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Line 69: ===North Africa=== On 29 April 1943, the 504th boarded the troop ship [[SS George Washington\|USS George Washington]] which steamed to [[North Africa]] and the regiment's first overseas port of call, [[Casablanca]]. They arrived shortly before the end of the [[Tunisia Campaign\|campaign in North Africa]], which ended with the surrender of almost 250,000 [[Axis powers\|Axis]] [[Prisoner of war\|soldiers]]. Upon arrival the paratroops marched eight miles south of the city where they established a cantonment area consisting of a few stone huts and a tent city.<ref name="bragg">{{cite web\|url=http://www.bragg.army.mil/82nd/1bct/Pages/history.aspx\|title=History of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment\|accessdate=8 September 2009\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091015222618/http://www.bragg.army.mil/1bct/history_sicily.html\| archivedate= 15 October 2009 ~~<!--DASHBot-->~~\| ~~deadurl~~url-status= nolive}}</ref> Soon, the regiment was moved by "40 and 8’s" northward to [[Oujda]], [[Morocco]]. The "40 and 8’s" were railroad cars dating from [[World War I]], so called because they were designed to carry 40 men or 8 horses. [[File:504th parachute infantry regiment WWII nafrica.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Men of the 504th prepare a weapon for stowage aboard a glider in April 1943.]] Line 207: The 1-504 PIR deployed again with TF Panther in September 2003 to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Areas of Operation included FOB Murcury, Fallujah, Abu Ghraib (surrounding environs) and al Karma. In January 2004, TF Devil deployed to Iraq with 2-504 PIR and 3-504 PIR. The 2-504 PIR conducted operations in southern Baghdad, while most of 3-504 PIR conducted security of Balad Air Base, and Company C, 3-504 PIR conducted security of Cedar II near [[Talil Air Base]]. In July 2005, 2-504 PIR was operating in Afghanistan close to the Pakistan border.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/2-504pir.htm\|title=2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment "White Devils"\|accessdate=12 September 2009\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090904211849/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/2-504pir.htm\| archivedate= 4 September 2009 ~~<!--DASHBot-->~~\| ~~deadurl~~url-status= nolive}}</ref> In October 2005, 1st Battalion, 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment "Red Devils" deployed to Kurdistan in Northern Iraq in order to establish and run a maximum security detention facility for high risk detainees. In September 2005, 3-504 deployed to Iraq to assist in providing security for the upcoming elections. The Blue Devils operated throughout the Al Anbar Province along the Euphrates River, in or near the cities of Haqlaniyah, Ramadi and Al Qaim. After the elections were complete the battalion was attached to USASOC in what was the first ever pairing of a battalion sized infantry unit to a USASOC task force and the beginning of the "Torch Mission." The battalion conducted combat operations in and around Ramadi in support of task force objectives. The Blue Devils redeployed to Ft Bragg in late January 2006. Five paratroopers were killed in action during this deployment. In June 2006 the battalion was reflagged as the 1st of the [[508th Infantry Regiment (United States)\|508th Parachute Infantry Regiment]] in the newly formed Fourth Brigade of the division.

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