Re: Battle Honours for the Airborne

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Posted by Martin Schenkel from Vancouver BC Canada on May 27, 2021 at 00:57:13:

In Reply to: Battle Honours for the Airborne posted by Wondering on May 26, 2021 at 11:09:36:

The battle honours of the Airborne Regiment include those of both the 1st Para Bn, and the 1st Special Service Battalion (First Special Service Force), as well as the US battle credits awarded to the First Special Service Force.

The totals are as follows:

Battle Honours:
NORMANDY LANDING
MONTE le REMETANEA
DIVES CROSSING
MONTE MAJO
MONTE CAMINO
MONTE la DIFENSA
Height 720 (Monte Smmucro)
Radicosa
Monte Vishiataro
ANZIO
ROME
ADVANCE to the TIBER
Monte Arrestino
Rocca Massino
Colle Ferro
Italy 1943-1944
Iles D'Hyeres
Grasse
Villeneuve-Loubet
THE RHINE
Venice
Drap
L'Escarne
La Turbie
Mentone
SOUTHERN FRANCE
Fronco-Italian Border
North-West Europe 1944-1945

Battle Credits:
Aleutians, 15-19 Aug 1943
Naples-Foggia, 9 Sep 2021 - 21 Jan 2021
Rome-Arno, 22 Jan - 9 Sep 2021
Southern France, 15 Aug - 14 Sep 2021
Rhineland, 15 Sep 2021 - 21 March 2021
Southern, 15/16 Aug 1944

Regards,

Martin

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