C Company 1942 Toccoa, Georgia - 506th Airborne Infantry ...
[Pages:69]"The 101st Airborne Division...has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny..."
Gen William C Lee - August 19, 1942
On July 20, 1942 the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated and Colonel Robert F Sink was named regimental commander. During WWII, Sink turned down two offers for promotion to brigadier general so he could remain with the 506th. Colonel Sink was the only regimental commander in the 101st who remained in place throughout the war.
Training took place in Camp Toccoa, Georgia which was adjacent to the Currahee Mountains. Ironically, "Currahee" meant "stand alone" in the local Indian language and the troopers immediately adopted it as their regimental motto since that was their objective behind enemy lines.
C Company 1942 Toccoa, Georgia
Maldon Teel
Max Piatt
Phil Russell
Ed Yost
Joe Reed
Toward the end of November 1942, the 506th PIR was ordered to Fort Benning parachute training.
The 506th crossed the Atlantic on the S.S. Samaria during September, arriving at Liverpool, England, on 15 September 1943. In England, they were stationed in Wiltshire County with units in such villages as Aldbourne, Ramsbury, Froxfield, and Chilton-Foliat.
England 1943 ? Before D-Day MG Firing Range
Bernie Muller Jim Cadden Maldon Teel
Max Piatt
Pictured from L-R:
Bill Kennedy, Odie Wilson, Frank Stone, Sam Schutz, Al Hassenzahl
England 1943 Ramsbury Manor
Ramsbury, England
3rd Platoon...Early March, 1944
Saturday AM before 48-hr pass to London at Courtyard
May, 1944
Pictured from L-R: Maxwell Taylor, COL Robert Sink, German Prisoner, 3 unidentified US Army Major Generals
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