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A lot of you may know this story already, but for our European brothers who don't...............
This is a story from a
young army chaplain who seved with the 504 PIR 82nd AB at
Anzio. The following quote was found in a German officers
diary who had opposed the 504 at the Anzio beachhead.
"American parachutists - devils in baggy pants - are less than
100 meters from my outpost line. I can't sleep at night: they
pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will
strike next. Seems like the black-hearted devils are
everywhere." The Devils in Baggy Pants became the title of the
regiments official history.
This is a story from a
young army chaplain who seved with the 504 PIR 82nd AB at
Anzio. The following quote was found in a German officers
diary who had opposed the 504 at the Anzio beachhead.
"American parachutists - devils in baggy pants - are less than
100 meters from my outpost line. I can't sleep at night: they
pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will
strike next. Seems like the black-hearted devils are
everywhere." The Devils in Baggy Pants became the title of the
regiments official history.
