 Pari gbolohun yii: Lẹyìn ìdánilẹkọọ àti ìdánrawò tó gbòòrò, ẹka 508th wọ ọkọ ní 19 December 1943 ní New York City, New York, ó sì wọ ọkọ ní 28 December 1943 lọ sí Belfast, Northern Ireland, ó dé ibẹ ní 8 January 1944. Lẹhin ikẹkọ afikun ni Cromore Estate ni Portstewart, a gbe ọmọ ogun naa nipasẹ ọkọ oju omi si Glasgow ni Scotland ati nipasẹ ọkọ oju irin ni ọjọ 13 Oṣu Kẹta ọdun 1944 si Wollaton Park ni Nottinghamshire, England, nibiti wọn ti di apakan ti oniwosan 82nd All American Airborne Division, ti a paṣẹ nipasẹ Major General Matthew Ridgway, eyiti o ti rii iṣẹ iyasọtọ ni Sicily ati : Ilẹ Ítálì. Ẹgbẹ arabinrin kan, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment lẹhin lati di asopọ si Ẹka 17th Airborne, ti o jẹ apakan ti 2nd Airborne Brigade pẹlu 508th, ti wa ni ibudó ni o kere ju awọn maili mẹwa lọ ni ile itura ti orilẹ-ede tẹlẹ ti a pe ni Tollerton Hall, Nottinghamshire. Lakoko ikẹkọ ni England, Brigadier General James M. Gavin, Oludari Oludari ADC, ni o ni itara pupọ pẹlu regiment, ti o ṣe akiyesi pe 508th wo bi o ti dara bi eyikeyi ẹya tuntun ti Mo ti rii tẹlẹ, ti wọn ko ba le ṣe o ko le ṣe nipasẹ awọn ọmọ-ogun alawọ ewe. 