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The 515th Parachute Infantry Regiment was a Regiment of the US Army during the Second World War. The unit was used to provide replacements for overseas, but was later assigned to the 13th Airborne Division and sent to France in anticipation of combat with the Germans and was later en route to the Pacific Theatre when the war came to an end. == Activation At Ft. Benning, Georgia == The 515th was activated on 31 May 1943 in the Alabama Area of Fort Benning, Georgia, initially the regiment was used as an administrative agency pool for officers and men fresh from the parachute school. It was only on 1 December 1943 that orders came down from Airborne Command placing the 515th in full activation. It is for this reason that the 515th is considered the most junior of the US Army's parachute regiments. Colonel Julian B. Lindsay was the regiment's first commanding officer of the 'Jumping Wolves', taking command of the 184-man cadre provided by the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment. It didn't take long for the 515th to come to full strength. The unit took its first casualty in mid-June 1943 when its First Battalion CO Lt. Col. J. C. Hite plunged to his death over the Alabama Area. As a result the Amphitheatre in that area is now named after him. Initially only the First Battalion was Jump Qualified, the Second and Third Battalions being composed of unqualified men from Special Units, however by the end of January 1943 the whole regiment was wearing its Jump Wings. It was during this early period that the regiment lost some men as replacements overseas, famed General John K. Singlaub returned from an exercise to find his platoon having been sent overseas as replacements, an event which led to his eventual transfer to OSS Jedburgh Team JAMES, beginning his long career in Special Operations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「515th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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