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
February 3 and 4 1945
Operation Shoestring
On 3 and 4 February 1945, 1,830 paratroopers and 240 ‘Oscar’ decoy dolls from Colonel Haugen’s 511th Regimental Combat Team of the 11th Airborne Division parachuted into Tagaytay Ridge in the Philippines.
