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	82nd Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Infantry Division became the first airborne division in the U.S. Army, and was redesignated the 82
		Airborne Division deployed to North Africa under the command of Major General Matthew B. Ridgway to participate in the campaign to invade Italy.
		Parachute Infantry Regiment was not assigned to the division for the invasion.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/8/82nd-Airborne-Division.htm (1935 words)

	Encyclopedia: 82nd Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Division's first two combat operations were parachute and glider assaults into Sicily on July 9 and Salerno on September 13, 1943.
		Parachute Infantry Regiment, which was temporarily detached from the division to fight at Anzio, adopted the nickname "Devils in Baggy Pants," taken from an entry in a German officer's diary.
		Then in May 1978, the division was alerted for a possible drop into Zaire, and again in November 1979, the division was alerted for a possible operation to rescue the American hostages in Iran.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/82nd-Airborne-Division (1820 words)

	4th Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 4th Infantry Division was a regular army division which arrived in England in January 1944 to train and prepare for the cross-channel invasion.
		The 8th Infantry Regiment of the division was to conduct the initial assault, reinforced with an attached battalion of the 22nd Infantry Regiment.
		The remaining units of the 22nd Regiment and the 12th Infantry Regiment were to be the follow-up forces and were to assist in the seizure of the causeways exiting Utah Beach and occupation of the surrounding high ground.
	www.normandyallies.org /4hist.htm (460 words)

	2nd Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Infantry Division was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington.
		Within days the division received orders to deploy and advance units arrived in Korea on 3 August 1950 but the entire division was not in Korea until late in August 1950.
		During the next three years the division fought well but in late November 1950 it was so badly at Kuni-ri, North Korea — where it was cut off by Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) and had to fight its way out of the trap down a single, narrow road — that it became combat ineffective.
	www.korean-war.com /2ndInfantry.html (182 words)

	86th Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		While some of those divisions which fought during Word Wars I and II have stayed in the public eye by remaining active army units, other divisions which also served in those wars were subsequently deactivated and their stories lost to all but those who helped write them.
		The division then trucked from Aachen to the outskirts of Cologne, where it was assigned billets to the rear of the 8th Infantry Division which was on line along the west bank of the Rhine.
		On April 5, the 86th; Infantry Division was relieved by elements of the 82nd Airborne Division and began to prepare for its first offensive operation of the war.
	www.alliedarmy.net /86th/web/history.html (1258 words)

	82nd Airborne Division History
		The Division's assignment was to relieve the 26th Division in the Lagney Sector, northeast of Toul.
		On 30 January 1942, the 82nd Division was renamed the 82nd Infantry Division.
		The 82nd was reorganized and redesignated the 82nd Airborne Division on 15 August 1942.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/82abn-history.htm (3406 words)

	82nd Airborne Division "All American" / "America’s Guard of Honor"
		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.
		In January 1944, the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which was temporarily detached from the Division to fight at Anzio, earned the nickname "Devils in Baggy Pants." The nickname was taken from an entry made in a German officer's diary.
	www.anysoldier.us /brian/About82nd.html (2850 words)

	25th Infantry Division Association: The Division
		In 1941 its major units consisted of the 21st Infantry Brigade, comprised of the 19th and 21st Infantry Regiments; the 22nd Infantry Brigade comprised of the 27th and 35th Infantry Regiments; and the 11th Field Artillery Brigade, comprised of the 8th, 11th, and 13th Field Artillery Regiments.
		The 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry was transferred to the 3rd Brigade as its third battalion and the 2nd Battalion, 9th Artillery was attached as the direct support artillery battalion as well as Troop C, 3/4th Cavalry as the brigade's reconnaissance element.
		During the period from the summer of 1966 to the spring of 1967 the 25th Division was the largest division in Vietnam with four brigades under its command, the division's 1st and 2nd Brigades as well as the 3rd Brigade, 4th Division and the 196th Light Infantry Brigade.
	www.25thida.com /division.html (5734 words)

