Organization of the
United States Parachute Infantry
Battalion
1942 to 1945
The United States Army had
begun to experiment in airborne forces in the years leading up to World War
Two. By 1944 it was able to field five
Airborne Divisions, which could be augmented by numerous Separate Parachute
Infantry Regiments.
Below are links to the files
that make up this study. The first is a
narrative of the Battalion organization and how it evolved between 1942 and
1945. This includes short appendices on ammunition
and communication equipment.
There are then separate
files detailing in full the information as found in the Tables of Organization
for the unit concerned. This gave the
authorised numbers of personnel, transport and weapons for the unit at full
strength and in all cases is derived from copies of the original
documents. Where they are available details
of officially authorised Changes are also included.
All files in the below links
are in PDF.
United States Parachute
Infantry Battalion organization 1942 to 1945
United States Parachute Infantry
Battalion February 1942
United States Parachute Infantry
Battalion February 1944
United States Parachute Infantry
Battalion August 1944
United States Parachute Infantry
Battalion December 1944
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