 508th
Airborne Will Be Restored
WASHINGTON, April 4 ---(AP) --- The
Army announced today the 50th [sic] Airborne infantry regiment will
be reactivated later this month at Fort Bragg, N.C.
The regiment will be assigned to Third army headquarters. The
Army said it will be made up of key personnel drawn from the 82nd
Airborne division.
The regiment will be organized to provide for possible future
expansion to regimental combat team strength, the announcement said.
During World War II, the unit was known as the 508th parachute
infantry regiment attached to the 82nd airborne division.
During the Normandy invasion, the division was commanded by Maj.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, now the three-star commander of the Eighth
army in Korea.
The Army said the reformed regiment will be commanded by Col.
Joseph P. Cleland of Omaha, Neb. He now commands the 504th
regiment of the 82nd airborne division.
[Corsicana Daily Sun, Corsicana, TX, Wednesday,
April 4, 1951, Page 1] |
 AIRBORNE
INFANTRY
REGIMENT WILL BE ACTIVATED SOON
Washington ---(AP) --- The army announced Wednesday the 508th
airborne infantry regiment will be activated later this month at
Fort Bragg, N.C.
The regiment will form a separate unit assigned ti Third army
headquarters.
The regiment will be organized to provide for possible future
expansion to regimental combat team strength, the announcement said.
During World War II, the unit was known as the 508th parachute
infantry regiment attached to the 82nd airborne division.
[Quad-City Times, Davenport, IA, Wednesday,
April 4, 1951, Page 1]
The
reactivated 508th Infantry Regiment received its battalion streamers
from its wartime commander, Col. Roy E. Lindquist, at an 82nmd
Airborne Division review this week at Fort Bragg ...
|
 PARATROOP
TRAINING COURSE
TAKES TOUGH CONSTITUTION
by John H. Thompson
WASHINGTON, April 4 ---(AP) --- The
Army announced today the 50th [sic] Airborne infantry regiment will
be reactivated later this month at Fort Bragg, N.C.
The regiment will be assigned to Third army headquarters. The
Army said it will be made up of key personnel drawn from the 82nd
Airborne division.
The regiment will be organized to provide for possible future
expansion to regimental combat team strength, the announcement said.
During World War II, the unit was known as the 508th parachute
infantry regiment attached to the 82nd airborne division.
During the Normandy invasion, the division was commanded by Maj.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, now the three-star commander of the Eighth
army in Korea.
The Army said the reformed regiment will be commanded by Col.
Joseph P. Cleland of Omaha, Neb. He now commands the 504th
regiment of the 82nd airborne division.
[The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Corpus Christi,
TX, Tuesday, Apr 4, 1951, Page 7] |
