Timeline
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March 10 1941
The Provisional Parachute Group -
July 1st 1941
Creation of the 502nd PIB -
July 10 1941
The Parachute School settles in Fort Benning -
August 11 1941
First overseas combat jump exercise -
August 21 1941
Creation of the 503rd PIB -
September 15 1941
Simulate war -
October 5 1941
Creation of the 504th PIB
End of January 1945
The 82nd Airborne returns to France
End of January 1945: The 82nd Airborne Division is repatriated aboard cattle cars during a very exhausting return journey to Reims. The division settles back in its quarters in the camps of Suippes, Sissonne and Laon.
