September 13 and 14 1943

Operation Avalanche

On 13 September 1943, 1,300 paratroopers from the 1 and 2/504th PIR, followed on 14 September by 2,100 paratroopers from the 505th PIR were dropped on the Paestum DZ south of Salerno in Italy. Operation Avalanche was also an opportunity to test teams of Pathfinders, to mark out and secure the Drop Zones.

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