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
June 23rd 1945
The last American paratrooper combat jump of World War II
On 23 June 1945, 1,030 paratroopers of the 511th RCT under Ltc Henry Burgess jumped into the Aparri – Luzon sector in the Philippine archipelago.
