US Army Airborne (early WWII)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:distinctiveInsignia unit patch
airborne tab
gptkbp:established 1940
gptkbp:firstCombatJump Sicily, 1943
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label US Army Airborne (early WWII)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:British_Parachute_Regiment
gptkb:German_Fallschirmjäger
gptkbp:motto gptkb:All_the_Way!
gptkbp:nickname paratroopers
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Operation_Varsity
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Operation_Dragoon
gptkb:Normandy_Invasion
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Maxwell_D._Taylor
gptkb:James_M._Gavin
gptkb:William_C._Lee
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Bastogne
gptkb:Carentan
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Richard_Winters
gptkb:Lewis_Nixon
gptkb:David_Hackworth
gptkb:Robert_Sink
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkb:Operation_Husky
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division
gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:503rd_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment
gptkb:509th_Parachute_Infantry_Battalion
gptkb:505th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment
gptkbp:parachuteType gptkb:T-5_parachute
gptkb:T-7_parachute
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:primaryUse air assault
parachute infantry
gptkbp:symbol parachute with wings
gptkbp:trainer gptkb:Fort_Benning
jump school
gptkbp:uniform paratrooper boots
M1942 jump uniform
jump wings
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:Waco_CG-4_glider
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:M1A1_Carbine
gptkb:M1919_Browning_machine_gun
gptkb:Thompson_submachine_gun
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battledress
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6