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Welcome
505 Parachute Infantry Regiment | 456 Parachute Field Artillery Bn. | B-307 Engineer Bn. | 307th Medical Company | 80th Anti-Aircraft Bn.
>>Would you like to honor a 505 Regimental Combat Team veteran who served in any of the units listed above, just contact us by clicking here.
>>2nd Lieutenant Raymond Paul Raux gave his life on the island of Sicily on July 10,1943. Read Raymond's story by "clicking here" !>>Read the daily D-Day wire bulletins as they came in, "June 6th through June 9th 1944".
>>Visit our new veteran photograph archive page. >>Read their individual stories on our Paratroopers page.
>>Wondering why your 505 Regimental Combat Team veteran was discharged from the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, the 466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, the 139th Airborne Engineer Battalion, or the 155 Airborne AA Battalion ? Click here for more information regarding veterans who served with the 505th Parachute Infantry or the 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion. In June of 1945, aproximately one thousand 505 paratroopers were reassigned to the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment. This web page will also explain the veterans ASR Score (Army Service Rating Score), a point system that initially allowed veterans to be discharged after the war with a minimum cumlative score of 85 points.
Soldiers of the 505 RCT
- Veteran Photo Archive...
- General Gavin
- Stories
- Pictures
- Paratroopers.................
- Roll of Honor
- Pathfinders
- Medics 505th PIR
- 505 Organization
- New 2017 - 23 paratroopers added
to our Photo Archive web page. - New 2016 - 35 Photographs added.
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New 2016 - A collection of
Paratrooper
postcards from WW-II.
About the 505 RCT
- History
- 505-Combat Team Itinerary
1942 through 1945 New - Coat of Arms; Decorations
- Casualty Count
Days in Combat - Books and Publications
- Wanted Books and Publications
- Rosters
- New - H Company Camp Quorn May 1944.
- New - G Company photograph.
- New - 505 Officers photograph.
- New 2016 - Tech/4 Edwin Ames a
combat medic and Silver Star medal
recipient in Sicily. - New - 2017 - Art Stautberg of E Company
talks about his WW-II experiences.
Other Site Areas
- American Battle
Monuments Commission - Associations
- Panther newsletters - discontinued 2015
- Audio
- Links
- Memorabilia....
- Normandy D-Day Prints
- June 12,2017 - The latest edition
of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment
and the 505th Regimental Combat Team
are now available in pdf file or Microsoft
excel. Earlier versions are not up to date.
Visit our roster page -
New 2016 - Pvt. Wesley A. Forsythe of E
company, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart
medal recipient in Holland. Read all that
survives of his 1944 diary.
Official History of the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment
Author: Allen Langdon
WWII Paratrooper Allen Langdon wrote the first official history of the 505 in 1986 called "Ready". Unfortunately, this outstanding book is out of print.
A while back copies of the original "Ready" were found in the Static Line warehouse. A few of these 1st edition books are still available for purchase. Price is $250.00 + $25.35 postage for a total of $275.35. Contact Ellen Peters by e-mail at eeptx@sbcglobal.net.Proceeds from the book are used for the purchase and maintenance of plaques honoring 505 Regimental Combat Team veterans who were killed in action at the sites where they fought.
Research Your Veteran
Request military service records online, by mail or by fax.
WW-II enlistment records from 1938 to 1946 are availible here:
The National Archives database.
If you are trying to find information about a soldier from any unit
(not just the 505 RCT), here are two web pages that can show
you how to go about it:
Need research help, we will find someone to help you.
Just contact us with a double click here.
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For help, just double click here to contact the webmaster.
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(including photographs) should not be reproduced, copied or
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