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WWII veteran, George Shankle (center), a radio operator with Co. E., 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, places his hand over his heart as wreaths are laid at the base of a monument during the 74th D-Day commemoration ceremony June 6, 2018 at Utah Beach along the coast of France. Seventyfour years ago to the day, paratroopers, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the United States military conducted the largest assault and changed the tide of WWII.
photo by Spc. Stephen Decatur/4th BCT, 82nd Abn. Div. PAO
Sgt. 1st Class James Brasher, right, is awarded a Silver Star by Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, 82nd Airborne Division commanding general, Oct. 9 at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum on Fort Bragg. Brasher was given the award for his courageous leadership in battle as the platoon sergeant of 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Dec. 8, 2007, during Operation Mar Karardad at Musa Qal’eh in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Pfc. Paul Gentry, of 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, competes to earn the Expert Field Medical Badge, at Fort Bragg, Oct. 28. The badge recognizes the proficiency of field medics.
Sgt. Rob Braholli, left, of the 508th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, and his son Noah, middle, hand out candy to trick-or-treater Bristol Loyd, 9, during Halloween festivities in the Olympic Grove housing area on McChord Field Tuesday.
Soldiers of the 595th Military Police Company, 508th Military Police Battalion, participated in Riot Control Training during their Certification Training Exercise held on January 12-15, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Afghan soldiers, assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 205th Afghan National Army Corps, stand alongside a U.S. Soldier, from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at a small outpost in the Zabul Province. The ANA and coalition forces worked together to thwart an attack by Taliban militants Nov. 7. photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shannon Wright/82nd CAB TF Pegasus PAO
A Soldier with the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard stands at attention after arriving near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Battalion held a casing ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan after serving in Afghanistan on a 12 month deployment. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class David Wheeler, USFOR-A Public Affairs)
Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Battalion held a casing ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan after serving in Afghanistan on a 12 month deployment. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class David Wheeler, USFOR-A Public Affairs)
Capt. VanGemert, Cornelius; Cpl Boswell, Earl; Straubing Polizei Chief; Pfc Stephens, James; & Cpl Still, Luther T. Company C, 508th MP Bn, Munich.
U.S. Army Sgt. Roberto Carrero, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, provides instructions to a U.S. Army UH-47 Chinook at Combat Outpost Sarkari Bagh, Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christine Jones/Released)
Sgt. Matthew Christian, a medic with the 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment 82nd Airborne Division, checks equipment prior to a static line jump from a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. on May 14, 2016. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
Spc. Troy MacDermott, with the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, N.C., takes a close look at this older version of the M14 making sure it is in good shape. The newer M14 is made of all synthetic material in stead of wood to enhance its durability. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Lalita Guenther)
Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Battalion held a casing ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan after serving in Afghanistan on a 12 month deployment. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class David Wheeler, USFOR-A Public Affairs)
Families and friends welcome home Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company, New Jersey National Guard, at the Lawrenceville Armory June 6, 2013. The 508th returned from a nearly year-long deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez/Released)
Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Battalion held a casing ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan after serving in Afghanistan on a 12 month deployment. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class David Wheeler, USFOR-A Public Affairs)
A Paratrooper from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, attaches a pendant reach to a CH-47 Chinook assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade during sling load and air assault operations, Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 5. The CAB provided aviation support to the unit, enhancing the unit's capability and increasing interoperability between the two units. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Freeman/ 82nd CAB PAO)
Soldiers of the 595th Military Police Company, 508th Military Police Battalion, participated in Riot Control Training during their Certification Training Exercise held on January 12-15, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Battalion held a casing ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan after serving in Afghanistan on a 12 month deployment. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class David Wheeler, USFOR-A Public Affairs)
Sgt. Chung Lee, an infantryman assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division an a native of Tamuning, Guam, re-assembles an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during the Warrior Tasks and Drills portion of the 82nd Abn. Div. Paratrooper and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition on Fort Bragg, N.C., April. 26.
Capt. John Thomas, the commander of Company D, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares to land on Holland Drop Zone May 5 on Fort Bragg. The jump was one of several conducted by the brigade to maintain proficiency in airborne operations before deploying to Afghanistan later this summer. "No mater what, we are still the 82nd Airborne Division," Thomas said. "It's important for [Paratroopers] not to lose sight of the fact that at any time we have to be ready to rapidly deploy. We are the nation's strategic response force." by Sgt. Stephen Decatur
A paratrooper from the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division bounds forward while a teammate lays suppressive fire during a live-fire exercise Jan. 25 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The platoon-level live-fire exercise tested the paratroopers’ ability to conduct complex operations in challenging terrain and frigid temperatures against a simulated near-peer enemy.
A Soldier with the 116th Infantry Regiment, Virginia National Guard, mans a security post near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
508th Military Police Detention Battalion Change of Command Ceremony with outgoing commander LTC Christopher Hodl, and incoming commander LTC E.J. Kesselring, June 24th, 2021 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (US Army Photo by Sid Lee, Enterprise Multimedia Center, JBLM).
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Pfc. Melanie L. Hawthorne, a line medic assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 508th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, calls in a nine-line medevac during testing for the Expert Field Medical Badge June 25, here. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Juan F. Jimenez)
U.S. Army Pfc. Amir Thompson, 1st Battalion, 169th Infantry Regiment, New York National Guard, mans a security post near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
Colleville sur Mer | France | 04 Jun 2009: On the 6th June 1944 allied forces landed in Nazi-occupied France. 65 years after the D-Day landings in Normandy veterans have come to Normandy to celebrate and commemorate.
here: veteran William Tritt, 86, a native of Carlisle, Penn., wearing his original uniform from World WarII, holding the folded flag. Tritt was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 508th Infantry Regiment when he landed four miles northwest of Sainte Mere Eglise on D-Day.
