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Robert Frederick Sink (April 3, 1905 – December 13, 1965) was a senior United States Army officer who fought during World War II and the Korean War, though he was most famous for his command of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division, throughout most of World War II, in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
Mar 1, 2024 · Retired Army Lieutenant General Robert F. Sink, 60, who helped form the paratroops in World War II, died at Womack Army hospital at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Monday. He became ill at his home in Lexington, North Carolina, and was taken to a hospital there before he was transferred to Womack.
Nov 7, 2023 · Lt. General Robert ‘Bob’ Sink grew up in Lexington and went on the command the U.S. Army 506th Parachute Infantry of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge, liberated a German concentration camp and his unit was instrumental in the capture of Adolf Hitler’s mountaintop retreat.
Lieutenant General Robert Frederick Sink (April 3, 1905 – December 13, 1965) was a United States Army officer during World War II, the Korean War, and early parts of the Vietnam War, though he was most famous for his command of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.
Jan 11, 2024 · Robert Frederick Sink was a career U.S. Army officer who served in both World War II and the Korean War. He was born in 1905 in Lexington, North Carolina, and attended Trinity College (now Duke) for a year before transferring to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Robert Frederick Sink (April 3, 1905 – December 13, 1965) was a senior United States Army officer who fought during World War II and the Korean War, though he was most famous for his command of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division, throughout most of World War II, in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
In May 1958, he was announced as commander, Strategic Army Corps (STRAC), U.S. Army. Lieutenant General Sink's last assignment was Commander, U.S. Forces in Panama (CinC, Caribbean Command, Quarry Heights, Canal Zone). Lieutenant General Robert Frederick Sink retired from the Army in 1961.