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The Band of Brothers of the Pacific Theater
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MacArthur's secret weapon and heroes of the Los Baños Raid, the 11th Airborne Division's 511th Parachute Infantry Division fought with distinction during the vicious Leyte and Luzon campaigns where ma...
Who Was Colonel Orin D. "Hard Rock" Haugen? Part 2
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While there is an unfortunate scarcity of research out there in regards to the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and the 11th Airborne Division to which the 511th PIR belonged, there has been even le...
Who Was Colonel Orin D. "Hard Rock" Haugen? Part 1
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This is Part 1 of our series on the legendary Colonel Orin D. "Hard Rock" Haugen #18254. While there is an unfortunate scarcity of research out there in regards to the 511th Parachute Infantry Regimen...
Camp Toccoa & the 511th PIR
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With America officially at war, in 1942 the country's military leadership began to accelerate the training of their still very new parachute troops. And Camp Toccoa, Georgia, now made famous by the HB...
