542nd PIR Formed (1943)

When
01 Sep 2020

The 542nd Parachute Infantry Regiment was formed on 01 September 1943 near the Chattahoochee River in Alabama under the command of LTC William T. Ryder, a member of the original Airborne Test Platoon and credited as the first U.S. paratrooper.

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