Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mekudzidziswa kwakakura uye maneuvers 508th yakatanga musi wa 19 December 1943 muNew York City, New York uye yakafamba musi wa 28 December 1943 kuBelfast, Northern Ireland, ichisvika ikoko musi wa 8 January 1944. Mushure mekudzidziswa kwekuwedzera paCromore Estate muPortstewart, iyo regiment yakatamiswa nechikepe kuenda kuGlasgow muScotland uye nechitima musi wa13 Kurume 1944 kuenda kuWollaton Park muNottinghamshire, England, kwavakava chikamu chemurwi wechi82 "All American" Airborne Division, inotungamirwa naMajor General Matthew Ridgway, uyo aive aona basa rakasiyana mu
Sicily neItaly. Imwe nhengo yehanzvadzi, ye507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (yakazowedzerwa ku17th Airborne Division), iyo yaiva chikamu che2nd Airborne Brigade ne508th, yakanga yakadzika musasa isingasviki makiromita gumi kure pane imwe nzvimbo yekare yehotera inonzi Tollerton Hall, Nottinghamshire. Munguva yekudzidziswa muEngland Brigadier General James M. Gavin, Mutevedzeri weDivision Commander (ADC), akafadzwa zvikuru nehurumende, achicherechedza kuti 508th "inotaridzika sezvakanaka sechinhu chipi nechipi chitsva chandakaona, kana vasingagoni kuzviita hazvikwanisi kuitwa nemauto matsva".