In 1940, U.S. paratroopers at Fort Benning saw a biopic before their first mass jump and started a certain trend. Who was the subject of the picture?
501st Infantry Regiment (United States) 2017 the 501st deployed to Afghanistan again as part of Operation Freedom's Sentinel. As Task Force 1 Geronimo, the battalion was arrayed throughout eastern Afghanistan performing advise and assist tasks. The task force was headquartered in Operating Base Fenty in Jalalabad. There was no soldiers killed in action on this 8 month deployment. The unit's motto is "Geronimo," a phrase that has become synonymous with paratroopers and parachutists in general. The motto dates from 1940 and the lead up to World War II. The night before their first attempt to prove the feasibility of a mass jump, some U.S. paratroopers
Fort Benning at Fort Benning but did not deploy overseas and never saw combat during World War II. During this period, the specialized duties of the Triple Nickel were primarily in a firefighting role, with over one thousand parachute jumps as smoke jumpers. The 555th was deployed to the Pacific Northwest of the United States in response to the concern that forest fires were being set by the Japanese military using long-range incendiary balloons. The 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion was activated July 15, 1940, and trained at the Fort. The 17th Armored Engineer Battalion became active and started training July 15, 1940.