80th Guards order of Red Star Parachute Regiment

80-й гвардейский парашютно-десантный ордена Красной 3везды полк

Military Unit: 32351(?)

Activated 1955 in Gayzhunay, Lithuanian SSR.

22.2.69 awarded the order of the Red Star.

3.8.79 disbanded, and used to activate the 39th and 40th independent Air-Landing Assault Brigades.

Operations:

• 4.11.56 landed in Budapest, Hungary

• 8.68 took part in the Czechoslovakian operation

Bases:

• Gayzhunay, Lithuanian SSR, 1955 - 1959

• Baku, Azerbaizhan SSR, 1959 - 8.79 [40 29 11N, 49 35 28E]

Subordination:

• 7th Guards Airborne Division, 1955 - 1959

• 104th Guards Airborne Division, 1959 - 8.79