Honor infantry,
parachute units

    WASHINGTON (AP)  "Battle honors" have been awarded the Eighth infantry regiment and the 505th, 507th and 508th parachute infantry regiments, the war department announced.  In all four cases, the regiments won their honors at the time of the invasion of Normandy.
   The citations describing the actions of these organizations  show that each played a critical part in the initial landings in France, each secured important objectives against superior enemy forces and remained in the line for protracted periods of time.  The Eighth made the initial landing on the beaches of the Cotentin peninsula;  the 505th cleared an area for glider landings; the 507th prevented the enemy from reinforcing units opposing beachhead forces; the 508th seized an important hill position between two rivers and fought vastly superior enemy forces for three days.