	1Lt Airbonre 82nd W2
		On 25 March 1942,the 82nd Infantry Division was reactivated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana under the command of Major General
		In October, the 82nd was dispatched to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to pursue its new airborne training.
		The Division's first combat drop was the invasion of Sicily during Operation Husky.
	members.aol.com /tstallw/1ltAirborne.html (379 words)

	82nd Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 82nd Airborne Division is the oldest airborne division in the U.S. Army.
		The division was to land astride the Merderet River and seize, clear, and hold its area of operation.
		Together, with the 101st Airborne Division, the 82nd was scheduled to begin landings in the early morning hours of June 6th.
	www.normandyallies.org /82hist.htm (610 words)

	82nd US Airborne
		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.
		The division was moved up to the front by motor transport and reinforced by the 34th Infantry Division on 12 July 1943.
		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.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/1695/Text/82.html (1765 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 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.
		When the 82nd and the 101st Airborne Division are pulled back to take some rest, the ‘Battle of the Bulge’ begins in the Belgium Ardennes.
	82eng.bravepages.com /82nd.htm (1672 words)

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		On Oct. 10th the majority of the enlisted men were transferred out of the divsion to other divisions and newly drafted men were sent from Camps Devens, Upton, Dix, Meade and Lee, which resulted in there being in the division, men from every state in the Union, but principally the eastern states.
		The division began leaving Camp Gordon on April 9th, the movement continuing until May, and was through Camp Upton and England, except the artillery which landed in France.
		The division left Escarbotin June 16th and entered the Toul sector with a French Division on June 27th, occupied this quiet sector alone from July 18, 1918 to Aug. 9th, moved to Blanod les Toul training area, taking over the Sector Marbache, astride the Moselle on Aug. 19th and occupied it until Sept. 21st.
	www.chez.com /astozarmuseum/82nd.html (394 words)

	1st Brigade 82nd Airborne Division
		The 82nd Infantry Division, under the command of Major General Omar Bradley, was selected as the first American Division to wear the Airborne tab and include the term "Airborne" in its official unit designation.
		As the main effort of the 82nd Airborne Division, the 504th, along with 2nd Battalion of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, was tasked to conduct an airborne assault to seize Port Au Prince International Airport and to secure key objectives in Port Au Prince and the surrounding area to oust Haiti's military dictator.
		Last minute negotiations and the knowledge that paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne were enroute proved to be the decisive factors in the Haitian dictator's decision to submit to United Nation's directives and U.S. resolve to restore the duly-elected government to power.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/82abn-1bde.htm (2362 words)

	New Page 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Division Headquarters along with the 3rd BCT and elements of the DIVARTY, DISCOM, Aviation, and separate battalions returned to Iraq in August of 2003 to continue command and control over combat operations in and around Baghdad.
		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.
		Today, as they have in recent deployments and throughout the division's history, the troopers who wear the red, white and blue patch of the 82nd Airborne Division continue to form the cutting edge of the United States strategic combat force.
	www.bragg.army.mil /www-82DV/History.htm (2217 words)

	82nd Ohio Infantry
		Contains a history of the 82nd OVI on pgs 114-117.
		Headquarters 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1862.
		1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864.
	www.ohiocivilwar.com /cw82.html (574 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.
		The Division's first two WW II combat operations were parachute and glider assaults into Sicily and Salerno in 1943.
		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)

	Civil War - 82nd Illinois Infantry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 82nd Illinois (also known as the Second Hecker Regiment, after its original colonel, Frederick Hecker) was mustered into service at Camp Springfield, IL on October 23, 1862.
		The 82nd was first assigned to the Eleventh Corps of the Army of the Potomac, in the First Brigade of General Carl Schurz's Third Division.
		In May 1863, the 82nd fought at Chancellorsville, and gave way with other units of the Gen. O.O. Howard's Eleventh Corps (although the 82nd for some considerable time fought bravely after the First Division's lines were ruptured).
	www.illinoiscivilwar.org /cw82sum.html (464 words)

	WW182nd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 82nd Infantry Division in World War I included soldiers from every state in the union and was identified with a blue and red shoulder patch.
		Almost 25 years later the 82nd was redesignated as the 82nd Airborne Division.
		This soldier is using the M2 gas mask and the British smallbox respirator, used for higher concentrations of gases and more poisonous gases.
	www.tekawiz.com /WW182nd.html (135 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 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment was detached and participated in the January 22, 1944 attack on Anzio in Italy.
	www.sproe.com /e/82airborne.html (510 words)

