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	U.S. 82nd Airborne Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Airborne Division deployed to North Africa under the command of Major General Matthew B. Ridgway to participate in the campaign to invade Italy.
		Airborne's participation in the occupation were chronicled by embedded journalist Karl Zinsmeister in his 2003 book Boots on the Ground: A Month with the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq.
		Airborne deployed Iraq before the scheduled October 15 referendum on the proposed constitution, and are expected to remain through the December national elections.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division (2214 words)

	82nd Airborne Division
		In April 1943, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division deployed to North Africa under the command of Major General Matthew B. Ridgway to participate in the campaign to invade Italy.
		The 82nd was not sent to the Korean War, as both Presidents Truman and Eisenhower deemed it necessary to keep the division as a strategic reserve in the event of a Soviet ground attack anywhere in the world.
		82nd Airborne Division paratroopers were among the first ground troops sent into the Kosovo region of the Balkans in June of 1999, when the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, moved in from the neighboring Republic of Macedonia.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/8/82/82nd_airborne_division.html (2086 words)

	82nd Airborne Division
		The role of the airborne division is to plan, coordinate, and execute a rapid, combined arms, and forced entry operation employed alone or as part of a joint task force across the depth and width of the battlefield.
		In April 1943, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division set sail for North Africa under the command of Major General Matthew B. Ridgeway to participate in the campaign to puncture the soft underbelly of the Third Reich.
		82nd Airborne Division paratroopers were among the first ground troops sent into the war-torn Kosovo region of the Balkans in Summer 1999, when the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment moved in from neighboring Macedonia.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/82abn.htm (2852 words)

	82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION
		The 82nd Infantry Division, was original an unit with its roots in the First World War, and known as the ‘All American’, due to the effect that it’s service personal came from all states in the United States.
		The targets for the 82nd Airborne Division on 6 June, 1944, were west and south of Ste-Mere-Eglise.
		The 82nd Airborne Division is appointed to break out to the west and close off the peninsula Cotentin and secure it against retreating Germans from the north.
	82eng.bravepages.com /82nd.htm (1672 words)

	82nd Airborne Division During WW II - Overview
		In October, the 82nd was dispatched to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to pursue its new airborne training.
		After Naples, the 504th PIR and the 376th PFAB were detached from the 82nd Airborne temporarily and fought as "leg infantry" through the hills of southern Italy as part of the 36th Infantry Division.
		On 9 December 1943 Colonel Gavin was promoted to Brigadier General and assumed the duties of the Assistant Division Commander of the 82nd Airborne while Lt Col Herbert Batchellor assumed command of the 505th.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /division/82_overview.html (2396 words)

	82nd Airborne Division History
		On 10 August, the 82nd was relieved by the 89th Division, and moved to the area west of Toul.
		The 82nd was reorganized and redesignated the 82nd Airborne Division on 15 August 1942.
		The 82nd was alerted on the 17th and by the next evening was in Webermont, Belgium, on the northern shoulder of the bulge created by the enemy attack.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/82abn-history.htm (3406 words)

	82nd Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 82nd Airborne Division is the oldest airborne division in the U.S. Army.
		Together, with the 101st Airborne Division, the 82nd was scheduled to begin landings in the early morning hours of June 6th.
		Of the 6,396 paratroopers of the 82nd who jumped, 272 or 4.24 percent were killed or injured as a result of the drop.
	www.normandyallies.org /82hist.htm (610 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, conduct a dismounted patrol in Fallujah, Iraq, in January 2004.
		Another 82nd Airborne brigade is in Afghanistan while a third brigade is at Fort Bragg, as one brigade is kept ready for airlift worldwide within 18 hours of being ordered to deploy.
		During major combat in Iraq, the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment protected supply lines, eliminated resistance bypassed by the main attacking units and launched a successful April 3 assault on Iraqi paramilitary forces attempting to organize north of the southern city of Samawa.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/coalition/deployment/army/82nd.airborne.division.html (300 words)

	82nd Airborne Division During WW II - Campaigns - Sicily
		Operation HUSKY involved four separate airborne operations, two by the Bristish and two by the 82nd Airborne. The first operation HUSKY I spearheaded this airborne invasion of Sicily.
		By continuing to fight in small groups the 82nd led the Germans and Italians to continue to overestimate the number of airborne invaders thus impeding any meaningful counterattacks.
		Even though outmanned and outgunned, the 82nd used raw courage and fighting spirit to block the steel behemoths of this Division from advancing toward the Allied landings on the beachhead.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /division/campaigns/sicily.html (870 words)

