Pari gbolohun yii: Colonel James M. Gavin, olori ti 505th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (pẹlu 3rd Battalion ti 504th ti a so mọ), ṣe itọsọna Ẹka 82nd Airborne nigba
Iṣẹ Husky, ati, ni alẹ ọjọ 9 Oṣu Keje ọdun 1943, 504th ṣe iranlọwọ lati ṣe itọsọna ikọlu Allied ti Sicily ni ikọlu ologun ti afẹfẹ akọkọ ni itan-akọọlẹ ti Ogun Amẹrika.