The 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated under the Airborne Command, Fort Bragg, July 6, 1942, at Fort Benning, Georgia. The regiment was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division Feb. 4 ...

Staff Sgt. Mark G. Gibson, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment Staff Sgt. Waddington Sanchez, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute ...

QUORN, England -- It's been more than 68 years since the Paratroopers of 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment were camped at Quorn, England. The 505th PIR used this area to prepare for their third ...

Matthew Tattersall, who is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, received a company-grade Article 15, with the extra duty as punishment.

BAGHDAD - Lt. Col. Dave Bair, commander, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, met with a local Sons of Iraq (SoI) leader at Joint Security Station Zubaida to discuss their continuing ...

Soldiers with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment check a house near Pearls Airport in Grenada in November 1983. (The Fayetteville Observer) ...

Specialist Carlton L. Butler, a 22-year-old infantryman, was assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.

• Staff Sgt. Daniel E. Price, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment • Staff Sgt. Waddington Sanchez, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 505th ...

Capt. Ben Morris, commander of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, briefs paratroopers on Pope Airfield on Oct. 24, 1983, before they loaded onto the aircraft bound for ...

Operation Urgent Fury lasted for about 50 days on the island of Grenada in 1983, but wasn't without losses.