User:504Trooper

Enlisted in the US Army in June 1962 out of high school. Inspired by Ross Carter’s “Those Devils in Baggy Pants”, went Airborne and, following jump school at Benning, was assigned to Co. C, 2nd Airborne Battle Group, 504th Infantry at Fort Bragg. The unit was re-designated Co. C, 1st Battalion (Airborne) 504th Infantry when the Ill-conceived Pentomic (Battle Group) concept was replaced under the ROAD program in 1964. My service was capped with deployment to the Dominican Republic in April 1965 under Operation Power Pack.

In later life I researched the life of MG Reuben Tucker and his 504th PIR which enabled my contribution of a short RHT biography to author Clay Blair for use in his “Ridgway’s Paratroopers “.