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The XXXVI Airborne Corps was activated during World War II as part of the Allied efforts to expand airborne operations in the European Theater. Composed of elite paratrooper and glider infantry divisions, the Corps trained extensively for large-scale airdrop assaults behind enemy lines. Although it was fully organized and prepared for combat, the XXXVI Airborne Corps did not see action as a complete unit before the end of the war, as shifting strategic priorities led to its reserve deployment. After the war, the Corps was gradually inactivated, but its legacy influenced postwar airborne doctrine and the development of rapid deployment forces in later conflicts.

1 st transportation co. • U.S. Army • 1972

U.S. Army • 1967

Company C 1st Bn. 38th Inf. Regt. • U.S. Army • 1989

101st airborne division • U.S. Army