	Welcome to 82nd Airborne Division
		The 82nd Infantry Division was formed August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia and fought in World War I. Since members of the Division came from all 48 states, the unit was given the nickname "All-Americans," hence its famed "AA" shoulder patch.
		On September 17, the 82nd Airborne Division conducted its fourth combat jump of World War II into Holland.
		Today, as they have for 50 years, the troopers who wear the patch of the 82nd Airborne Division continue to form the cutting edge of the United States' strategic combat force.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/0,13476,100053,00.html (322 words)

	DefenseLINK News: 82nd Airborne Division Honors Fallen Paratroopers
		Steven R. England, former command sergeant major of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 18th Airborne Corps, speaks at a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating fallen paratroopers from all the 82nd's campaigns at the division's war memorial May 26.
		They sat facing the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial, a large stone monument inscribed with the names of the campaigns the 82nd has fought in and dedicated to the memory of the troopers who fell in those campaigns.
		James L. Pritchett, all 82nd Airborne Division veterans, join to place a wreath honoring fallen paratroopers in front of the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial May 26.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/May2005/20050527_1382.html (775 words)

	New Page 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In April 1943, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division set sail for North Africa under the command of Major General Matthew B. Ridgway to participate in the campaign to puncture the soft underbelly of the Third Reich.
		In June 2002 the 82nd Airborne's Task Force Panther, comprised of elements from the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and other 82nd units, deployed to the Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
		The Division Headquarters was relieved by the 1st Marine Expeditionary Division in March of 2004 and the remaining 82nd forces in Iraq redeployed to Fort Bragg, NC by the end of April 2004.
	www.bragg.army.mil /www-82DV/History.htm (2217 words)

	Lone Sentry: All American: The Story of the 82nd Airborne Division -- WWII G.I. Stories Booklet
		British tanks and American Airborne Infantry (2nd Bn., 505th) began their frontal assault on the southern end of the bridge at the same time as the river crossing was started...
		Remaining in that area until mid-September, the 82nd fought in the St. Mihiel operation and was a bulwark in the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
		To the 82nd, the span over the' Merderet became "Kellam's Bridge." Maj. Fred Kellam, Jennings, La., 1st Bn., 505th, his executive, Maj, Jim McGinity, and the two next senior officers were killed in the defense of the bridge.
	www.lonesentry.com /gi_stories_booklets/82ndairborne (5296 words)

	Amazon.com: Airborne: A Guided Tour of an Airborne Task Force: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 82nd Airborne is America's last true paratrooper division; its XVIII Airborne Corps partner, the 101st Air Assault Division ("The Screaming Eagles") traded in its parachutes for helicopters long ago.
		Along with the 101st, the 82nd Airborne is teamed with the 3rd Mechanized Infantry Division and the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, giving the XVIII Airborne Corps both a powerful punch and flexibility.
		Airborne also includes an interview with the then-incoming commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, Gen. John B. Keane and a Foreword by retired Gen. Gary Luck, who commanded the corps during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0425157709?v=glance (1945 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Failure of the 82nd airborne
		The main US force in the country is the 82nd airborne division, which is based at Bagram near Kabul.
		During the summer, the units involved - the 101st air assault and 10th mountain - were replaced by the 82nd airborne.
		So serious were the complaints from other units about the conduct of the 82nd airborne that the army took sworn statements from all the officers and senior NCOs involved.
	www.guardian.co.uk /afghanistan/comment/story/0,11447,862649,00.html (1017 words)

	DefendAmerica News - No Combat Jump, But 82nd Airborne Back in Iraq
		The first convoy of vehicles from 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares to move out from Camp Stryker to their new home in Baghdad’s International Zone.
		Airborne troops return, ready to face a new mission, a new enemy and new challenges.
		A U.S. Army paratrooper from 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, mans the gun turret of a Humvee as his convoy prepares to depart Camp Stryker.
	www.defendamerica.gov /articles/Dec2004/a121304dw1.html (647 words)

	"82nd Airborne Division" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 82nd is indeed “All American and All Airborne”.
		If you were “Airborne” you are welcome to not only become a full voting member, but can if you wish, be elected to a position of leadership in the local chapter and even to the Association Board of Directors.
		In the Viking Chapter, the Board of Directors is comprised of troopers from the 82nd, 173rd and 17th Airborne.
	www.minnesotaairborne.com /Viking_Info/template.asp (194 words)

