US Army Airborne (early WWII)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/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