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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]
32d Air Division, 1 March 1956; 4727th Air Defense Group, 8 February 1957; Boston Air Defense Sector, 1 July 1959 – 15 March 1960; 507th Fighter Group, 20 May 1972; 301st Tactical Fighter Wing, 25 March 1973; 507th Tactical Fighter Group (later 507 Fighter Group), 17 October 1975; 507th Operations Group, 1 August 1992 – present [1]
The division was also given command of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The 507th had fought in Normandy under command of the 82nd Airborne Division and remained in England as a theater reserve during Market Garden. The 507th continued to remain in England as the Allied armies continued their advance towards Germany.
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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
Lt. Col. Timmes was commander of the 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment which was dropped on Mission Boston, part of the American airborne landings in Normandy on the morning of 6 June 1944. [1] The 2/507th was tasked with securing the western end of the La Fière bridge approximately 3 km from Sainte-Mère-Église, however his ...