Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahohehia i te Hōngongoi 1942 i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i uru te 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment ki te whakaekenga a Allied o Sicily, i muri mai ka heke ki Salerno, te Pakanga o Normandy, te
Netherlands me te Pakanga o te Bulge. I roto i nga tau 1960, ko te 505 tetahi o nga waahanga i whai waahi ki te Operation Power Pack i te Dominican Republic, ana i muri mai ka awhina i nga mana o te rohe i te wa o nga raruraru a-iwi i puta i roto i te United States. I tukuna te reimana ki te Republic o Vietnam i te tau 1968 i te Pakanga o Vietnam. Whai muri i te Pakanga o Vietnam, i uru te 505 ki nga mahi hoia rereke. I roto i era ko te Operation Urgent Fury, Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Restore Hope, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) me te Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ko te whakaurunga tata rawa o te puhipuhi i roto i te OEF i Afghanistan. I tēnei wā kei te mahi tonu tōna 1st me tōna 2nd battalions. Kua tohaina nga ope taua e rua ki te Rōpū Whawhai Tuatoru o te Rōpū, 82nd Airborne Division i Fort Bragg, North Carolina.