12th Parachute Battalion, 5th Parachute Brigade, 6th Airborne Division, enjoying a well-deserved a cup of tea after fighting their way back to their own lines after three days behind enemy lines
DD tanks of 27th Armoured Brigade reach Airborne Forces and complete the link up with the Seaborne troops. Taken on 10 June 1944 by Sgt Christie as he came across these Paratroops of 12th Parachute Battalion.
Dennis Hollis MM,12th Battalion Parachute regiment, WW2 veteran, passes away aged 88 - RIP
A dear family friend of mine passed away last week. In May 1941, aged 17, he joined the 12th Battalion Parachute regiment.
March 24th 1945: "Gliders carrying airborne forces had landed on the other side of the Rhine, but a small party of paratroopers was cut off by the enemy, and it was essential to contact them by radio in order to guide them to the main body and also to communicate with Divisional Headquarters some miles away. Unfortunately, the only radio was in a glider some distance away, which the Germans had covered with Spandau fire. Two volunteers went out to try and bring the radio back. One was killed and the other badly injured. Lance Corporal Hollis (a private at the time) then volunteered and succeeded, as the official citation reads, ‘at great personal risk to himself’. As a result, the small isolated party was guided back to the main body and contact with Divisional Headquarters.”
It was as a result of his brave and valiant conduct in that field of battle that on March 24th 1945 Private Hollis was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal, and received the Military Medal. Following the war, in addition to being awarded the Military Medal, he also received the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Defence of Britain Medal and the War Medal.
He was a paratrooper through and through; it was a privilege to know him.
As that generation fades away it is our duty to keep their memory and sacrifice alive/
Pfc George A Guckenberger, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in his foxhole near Bastogne. Circa January 1945, He was killed in action on January 14th 1945, aged 22 [1167x1665]
Lieutenants Joseph Maurice Rousseau (left) and Joseph Philippe Rousseau, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, at a transit camp near Down Ampney, England, 13 February 1944. Both officers were later killed in action, Philippe on 7 June 1944 and Maurice on 20 September 1944.
African American paratroopers of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion prepare to jump from a Douglas C-47 to fight a wildfire. The unit made over 1,200 jumps as smokejumpers on wildfires throughout the Pacific Northwest as part of Operation Firefly. Wallowa Forest, OR. 1945
A Sherman tank and troops from the 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion, British 2nd Parachute Brigade together with their Greek allies, fighting against members of ELAS in Athens, December 18th
Lieutenants Joseph Maurice Rousseau (left) and Joseph Philippe Rousseau, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, at a transit camp near Down Ampney, England, 13 February 1944. Both officers were later killed in action, Philippe on 7 June 1944 and Maurice on 20 September 1944.
Lieutenants Joseph Maurice Rousseau (left) and Joseph Philippe Rousseau, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, at a transit camp near Down Ampney, England, 13 February 1944. Both officers were later killed in action, Philippe on 7 June 1944 and Maurice on 20 September 1944.
Lieutenants Joseph Maurice Rousseau (left) and Joseph Philippe Rousseau, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, at a transit camp near Down Ampney, England, 13 February 1944. Both officers were later killed in action, Philippe on 7 June 1944 and Maurice on 20 September 1944.
1st Parachute Battalion paratrooper Marines (paramarines) jump school, Summer 1941.
Members of the 500th SS-Parachute Battalion with ammunition supply during the conquer of the city of Drvar in Yugoslavia. The photo was taken at the end of May/beginning of June 1944.
An unknown British Paratrooper from the 10th Parachute Battalion photographs himself as he falls from a modified Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber in training at RAF Ringway, Cheshire, England, March 1943.
Members from 7 Medical Bn GP and 1 Parachute Battalion during a HALO jump exercise. [1152x864]
Pfc George A Guckenberger, D Company, 2nd Battalion, 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in his foxhole near Bastogne. Circa January 1945, He was killed in action on January 14th 1945, aged 22 [1167x1665]
Lt. Clifford Allen of Chicago, Illinois, stands in front of a C-47 to drop the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion. The “Triple Nickle” was the only African American parachute unit and was not ready in time to deploy to combat so they smoke-jumped to fight Japanese fire bombs of “Operation Fire Fly.”
Are both the 2nd and 3rd battalion of the Parachute regiment on high readiness
Wanted to know if both the 2nd and 3rd battalion of the Parachute regiment on high readiness or if it is only the 2nd battalion.
OPERATION TOAN THANG II. Members of Company "D", 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade (Separate), move through the outskirts of a small village during a sweep of the area.
Lt. Clifford Allen of Chicago, Illinois, stands in front of a C-47 preparing to drop the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion.
Lt. Colonel Benjamin "Vanddy" Vandervoort, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment commander on D-Day, June 6, 1944, after fracturing his ankle parachuting into occupied France [581x829]
Easy Company 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division in Hitler's eagle's nest 1945. 'Band of brothers'
Why does the Parachute Regiment only have two battalions?
I get that the 4th is reserve and the 1st is SOF but curious considering how often the Paras get deployed (especially in Iraq/Afghanistan) why weren't they expanded in number?
Staff Sergeant William J. “Wild Bill” Guarnere Sr., of “Band of Brothers” fame, enlisted in the US Army Airborne on August 31, 1942. He soon became a NCO with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
British 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment on overwatch with their FN MAG L7 machine guns during the Aden Emergency (1963-1967)
New Guinea Campaign. Battle of Buna-Gona. January 1943. Australian mortar crew from HQ Company, 2/12th Battalion, 7th Division, lays down a barrage as infantry advances to attack a Japanese pillbox. (725 x 959)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower meets with U.S. soldiers from Co. E, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, just before they load up for the drop on Normandy on June 5, 1944. Most of the men in this photo were killed or wounded in battle a few hours later.
Soldiers of the 500th SS Parachute Battalion in coverage, supported by a StuG III assault gun. Lithuania, 1944
More photos of the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) at the Baron Hotel after the PBIED Attack.
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Paratroops from the 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion fire a Vickers machine gun from a rooftop in Athens, Greece during operations against members of the communist backed Greek Liberation Army (ELAS), 7 December 1944. The British supported the non communist Greek government.
A paratrooper from the 5th Scots Parachute battalion in Athens, 18th December 1944 [796x800]
Not from Easy, but a cool pic.Two 'Currahees 'of Army Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division keep a look out and restock ammo of their .30 caliber M1919A6 Browning.
Remember that one time... when the Air Force 320th STS and the Army 4th Battalion, 25th Infantry Airborne worked together to drop 400 parachute jumpers for exercise Talisman Sabre in 2015? Good times.
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Sergeant Forrest L. Guth (6 February 1921 – 9 August 2009), one of the 140 original members of the Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division, United States Army during the Second World War. Photo taken with the camera of a German Captured, 1944.
A military working dog from 1st Military Working Dog Regiment alongside 3rd Parachute Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) during Operation Pitting, Kabul 2021 [828x809]
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