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		History of 327th GIR 101st AB On August 16, 1942 the 82nd Infantry division was split and the 101st and 82nd airborne units were formed.
		They hooked up with the 29th Infantry Division and set up defensive positions on the high ground just as dark settled in.
		Originally the 101st Division was slated to be shipped to New York on December 5, 1945 for a parade and then return to Fort Bragg.
	www.msu.edu /~colvinch/history.html (2639 words)

	Fred William Moll, Private, U.S. Army, 327th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Infantry Division
		After training rapidly, the 82nd Division embarked to northern France, arriving in early spring, 1918.
		The 327th Infantry Regiment took a prominent part in the operation leading the flank attack north of Sommerance.
		Le Chene Tondu was the scene of prolonged and intense fighting by the 28th Division for ten days from September 28th, until the capture was finally completed in an attack by the 82nd on the morning of October 7th.
	www.angelfire.com /pa5/mollpa/fredmollww1.html (834 words)

	82nd Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With the outbreak of World War II, the 82nd was reactivated on March 25, 1942 at Camp Claiborne,...
		He is trained in Infantry and on the last war game, lost no man but won the game.
		I am looking for someone who was in the 82nd during WWII, I am a great WWII enthusiast and would love to speak to someone who was actually there and...
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitCreatedPage/0,11003,100053,00.html (289 words)

	4th Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		4th Infantry Division The history of the 4th Infantry Division dates back to 1917 when the division was organized at Camp Greene, N.C. During World War I, the Ivymen fought in the campaigns of Aisne - Marine, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne.
		World War II brought the hard-driving 4th Division into action on the beaches of Normandy, in the drive on Cherbourg, in the liberation of Paris and at the battle of the Bulge.
		The first task of the division was to cut off the flow of enemy men and materials into the Central Highlands from Cambodia and Laos - just about 12,000 square miles.
	www.vietnamvetcontacts.com /gpage23.html (392 words)

	The 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion (AEB) during World War II
		After returning from Europe the entire 82nd Infantry Division was demobilized at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 17 May 1919 and placed on reserved status.
		After withdrawal the third Battalion, 504th PIR was assigned to the 1st Armour Division, while the remainder of the PCT was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division.
		Since their amphibious landing at Anzio, the 504th battled the elite units of the Herman Goering Division, the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division and the 16th SS Panzer Grenadier Division.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /units/307/307.html (2087 words)

	Scenario Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In response to percieved Soviet incursions, the Japanese Kwantung Army dispatched elements of 23rd Division (commanded by Lt. General Komatsubara).
		The Soviet response resulted in the annihilation of the Azuma Reconnaissance regiment of 23rd Division in a small-scale operation that is sometimes referred to as the "First Nomonhan Incident." This border clash became a test of wills for both the Kwantung Army and the Soviets.
		Despite this, however, on night of July 2nd, three infantry regiments of the 23rd Division under Major General Kobayashi crossed to the northern side of the Halha River.
	www.wargamer.com /toaw/display-notes.asp?ID=1286 (993 words)

	Colonel Cox
		The 81st Airborne AA Batallion was formed in August 1942 when the 82nd Infantry Division was divided into the 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division.
		Again the Batteries gave support to the Infantry Regiments, except for a period of some five days when the AA Batteries were again used against night bombing of Bastogne.
		When the 101st AirborneDivision was reactivated as the 101st Air Assault Division, the 2nd/44th Artillery Regiment took their history from the 81st Airborne AA Batallion.
	www.normandy1944.info /veterans/colonel_cox.htm (1614 words)

	82nd Airborne Division
		Army > Armor, Infantry, Cavalry and Airborne Divisions > Infantry and Airborne Divisions > 82nd Airborne Division
		The original designation was the 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment, which was activated 1 May 1942.
		In August 1942 it became part of the 82nd Airborne...
	www.army-units.com /Army_82nd_Airborne.html (316 words)

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