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unusual facts about 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment


Stalag XI-B

Led by the formidable RSM John C. Lord of 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, they set about raising the standards of the camp.


1938–39 Birmingham F.C. season

Farrage was killed in action in September 1944, serving as a private in the 10th Battalion, the Parachute Regiment during Operation Market Garden.

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion

In addition, the Canadians were to protect the left (southern) flank of the 9th Battalion, Parachute Regiment during that unit's attack on the Merville Battery, afterwards seizing a position astride the Le Mesnil crossroads, a vital position at the centre of the ridge.

3rd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment

During World War I, the battery was one of six 4-gun 155mm batteries in the 157th Field Artillery Brigade, and participated in three major offensives: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Lorraine.

3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment

The Guards Parachute Platoon is made up of volunteers from the 5 Regiments of the Foot Guards who can be distinguished from other paratroopers by a "blue red blue" patch sewn to their beret beneath the Parachute Regiment cap badge.

The battalion was disbanded in 1948, but was reformed by the re-numbering of the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion as the 3rd later the same year.

3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment

The Steelbacks deployed for the first time as a battalion on operations when in 2011 they were tasked to fulfill the role as UN peacekeepers in Cyprus as part of Operation TOSCA.

3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

In 1985, the battalion was granted permission to wear the dull Cherry beret, common to all parachute units worldwide, and to wear parachute wings identical to those worn by the 1st Australian Parachute Battalion during the Second World War.

69th Armor Regiment

The 69th Armor Regiment is part of the U.S. Army Regimental System with only two battalions, the 2nd and 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, existing in separate brigades and representing the regiment as a whole.

Al Slater

He appeared in the 1982 British TV documentary titled The Paras as one of the instructors to a group of Parachute Regiment recruits undertaking their basic training.

Ballykinler

The base was used as a training centre by the Ulster Defence Regiment whose 3rd (County Down) Battalion was also based there.

David F. Bice

During 1986-1988, he commanded 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division.

Dean Ward

Ward made his first appearance in the media when he was filmed by the BBC 1 for their 1982 documentary, The Paras, which charted the progress of young recruits attempting to become members of the Parachute Regiment on the eve of the Falklands War.

Donald E. Ballard

Sent to Vietnam, Ballard served as a corpsman in the Quang Tri province with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (Mike 3/4) of the 3rd Marine Division.

Douglas T. Jacobson

As a member of the 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division, he was sent overseas in December 1943, and participated in the campaigns for Tinian, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands, and Iwo Jima.

Everett P. Pope

He served as Executive Officer of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, until September 1951, when he was released to inactive duty and, shortly thereafter, resigned his commission in the Marine Corps.

Gunner Palace

The film documents the operations of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, an element of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division beginning in the late summer of 2003 until the unit was relieved by 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, of the 39th Brigade Combat Team, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division in April 2004.

Henry W. Hahn

At the time of the service for which he was decorated, Corporal Hahn was serving with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment, 1st Marine Division.

International Bodyguard Association

The IBA is run by the James Shortt, also known as James Shortt of Castleshort, or The Baron Castleshort, who was accused 2009 by a British tabloid newspaper as passing himself off as a much-decorated SAS and Parachute Regiment veteran.

John Henry Balch

After the training program, he was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment and served in France during World War I.

Mark L. Tidd

Marine Corps tours include 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, and the division staff of 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, deploying to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Desert Storm.

Michael D. Steele

He was a company commander in the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment during the Somalia mission Operation Gothic Serpent, which resulted in the now famous book and movie Black Hawk Down, where he was portrayed by actor Jason Isaacs.

Moshe Kelman

On 12 July 1948, during Operation Danny, Kelman was in command of the 3rd Battalion in Lydda.

Orville Freeman

He was soon assigned to the 9th Marine Regiment, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines.

P company

P Coy run the 'pre-parachute selection' courses for trainee Parachute Regiment soldiers and officers as well as an "all-arms course" for Regular and Territorial Army (TA) troops.

Robert D. Reem

In December 1949, after several months at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, with the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, he was assigned with that battalion to duty with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.

Ronald G. Richard

He was transferred to the Republic of Vietnam and was assigned to Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines as a forward observer for 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines.

Special Forces Support Group

The SFSG was initially composed of personnel from the British Army's Parachute Regiment, the Royal Marines and the RAF Regiment, but is now open to all personnel in the United Kingdom's Armed Forces that have passed either P company run by the Parachute Regiment or the Royal Marines Commando Course.

The Freedom of the City

Following a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march on 30 January 1972 in the events now known as Bloody Sunday, in which Friel participated, the British 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment opened fire on the protesters which resulted in thirteen deaths.

Tom McClean

Tom McClean is a veteran of both the Parachute Regiment and the SAS and is a survival expert who lived on the island of Rockall from 26 May to 4 July 1985 to affirm Britain's claim to it; this is the longest human occupancy of the island.


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