Talk:503rd Infantry Regiment (United States)

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"I am a soldier serving in the 503d Infantry, I was just wanting to see what others had to say about us. Here is the history that all of us here at the 503d know."

That's great, thanks for the update, but you should not just blow away the article with your version. Add to it, make it Wiki-fied, etc. Beanbatch 03:47, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:28, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what triggered the bot, but the image is a desert version of the original unit patch and was (and probably still is) being issued to soldiers in the 503rd. It's public domain, as a piece of military wear. EvilCouch (talk) 02:01, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

First successful combat jump?

I'm pretty sure that the German assaults on Norway, the Low Countries, and especially Crete, as well as the Anglo-American assault on Sicily involved combat jumps and happened before the 503rd's jump on New Guinea. I'm cutting this out until someone finds a source. FOARP (talk) 14:14, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR

This part doesn't even try to look neutral. The use of the word AMERICA for exemple... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.52.49.182 (talk) 05:54, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

503rd Airborne Regimental Combat Team should redirect to this page?

The 503rd Airborne Regimental Combat Team mentioned in Panay Liberation Day and other articles, should redirect to here, I believe. I therefore created such a redirect page. --Iloilo Wanderer (talk) 06:03, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

OEF VI

This article completely lacks any mention of 2/503rd's deployment to Afghanistan in '05. Considering it was the first deployment for either battalion to Afghanistan as well as having 2nd battalions highest casualty rate since Vietnam, I'd say this overlook is a smack to the face to any Rock Paratrooper served through that deployment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.131.188.5 (talk) 16:23, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

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Missing awards

2nd/503rd has 3 presidential unit citations, one valourous unit award, and two meritorious unit commendations. 75.132.114.166 (talk) 10:35, 8 June 2023 (UTC)