Lineage
- 1951: 8th Colonial Parachute Battalion
- 1952: 8th Colonial Parachute Group
- 1953: 8th Shock Parachute Battalion
- 1954: Dissolved
- 1956: 8th Colonial Parachute Regiment
- 1958: 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
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Famous quotes containing the word lineage:
“I declare
Two lineages electrify the air,
That will like pennons from a mast
Fly over sleep and life and death
Till sun is powerless to decoy
A single seed above the earth:
Lineage of sorrow: lineage of joy....”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)