1st Marine Parachute Regiment

First Marine Amphibious Corps Parachute Battalion
Parachute units assigned to 1st MAC were the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Parachute ans. which were combined into the First Parachute Regiment on 1 April 1943. While participating in several bloody actions during the course of the war, they were utilized as infantry and there were no Marine parachute combat jumps during W.W.II, as a result of lack of transport, long distances, and the fact that Marines were generally assigned to attack small heavily defended islands which were not suitable for para type operation.

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