Buuxi weedha soo socota: Ka dib tababar ballaaran iyo jimicsi, 508th waxay ka bilaabatay 19kii Diseembar 1943 magaalada New York, New York waxayna u ambabaxday 28kii Diseembar 1943 magaalada Belfast, Waqooyiga Ireland, halkaas oo ay timid 8dii Janaayo 1944. Ka dib tababar dheeri ah oo ka dhacay Cromore Estate ee Portstewart, guutada waxaa lagu wareejiyay markab Glasgow ee Scotland iyo tareen 13-kii Maarso 1944 Wollaton Park ee Nottinghamshire, England, halkaas oo ay ka mid noqdeen halyeeygii 82aad ee "All American" Airborne Division, oo uu hoggaaminayay Major General Matthew Ridgway, oo adeeg muuqda ku soo maray
Sicily iyo Talyaaniga. Qeybta walaasheed, 507aad Parachute Infantry Regiment (oo markii dambe ku biirey 17aad Airborne Division), oo qayb ka ahaa 2aad Airborne Brigade 508aad, waxay ku xeraysnaayeen wax ka yar toban mayl meel u jirta hoteel hore oo la yiraahdo Tollerton Hall, Nottinghamshire. Intii lagu guda jiray tababarka England Brigadier General James M. Gavin, Kaaliyaha Taliyaha Qaybta (ADC), ayaa si gaar ah u la yaabay guutada, isagoo xusay in 508aad "ay u muuqato mid aad u wanaagsan sida qalab kasta oo cusub oo aan waligay arkay, haddii aysan sameyn karin ma sameyn karaan ciidamada cagaaran. "