Colleville sur Mer | Frankreich | 04.06.2009: Zur Feier des 65. Jahrestages der Landung der Alliierten in der Normandie sind zahlreiche Veteranen in die Normandie gekommen um der Landung zu gedenken.
hier: Der US Veteran William Tritt (86), in seiner Originaluniform aus dem zweiten Weltkrieg, hält die gefaltete US Flagge. Tritt sprang mit dem 508. Infanterie Regiment der 82. Airborne Division am D-Day übr der Normandie ab. Zum 65. Jahretag kehrte er zum ersten mal nach Frankreich zurück.
Sascha Rheker
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An Aerial view of Onslow Beach, N.C, from a UH-60 Blackhawk during a 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Aiborne Division air assault mission at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 7, 206. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)
U.S. Soldiers with the New Jersey National Guard take the oath of office to serve with Capitol Police in the Visitor Center in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 13, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
Christopher Myrtil, a Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, hits the bag, June 8, at A.B.C. Boxing Academy. He attends the gym to better himself physically and mentally. (Photo by Tina Ray/Paraglide)
Paratroopers assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division fire their weapons through the din and smoke of a combined arms live fire exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 17, 2015. The CALFX was the culmination of months of training the company has undertaken to prepare itself for its upcoming support to 1st BCT, 82nd Abn. Div. during a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at Fort Polk, La. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)
081009-A-2388D-29 Sgt. 1st Class James Brasher is awarded a Silver Star by Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti Oct. 9 at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum on Fort Bragg. Brasher was given the award for his courageous leadership in battle as the platoon sergeant of 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Dec. 8, 2007, during Operation Mar Karardad at Musa Qal'eh in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Brasher was shot in the right arm during the engagement. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Stephen Decatur)
Republic F-105B "Thunderchief" 57-5803 (HI)
History:
Constructed as a F-105B.
Circa 1957: Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-5803.
1959: Manufactured by Republic Aircraft, Farmingdale NY and delivered to the USAF on 10 Sep.
1959: September - Retained by manufacturer
1960: To Wright Air Development Division (ARDC) Wright-Patterson AFB OH (converted to JF-105B)
1961: To Mobile Air Materiel Area AL (to F-105B)
1962: To 4th Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), Seymour Johnson AFB NC
1964: To Mobile Air Materiel Area AL
1965: To 4520th Combat Crew Training Wing (TAC), Nellis AFB NV
1967: To 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), McConnell AFB KS
1970: To 177th Tactical Fighter Wing (ANG) Atlantic City AP NJ
1972: To 945th Military Airlift Group (AFRES), Hill AFB
1973: To 508th Tactical Fighter Group (AFRES), Hill AFB UT
1980: To 466th Tactical Fighter Squadron (AFRES), Hill AFB UT
1980: Dropped from inventory by transfer to museum or school.
1981: Placed on display with March Field Air Museum, March AFB (former), Riverside, CA.
081009-A-2388D-24 Sgt. 1st Class James Brasher is awarded a Silver Star by Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti Oct. 9 at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum on Fort Bragg. Brasher was given the award for his courageous leadership in battle as the platoon sergeant of 2nd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Dec. 8, 2007, during Operation Mar Karardad at Musa Qal'eh in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Brasher was shot in the right arm during the engagement. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Stephen Decatur)
131021_HD862_021 FAYETTEVILLE N.C. – PFC. Troy Bankerd, Paratrooper in the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division along with fellow Paratroopers, practice shooting targets with the M9 during the weapons training portion of High Risk Personnel training, Sun, Oct. 21. The platoon was selected from the XVIII Airborne Corps to serve as a personal security detail for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S Army Photo by Spc. Dani Salvatore)
U.S. Army 1st lt. Mordechai Sorkin, from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, greets a local boy during a cordon and search in Barla, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2007. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael L. Casteel) (Released)
Part of the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army, the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, known as the 'Red Devils', camped in the grounds of Wollaton Hall in the days leading up to the D-Day Invasion.
A crew chief assigned to 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, ‘All American Dustoff’, lowers a jungle penetrator to the ground for a live extraction by a HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a rescue medevac hoist training event at Monroe pick-up zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 1.
Staff Sgt. Jordan Bear
U.S. Army
Company B, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Operation Enduring Freedom
March 1, 2012
080122-A-4362C-063 Spc. Timothy Worley, Company C, 508th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, explains the usage of an automation subsystem to Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sorenson, Army Chief of Information, during his visit to FOB Salerno, Afghanistan, Jan. 22. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Clifton)
Staff Sgt. William Teal, a Paratrooper assigned to 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division mentors his Soldiers after a situational training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 1, 2016. Paratroopers are preparing for live fire exercises and other training events scheduled later this week.
Soldiers from the 508th Military Police Company and the Military Advisor Team III receive a heroes farewell at a Salute to Troops Ceremony at the National Guard Armory in Teaneck, July 15. The New Jersey National Guard Soldiers will be deploying for a year-long assignment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Armando Vasquez)
Spc. Ying Kit Tsui, 3rd plt., Co.A, 1/508th PIR, 82nd Airborne Division speaks to a local Afghan with the help of a translator in the Sagin Valley near Gereshk, Afghanistan May 7. (photo by Army Sgt. Tony J. Spain)
A Paratrooper assigned to the Scout Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division observes targets during a sniper qualification range at Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 5, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt/Released)
Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, prepares a simulated casualty for extraction by litter on an HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, ‘All American Dustoff’ at Monroe pick-up zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 1.