Editing Hal Moore (section)

===Post-World War II===
Moore's first assignment after graduation was the Infantry Officer Basic Course at [[Fort Moore|Fort Benning]], Georgia, which was a six-week course. During the basic course he applied for the airborne jump school at Fort Benning. He was not selected, and was instead assigned to the three-week jump school held at the [[11th Airborne Division (United States)|11th Airborne Division]] in [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]].<ref name="Guardia pg30">{{harvnb|Guardia|2013|pp=30–36}}</ref> His first assignment out of jump school was with the [[187th Infantry Regiment (United States)|187th Glider Infantry Regiment]] at Camp Crawford near [[Sapporo, Japan]] from 1945 until 1948.<ref name="Guardia pg30"/> 

After seven months as company commander, he was assigned as Camp Crawford's construction officer and responsible for all of the construction improvements being made at the camp.<ref name="Guardia pg40">{{harvnb|Guardia|2013|p=40}}</ref> In June 1948, he was reassigned to the [[82nd Airborne Division (United States)|82nd Airborne Division]], at [[Fort Bragg (North Carolina)|Fort Bragg]]. He volunteered to join the Airborne Test Section, a special unit testing experimental parachutes. In November 1948, he made the first of some 150 jumps with the section over the next two years.<ref name="WPAoG" /><ref name="Guardia pg45">{{harvnb|Guardia|2013|pp=45–46}}</ref> Over the course of his career, he became a jumpmaster, with over 300 jumps.<ref name="Gathering of Eagles biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eagle_bios/2007/moore_2007.asp|title=Harold G. "Hal" Moore  |format=Eagle Biography |website=The Air University |year=2007|url-status=dead|access-date=June 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530053602/http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eagle_bios/2007/moore_2007.asp|archive-date=May 30, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Jumpmaster">{{cite web |url=https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/watch-we-were-soldiers.html | title=Footage: "We Were Soldiers" Hal Moore Talks About The Battle For Ia Drang | website= War History Online  |first1= Ross  | last1= Barnwell | date=10 Feb 2019 | access-date=3 September 2019 |quote=Moore was to become a “jumpmaster” with over 300 Airborne jumps }}</ref>