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Date Posted: 04:12:07 10/08/04 Fri
Author: Pat Rich
Subject: Re: Unidentified Patch from 505 Veteran
In reply to: Sam Kimpton 's message, "Re: Unidentified Patch from 505 Veteran" on 18:52:41 10/01/04 Fri

Thanks for the information. It clears up a couple of things for us.

As for his possibly being in the 503rd, it is quite possible, since we had been told that he jumped into North Africa. As far as I can determine, this is the only unit (under the designation of 2nd Battalion/503rd Parachute Infantry) that "jumped" into North Africa (after which it was redesignated the 509th). He subsequently jumped into Sicily and Salerno and was with HQ1 of the 505th PIR when he was killed in Normandy 6/18/44 (his patches included a glider patch and pathfinder patch). There are actually a couple of books about paratroopers in which he is mentioned. I will just keep piecing things together as I await his records from NARA.

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