 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Sechikamu che2nd Airborne Brigade pamwe chete nehanzvadzi yehanzvadzi, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 507th PIR yakapiwa kune veteran 82nd All American Airborne Division, yakarayirwa Major General Matthew Ridgway, kuti atsive 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, iyo yakanga yakakuvadzwa zvikuru apo yakashanda, nekusiyana, muhondo muItaly. Chiremera chakasvika muUnited Kingdom mukupera kwa1943, ndokutanga kurovedza nokugadzirira kupinda kweNormandy, kwakarongerwa chitubu cha1944. Chinangwa chavo cheD-Day panguva yeMission Boston, chikamu cheAmerican airborne landings muNormandy, kwaiva kubetsera kuchengetedza kuyambuka Rwizi rweMerderet. Kunyange zvazvo vavariro yavo yaifanira kuva muDrop Zone T, kuchamhembe kweAmfreville, kuvhiringidzika kunokonzerwa nemakore uye flak kwakaguma nekuparadzirwa kukuru kwechikwata. Mukati meichi chiito, Murwi Joe Gandara akawana Medal of Honor nokuda kwokurwisa kwake oga nzvimbo nhatu dzeGermany dzomushini. Zvikamu zve 3rd Battalion zvakabatanidzwa muHondo yeGrainnes. Colonel Millett, mutungamiriri wehondo, akabatwa muAmfreville mazuva mashomanene pashure pokuendeswa. Colonel Edson Raff, uyo akanga achangobva kutungamirira 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, akabva atora mutungamiri wehondo. 507th PIR yakazozivikanwa se Raffs Ruffians. 507th yakaramba ichirwa muhondo yeNormandy, ichitambura kurasikirwa kukuru kurasikirwa nevarume vangangoita mazana maviri mumazuva maviri vasati vabviswa, vasati vadzokera kuEngland muna Chikunguru. 