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
28 Avril 1945
Liberation oh the Landsberg concentration camp
On 28 April 1945, the 506th PIR of the 101st Airborne Division liberated the Landsberg concentration camp in Bavaria, near Munich.