POWs taken by both airborne formations during the operation.
The 13th Airborne Division was the fifth airborne division (11th, 13th, 17th, 82nd and 101st) to be formed in the United States during World War II, and was officially activated on Friday 13 August 1943 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, under the command of Major General George W. Griner Jr. [1]
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States) ... 101st Airborne Division Artillery; F. 319th Field Artillery Regiment; 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery ...
The following events are open to the public: May 20. Division Run from 6:30-7:30 a.m. on Long Street. May 21. Division Memorial Ceremony from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the 82nd Airborne Division ...
17th Airborne ("Golden Talons") Division Major General William M. Miley 507th and 513th Parachute Infantry Regiments 193rd and 194th Glider Infantry Regiments 680th and 681st Glider FA Battalions 466th Parachute FA Battalion 139th Airborne Engineer Battalion 155th Airborne AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion 28th Infantry ("Keystone") Division