505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
505th PIR
Active:	1942-
Country:	USA
Branch:	Army
Type:	Parachute Infantry
Commanders
Notable commanders:	James M. Gavin, Matthew Ridgway
Culture and history
Motto:	H-Minus
Notable battles or wars:	Operation Husky, Operation Avalanche, Operation Neptune, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge

The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR) is one of three infantry regiments of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army. Image File history File links 505_Crest_Large. ... James Maurice Jumpin Jim Gavin (born as James Nally Ryan; March 22, 1907, New York, New York - February 23, 1990, Baltimore, Maryland) was an American Lieutenant General. ... Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895–July 26, 1993) was a United States Army general. ... Husky was also the codename of Australian military support to Sierra Leone ending in February 2003. ... Operation Avalanche was the codename for the landings near the port of Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy. ... Operation Neptune refers to the landing phase of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy. ... Combatants United Kingdom United States Poland Nazi Germany Commanders Bernard Montgomery Gerd von Rundstedt Strength XXX Corps, 35,000 airborne 20,000 Casualties 18,000 casualties 13,000 casualties Operation Market Garden (September 17-September 25, 1944) was an Allied military operation in World War II. Its tactical objectives were... Combatants United States United Kingdom Germany Commanders Dwight D. Eisenhower Gerd von Rundstedt Strength Dec 16 - start of the Battle: about 83,000 men; 242 Sherman tanks, 182 tank destroyers, and 394 pieces of corps and divisional artillery. ... Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ... A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ... The 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army was formed originally as the 82nd Infantry Division on August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The regiment was activated at Fort Benning, Georgia on July 6, 1942, with combat drops in Sicily, Salerno, Normandy and the Netherlands, participation in the Battle of the Bulge and in Germany. Fort Benning is a military base facility of the United States military southwest of Columbus, Georgia. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... Sicilian redirects here. ... Map of Italy showing Salerrno southeast of Naples Salerno is a town and a province capital in Campania, south-western Italy, located on the gulf of the same name on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Mont Saint Michel, one of the famous symbols of Normandy. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Germany Commanders Dwight D. Eisenhower Gerd von Rundstedt Strength Dec 16 - start of the Battle: about 83,000 men; 242 Sherman tanks, 182 tank destroyers, and 394 pieces of corps and divisional artillery. ...

Following the German surrender, the regiment served as part of the Allied occupation force in Berlin. This article is about the capital of Germany. ...

This regiment has been deployed numerous times in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. They are currently in Iraq serving a twelve-month deployment. A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a group of battalions, usually four and commanded by a colonel. ...     It has been suggested that United States war in Afghanistan be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses of the term, see Iraq war (disambiguation) The 2003 invasion of Iraq (also called the 2nd or 3rd Persian Gulf War) began on March 20, 2003, when forces belonging primarily to the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq arguably without the explicit backing of the...