Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Afrilu na 1943, bayan watanni da yawa na horo mai tsanani, an tura sojojinsa zuwa filin wasan kwaikwayo na Yankin Bahar Rum, a karkashin jagorancin Manjo Janar Ridgway don shiga cikin yakin neman shiga Sicily
Ka yi haƙuri. Ayyukan farko na farko na rukuni biyu sun kasance hare-haren parachute a Sicily a ranar 9 ga Yuli da Salerno a ranar 13 ga Satumba, 1943. Farkon harin da aka kai kan Sicily, ta 505th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, a karkashin Kanar Gavin, shi ne karo na farko da rundunar sojin Amurka ta yi amfani da parachute. Ba a fara kai hare-haren jirgin sama na farko ba har sai Operation Neptune a matsayin wani ɓangare na saukowar D-Day na 6 ga Yuni 1944. Sojojin Glider na 319th da 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalions da 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (da 3rd Battalion na 504th PIR) maimakon haka sun isa Italiya ta hanyar saukar jiragen ruwa a Maiori (319th) da Salerno (320th, 325th).