	The 82nd Airborne Division in Leicestershire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Prior to D-Day, elements of the 82nd Airborne Division were stationed in the East Midlands including Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire; however, most of the 82nd Airborne was stationed in and around Leicester and in the County of Leicestershire.
		Not all were from the 82nd, about half were from the 101st Airborne, the "Screaming Eagles." At 00.15, fifteen minutes into D Day, these parachutists landed on French soil to mark the Drop Zones with lights and radar beacons.
		When addressed as the 82nd, the paratroopers would shout back, "We're the Five-O-Five!" They were from all walks of life, all volunteers attracted by the extra $50 a month jump pay and the chance to wear the famous jump boots.
	www.leicesterandleicestershire.com /82nd_Airborne.htm (17636 words)

	82nd airborne buck knife Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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		A graduate of West Point, Class of '38, and a World War II veteran, his father had, at 32, risen to full colonel in the 82nd Airborne.
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	82nd US Airborne
		After the War the 82nd Airborne was posted to Berlin as the official honor guard of the American garrison stationed there for occupation duty.
		When the War Department (later the Department of the Army) decided to reduce the number of Airborne Divisions, the 82nd was chosen to remain on active duty as America's only true Airborne unit, selected over other units like the 101st AB Division, the 17th AB Division, and other fine Airborne combat divisions.
		To this day the 82nd continues to serve proudly as the finest Airborne Division in the United States Army.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/1695/Text/82.html (1765 words)

	82nd Airborne Division: Information on division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ARLINGTON, Va., About 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division are preparing to deploy to Afghanistan to help squash resurgent elements of the Taliban and secure the country in advance of upcoming...
		The 82nd Airborne Division Association is for anyone who ever served in the 82nd Airborne Division, and anyone who is...fayettevilleonline.com/airborne82dassn 82nd Airborne www82ndAirborne.com 82nd...
		Murphy, 82nd Airborne Division, both veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom; music by the 63rd Army Band - NJ National Guard and bagpiper Bernie Snyder, and a host of color guards.
	82ndairbornedivision.fazedivision.com (1166 words)

	82nd Airborne Art
		82nd Airborne by military artist Chris Collingwood depicting the 82nd airborne after the D-Day Normandy landings 1944 during the second world war.
		The 82nd Airborne is the latest release by Chris Collingwood, published by Cranston Fine Arts.
		Superb figure study of the 82nd Airborne in 1944.
	www.military-art.com /dhm1081.htm (567 words)

	3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division The story of the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, began in 1917 when it was activated as the 156th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 78th Division.
		In May 1964, the Brigade was reorganized as the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division.
		The Brigade landed at Chu Lai and was attached to the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile).
	www.vietnamvetcontacts.com /gpage7.html (293 words)

	Saving Private Ryan: 82nd Airborne Division
		The 82nd Infantry Division was activated on August 25, 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
		The 82nd was reactivated on March 25, 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana and later redesignated as an airborne unit on August 15, 1942.
		The 82nd Airborne Division is still active, and since World War II has seen action in Vietnam, Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury), Panama (Operation Just Cause) and Iraq (Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom).
	www.sproe.com /e/82airborne.html (510 words)

	club2_final
		The story of their Glider Bretheren who went into battle in Waco and Horsa Gliders is no less part of the heroic deeds and history of the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII.
		We portray the soldiers of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne division through public events, educational activities and reenactments.
		It is a true honor to pay homeage to the vetrans of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment of WWII and to keep the memory of their service to their country alive through our impression.
	www.chs82nd.homestead.com /82ndPage.html (261 words)

	82nd Airborne Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The 82nd Airborne Division's monument to their fallen from the 3rd Brigade that served in Vietnam is located outside the division's museum at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on the corner of Ardennes and Gela Streets.
		In the Airborne tradition of displaying the boots of their fallen troops, atop the monument is a pair of bronze boots, an M-16 rifle with bayonet in the ground, and a helmet on the butt of the rifle.
		It is my hope that those veterans of the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade that haven't made it back to Fort Bragg to see this monument will appreciate these photos.
	grunt.space.swri.edu /82airmem.htm (134 words)

	82nd Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Harold served in the 13th Airborne in WWII and was a past Chairman of the chapter.
		He was also enormously proud of his airborne heritage and his family shared this pride with him.
		Infantry is obviously the core of an Airborne unit.
	www.minnesotaairborne.com (718 words)

	82nd Airborne Division
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		With the outbreak of World War II, the 82nd was reactivated on March 25, 1942 at Camp Claiborne,...
		In August 1942 it became part of the 82nd Airborne...
	www.army-units.com /Army_82nd_Airborne.html (316 words)

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