460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion

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460th Parachute Field Artillery
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460th's logo
Active 1943-1945
Country USA
Branch Army
Type Parachute Field Artillery
Battles/wars Italian Campaign
Operation Dragoon (their first combat jump)
Battle of the Bulge

After training at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, the 460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (460th PFAB) was combined with the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (517th PIR) and the 596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company (596th PCEC) to form the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (517th PRCT). The 517th PRCT saw most of its combat (in Italy, Southern France, and the Battle of the Bulge) as an independent unit.

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