"Red Devils"

Offical 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment for Day of Defeat: Source steam group.

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Commanding Officer: Andrew Heaton
Executive Officer: Phillip Mussurici
Company Sergeant: N/A

The 508th PIR was activated October 20th, 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida. The regiment primarily came from the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 26th Infantry Division. By mid December, the 508th PIR reached full strength. The next month the 508th was moved to Camp Mackall, North Carolina, where they trained until December. On 28 December 1943, the regiment boarded the U.S. Army Transport James Parker and set out to join the convoy across the Atlantic for the war in Europe. Twelve days later, on 9 January 1944, the James Parker docked at Belfast, Ireland and the 508th commenced training throughout Great Britain. Operation Neptune - D-Day
Operation "Neptune" was an all-important airborne phase of Overlord, the name given to the massive plan for D-Day invasion of Europe. The 82nd Airborne was an integral part of Operation Neptune. Because the 504th PIR ranks had been depleted due to the Italian Campaigns the 507th and the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiments were attached to the 82nd for this operation.