82nd Airborne paratroopers Sicily, code-named Operation Husky began on the night of July 9, 1943 Posted on July 8, 2023 by laststandonzombieisland Leave a comment On 9 July 1943, at an airfield outside Kairouan, Tunisia, Col. James Gavin, CO of 505th PIR, briefs his sky soldiers Previous Next Return to Gavin’s D-Day jacket