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| DATE |
POST |
STATE or NATION |
ACTIVITY / DUTY |
| 20 Oct 1942 |
Camp Blanding |
Florida |
Unit Activation |
| Feb - Mar 1943 |
Fort Benning |
Georgia |
Parachute School |
| Apr - Aug 1943 |
Camp Mackall |
North Carolina |
Advanced Training |
| 21 - 28 May 1943 |
Camp Croft,
Cheraw, SC |
South Carolina |
Maneuvers |
7 Sep 1943 -
23 Oct 1943 |
Lebanon and
Tullahoma |
Tennessee |
2nd Army Maneuvers |
| 19 Dec 1943 |
Camp Shanks |
New York |
Port of Embarkation |
| 28 Dec 1943 |
Port of N.Y. City |
New York |
Set sail on USAT James Parker |
| 8 Jan 1944 |
Belfast |
Ireland Disembarkation |
Disembark |
| Jan - Mar 1944 |
Cromore Estate |
Northern Ireland |
Advanced Training |
| 10 Mar 1944 |
Port Stewart |
Northern Ireland |
Train to Belfast |
| 11 Mar 1944 |
Belfast |
Northern Ireland |
Ferry to Glasgow |
| 13 Mar 1944 |
Glasgow |
Scotland |
Train to Nottingham |
| Mar - Jun 1944 |
Nottingham |
England |
Base Camp, Practice jumps |
| Jun - Jul 1944 |
Normandy |
France |
Combat |
| Jul - Sep 1944 |
Nottingham |
England |
Base Camp, Training, R & R |
| Sep - Nov 1944 |
Nijmegen |
Holland |
Combat |
| Nov- Dec 1944 |
Sissonne |
France |
Base Camp, R & R |
| Dec 44 - Jan 45 |
Ardennes-Alsace |
Belgium |
Combat |
| Jan 10-21 1945 |
Chevron |
Belgium |
Combat |
| March - April 1945 |
Sissonne |
France |
Strategic Reserve |
| April -May 1945
|
Chartres Airport |
VE Day |
European Hostilities Ended |
| Jun - Dec 1945 |
Frankfurt |
Germany |
Eisenhower's Honor Guard |
| 1 Jan 1946 |
Sissonne |
France |
Awaiting Shipment home |
| 9 Nov 1946 |
New York Harbor |
New York |
508th returns to home soil |
| 24 Nov 1946 |
Camp Kilmer |
New Jersey |
508th deactivated |
| 16 Apr 1951 |
Fort Bragg |
North Carolina |
508th Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR) activated |
| Aug 1951 |
Fort Bragg |
North
Carolina |
508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (ARCT) formed |
| Dec 1951 |
Fort Rucker |
Alabama |
Aggressor force in war exercise against
47 ID |
| 8 Apr 1952 |
Fort Hood |
Texas |
Exercise Long Horn |
| 1952-53 |
Fort Benning |
Georgia |
Training, Infantry School support |
| 15 Feb 1954 |
Fort Campbell |
Kentucky |
Attached to 11th Airborne Division |
| July 1954 |
Camp
Chickamauga |
Beppu, Japan |
Operation Gyroscope, replaced 187th ARCT |
| Feb 1956 |
Bangkok |
Thailand |
Operation Firm Link, joint SEATO Exercise |
| July 1956 |
Camp
Chickamauga |
Beppu, Japan |
508th ARCT returns
to U.S. |
| 27 Mar 1957 |
Fort Campbell |
Kentucky |
508th ARCT deactivated |
| 1964 |
Fort Bragg |
|
1st Battalion reformed and reactivated. |
| 9 April 1965 |
Vieques
Island |
Puerto Rico |
Operation Quick Kick VII |
| 20 April 1965 |
Santo Domingo |
Dominican Republic |
Operation Power Pack |
| 15 Feb 1968 |
Republic of Vietnam |
Vietnam |
Operation Yorktown Victor and others |
| 3 Mar 1971 |
Republic of South
Korea |
Korea |
Operation Freedom
Vault |
| Feb-Aug 1983 |
Sinai Peninsular |
Egypt |
2/508 in Multinational
Peacekeeping Force |
| 25 Oct 1983 |
|
Grenada |
Operation Urgent Fury |
| 11 Nov 1983 |
Fort Bragg |
North Carolina. |
Returned to base camp |
| Jan 1985 |
|
Sinai Desert |
Deployed with a multi-national observer force for a six month
period |
| Jul 1985 |
Fort Bragg |
North Carolina
|
Battalion inactivated and relieved from assignment to the
82nd Airborne Division |
| 10 Jul 1987 |
Fort Bragg |
North
Carolina |
187th Infantry became the 1-508th Infantry |
| 20 Dec 1989 |
Panama |
Republic of Panama |
Operation Just Cause |
| 15 Oct 1994 |
Fort Kobbe |
Panama |
Red Devils inactivated |
| 27 Apr 1996 |
Vicenza |
Italy |
Reactivated as the 1-508th Airborne Battalion Combat Team. |
| 1999 |
Kosovo |
Bosnia |
Bosnia Jump and show
of force |
| 12 Jun 2000 |
Vicenza |
Italy |
Became a part of the Sky Soldier team as the 173rd Airborne
Brigade was reactivated. |
| 26 Mar 2003 |
Bashur DZ |
Northern Iraq |
Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
| 19 Oct 2004 |
Camp Blanding |
Florida |
508th Association (WW-II) Retired |
| 2005-2006 |
Paktikia Province |
Afghanistan |
1st Bn. A Co and C Co,
(173rd Airborne
Brigade), Joint Task Force Devil |
| 2005-2006 |
Kandahar
|
Afghanistan |
1st Bn. B Co,
(173rd Airborne
Brigade), Joint Task Force Bayonet |
| 20 Oct 2006 |
Boston |
Massachusetts |
Family & Friends of 508th PIR Association
incorporated |
| 26 May 2006 |
Fort Bragg |
North Carolina
|
1-508 and 2-508 PIR reassigned as a part of the 4th Brigade
Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division |
| Jan 2007 |
Pakitika Province |
Afghanistan |
Operation Enduring Freedom. |
| Apr 2008 |
Fort Bragg |
North Carolina
|
4th BCT returned from Afghanistan |
| Apr 2012 |
Afghanistan |
Afghanistan |
Change of Command
ceremony |
| May
2014 |
Fort Bragg |
North Carolina |
Inactivation ceremony |
