Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kanar James M. Gavin, kwamandan kungiyar mayakan Parachute na 505th (tare da Bataliya ta 3 na 504th da aka haɗe), ya jagoranci Rukunin Jirgin Sama na 82 a lokacin Operation Husky
, kuma, a daren 9 ga watan Yuli, 1943, 504th ya taimaka wajen jagorancin mamayewar Allied na Sicily a cikin hare-haren soja na farko a cikin tarihin sojojin Amurka.