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508th Parachute Regiment Honored in England

Post member Mark Williams was traveling in England and came across (on purpose or accident, I’m not sure which), the building which I can only describe as a castle, that housed the 508th Parachute Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. In the vicinity of that building is a monument to the 508th that reads:

Dedicated to our brave friends both past & present of the
American 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division,
who set up camp in this
Park in preparation for D-Day.
They parachuted into Normandy on June 6th, 1944 and
returned here during that summer
Before parachuting into Holland on 17th September
In the battle to liberate Europe
With pride and everlasting friendship.

Mark took several pictures of the monument and building and presented them to Fred Dietrich who was a member of the 508th. Needless to say, Fred was delighted his old Regiment was being honored by the Eng-lish.