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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
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