Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Ina ua maeʻa aʻoaʻoga tele ma faʻataʻitaʻiga, na amataina le 508th i le aso 19 Tesema 1943 i le Aai o Niu Ioka, Niu Ioka ma folau i le aso 28 Tesema 1943 mo Belfast, Northern Ireland, ma taunuu ai iina i le aso 8 Ianuari 1944. Ina ua maeʻa aʻoaʻoga faʻaopoopo i Cromore Estate i Portstewart, na siitia le regiment i le vaʻa i Glasgow i Sikotilani ma le nofoaafi i le aso 13 Mati 1944 i Wollaton Park i Nottinghamshire, Egelani, lea na avea ai i latou ma vaega o le veteran 82nd "All American" Airborne Division, na faʻatonuina e Major General Matthew Ridgway, o le na vaʻaia le tautua iloga i
Sicily ma Italia. O le 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (lea na mulimuli ane faapipii atu i le 17th Airborne Division), o se vaega o le 2nd Airborne Brigade ma le 508th, sa tolauapi i lalo ifo o le sefulu maila le mamao i se faletalimalo muamua o le atunuu e igoa ia Tollerton Hall, Nottinghamshire. I le taimi o toleniga i Egelani, na matuā faagaeetia ai le Brigadier General James M. Gavin, o le Pule Lagolago o le Vaega (ADC), i le regiment, ma ia taʻua ai o le 508th "e foliga lelei e pei o so o se vaega fou ua ou vaai i ai, pe afai e le mafai ona latou faia e le mafai ona faia e fitafita fou".