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I have my doubts about the assertion that two squadrons of the 403rd Troop Carrier "Wing" were involved in this operation. First, there was no 403rd Troop Carrier Wing. There was a 403rd Troop Carrier Group in the South Pacific but it was assigned to the Thirteenth Air Force at the time. The drop at Nadzab was carried out by units from the 54th Troop Carrier Wing. I suspect that the two squadrons referenced here were actually from the 433rd Troop Carrier Group, which was part of the 54th TCW at the time. SamMcGowan ( talk) 21:53, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
"Lieutenant General John J. Tolson described the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment's operation at Nadzab as "probably the classic text-book airborne operation of World War II" but the text book had not been written at the time."
are you serious? Gen Tolson's remark is a typical and well-known metaphor. the text after the quote shows some serious illiteracy on the part of the writer..... Ken ( talk) 21:07, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
Even though it should be written in Australian English, since it's not, should it be left as is, or should someone rewrite it in Australian English? Magus732 ( talk) 06:21, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
User:Hawkeye7 I cannot follow your comment, please post a link to the relevant page on the MilHist MOS that says that flags can be repeatedly used in Infoboxes, because this conflicts with [1]. Mztourist ( talk) 10:51, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
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I have my doubts about the assertion that two squadrons of the 403rd Troop Carrier "Wing" were involved in this operation. First, there was no 403rd Troop Carrier Wing. There was a 403rd Troop Carrier Group in the South Pacific but it was assigned to the Thirteenth Air Force at the time. The drop at Nadzab was carried out by units from the 54th Troop Carrier Wing. I suspect that the two squadrons referenced here were actually from the 433rd Troop Carrier Group, which was part of the 54th TCW at the time. SamMcGowan ( talk) 21:53, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
"Lieutenant General John J. Tolson described the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment's operation at Nadzab as "probably the classic text-book airborne operation of World War II" but the text book had not been written at the time."
are you serious? Gen Tolson's remark is a typical and well-known metaphor. the text after the quote shows some serious illiteracy on the part of the writer..... Ken ( talk) 21:07, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
Even though it should be written in Australian English, since it's not, should it be left as is, or should someone rewrite it in Australian English? Magus732 ( talk) 06:21, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
User:Hawkeye7 I cannot follow your comment, please post a link to the relevant page on the MilHist MOS that says that flags can be repeatedly used in Infoboxes, because this conflicts with [1]. Mztourist ( talk) 10:51, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
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