The 551st GDP was created in 1942 with the aim of being deployed in the Pacific.
After training in Panama (where the palm tree on the helmet) he was sent to Sicily, and then participated in ANVIL DRAGOON.
From September to November 1944, it was sent in the MARITIME ALPS to face the German Alpin hunters. .
In December 1944, he fought in the Ardennes near Stavelot, NOIREFONTAINE.
The fighting was terrible, and the battalion suffered 82% loss, so it was integrated into the 82nd Airborne.
The photo last you can see four paratroops of the 551 éme , go down to rest to Nice which its fact captured by five gebirgsjaager of the 2/gjr 100. this photograph at summer taken on the stutzpunk 32 ( poin of support)
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