U.S. 13th Airborne Division
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The 13th Airborne Division of the United States Army was activated on August 13, 1943. It was sent to France in January 1945.
General information
Although assigned to the First Allied Airborne Army in Europe, the division as a whole was not committed to action in the European theater. The division continued its training in France and was alerted for several operations, but these did not materialize. One of its elements, the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which was assigned to the division on March 1, 1945, had previously seen combat in Italy, Southern France, and in the Ardennes. The division returned to the United States in August 1945 for redeployment to the Pacific, but the end of the war precluded its use in combat in that theater. It was inactivated on February 25, 1946.
References
- The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States. Combat Chronicle: 13th Airborne Division (http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/lineage/cc/013abd.htm). U.S. Government Printing Office. 1950.de:13. US-Luftlandedivision