pointing at the names of fallen Rakkasans on the Regimental Pylon. "I'm from the Korean War, other guys here are from Vietnam and a couple from World War II," he said. "I want you all to know one ...

FORT KNOX, Ky., - The 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), traveled across Kentucky to train at Fort Knox's cavalry ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – At the start of the War On Terror in 2002, the “Rakkasans” of the 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Brigade were among the first conventional ...

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The history of the Rakkasans goes back to World War II, when it was organized as a paratroop regiment and fought in the Pacific. In 1945, troops of the 187th were the first American infantrymen to ...

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Sgt. Aaron Cox, 24, was serving as an infantryman in the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team. The incident is under investigation.

His father served in the Vietnamese Marine Corps, so “during a time of war, my dad was always away,” Luong said. He was 2 during the 1968 Tet Offensive, one of the largest military campaigns o ...

made famous through scenes of parachuting World War II soldiers in the 2001 miniseries “Band of Brothers.” The regiment earned the name Rakkasans, which means parachute in Japanese.

He fought in Afghanistan from 2001-2002, and in the Iraq War in 2003. "Rakkasan" is derived from the Japanese word for parachute, and that's where his company's name and mission come from.

The unit earned its nickname from a Japanese translator after World War II who couldn't immediately come up with the word for airborne unit so used called them "rakkasan," or "falling down ...

Rakkasans” is a nickname meaning “parachute men,” bestowed upon members of the 187th Infantry Regiment from their post-World War II occupation of Japan. The brigade lost three of its own ...