When the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment was activated at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, on 15 November 1942, it began life with a rich airborne heritage. The famous test platoon, the prime ancestor of all ...
This “Then and Now” episode revisits the story of Captain Herbert Sobel, the original commander of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division. Often remembered for his strict leadership at Camp ...