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25 March 42 organized at Camp Claiborne, LA as the 325th Infantry Regiment and assigned to the 82nd Division and attached to IV Corps 1 Aug 42; there redesignated as the325th Glider Infantry Regiment on 15 Aug 42 and assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division; moved to Ft. Bragg N.C.  4 Oct 42 and staged at Camp Edwards Mass 19 April 43 until departed New York P/E 28 April 43; landed in North Africa 10 May 43 and landed on Sicily 9 Jul 43; returnedto North Africa 19 Aug 43 and to Sicily 4 Sept 43; landed in Italy 13 Sept 43 and arrived Northern Ireland on 9 Dec 43 and England 14 Feb 44; assaulted Normandy France on 6 Jun 44 and returned to England 13 Jul 44; assaulted Nijmegan-Arnhem Holland 17 Sept 44 and crossed into France 14 Nov 44; entered Belgium 18 Dec 44 and Germany 30 Jan 45; returned to France 19 Feb 45 and to Germany 2 April 45; returned to New York P/E 3 Jan 46 and moved to Ft. Bragg N.C. 16 Jan 46.        (From Shelby Stanton's "WWII Order of Battle") Much of the limelight  went to the Paratroopers of the Army's elite Airborne divisions during WWII.  The story of their Glider Bretheren who went into battle in Waco and Horsa Gliders  is no less part of the heroic deeds and history of the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII.  These "Glider Riders" as they were called were issued nothing more than Mae West Vests and were not issued parachutes upon boarding their gliders.   One of their own, PFC. Charles DeGlopper was awarded the Medal of Honor during the early fighting near the Merderet River in Normandy.  The WWII Research and Preservation Society is a nonprofit public benefit educational society that exists for the purpose of instruction and re-creation of the life and times of the period 1939-1945.  It was designated as a WWII Commemorative Community by the Department of Defense in 1993.  It is our commitment and goal to honor and thank those who contributed to our great nation during WWII.  We portray the soldiers of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne division through public events, educational activities and reenactments.  It is a true  honor to pay homeage to the vetrans of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of WWII and to keep the memory of their service to their country alive through our impression.

C Co. in action at Camp Roberts

WWII RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 1st Platoon C CO 1/325 GLIDER INFANTRY REGIMENT 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION           Sicily    Naples-Foggia          Normandy          Rhineland          Ardennes-Alsace          Central Europe

GLIDER DIORAMA AT NATIONAL D-DAY  MUSEUM NEW ORLEANS

This page was last updated on: November 6, 2006

Pfc. James Soares providing some musical relief at the Camp Roberts barracks.

I'm the 82nd Airborne, this is as far as the Bastards are going!    Pfc. Haught 325GIR in the Ardennes 1944

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325 GIR BAR Gunner Caricature Drawn by and Copyrighted by Scott Ruggels