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>>>Would you like to honor a 505 Regimental Combat Team veteran who served in any of the units listed above, just contact us by double clicking here.

>>>We were sad to hear that Henry "Hank" Langevin passed away on September 14th 2018. He was 95 years old. I talked with Hank by telephone in April of 2017, he recently had been the guest of honor for the Minnesota Twins opening game. Hank served with the 456 Parachute Field Artillery Battalion.    Click here for Hanks obituary      Click here to visit Hanks web page.     Click here for Hank's news article on the Minnesota Twins opening day.

>>NEW ! August 10, 2018 - Read Staff Sergeant Harry Berry's WW-II diary. Harry was a veteran of B Battery, 80th AA Battalion.

>>NEW ! 2017 We just posted a picture of Company A medic Kelly Byars on our archive web-page.(Four Stars of Valor, pages 36,37,177,294 )

>>NEW ! 2018 Visit Staff Sergeant George Sipple's webpage featuring a rare photograph of the Field Artillery Parachute Test Battalion.

>>NEW ! 2018 Staff Sergeant Winfred Davies was one of five brothers that served during WW-II. He served as a medic in both the 505th Parachute Infantry and the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion. He earned the Silver Star medal in Italy and the Purple Heart medal in Sicily with the 505 PIR and an oak leaf cluster to the Purple Heart in Holland with the 456 PFA.

>>>Do you have a favorite picture of a 505 Regimental Combat Team veteran that has some damage, Send us a digital copy, we can make the repairs for you gratis. Just contact us by double clicking here.

>>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.

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