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Who Was Colonel Orin D. "Hard Rock" Haugen? Part 2
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While there is an unfortunate scarcity of research out there in regards to the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and the 11th Airborne Division to which the 511th PIR belonged, there has been even le...
Who Was Colonel Orin D. "Hard Rock" Haugen? Part 1
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This is Part 1 of our series on the legendary Colonel Orin D. "Hard Rock" Haugen #18254. While there is an unfortunate scarcity of research out there in regards to the 511th Parachute Infantry Regimen...
Camp Toccoa & the 511th PIR
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With America officially at war, in 1942 the country's military leadership began to accelerate the training of their still very new parachute troops. And Camp Toccoa, Georgia, now made famous by the HB...
The 511th PIR on New Guinea: Part 1
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I've received several inquiries lately about what Colonel Orin D. "Hard Rock" Haugen's 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (and the 11th Airborne Division as a whole) did while they were stationed at Do...
