THE 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION - US Army Documentary Film
82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, THE - (1948)
HISTORY OF THE 82D AIRBORNE DIVISION WITH SEQUENCES DEVOTED TO ACTIVITIES DURING
WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. -
The
82nd Airborne Division is an active duty airborne infantry division of the
United States Army, specializing in parachute assault operations into denied areas. Based at
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the
XVIII Airborne Corps.
The
82nd Division was constituted in the
National Army on 5 August
1917, and was organized on 25 August 1917, at
Camp Gordon, Georgia. Since its initial members came from all
48 states, the unit acquired the nickname All-American, which is the basis for its famed “AA” shoulder patch.
The 82nd Division was first constituted on 5 August 1917 in the National Army. It was organized and formally activated on 25 August 1917 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. The division consisted entirely of newly conscripted soldiers. When commanders discovered that the division contained draftees from the forty-eight
U.S. states that existed at the time, they nicknamed it "the All-American division."
The bulk of the division was two infantry brigades, each commanding two regiments. The
163rd Infantry Brigade commanded the
325th Infantry Regiment and the 326th
Infantry Regiment. The 164th
Infantry Brigade commanded the
327th Infantry Regiment and the 328th Infantry Regiment. Also in the division were the 157th
Field Artillery Brigade, composed of the 319th, 320th and 321st Field Artillery Regiments and the 307th Trench
Mortar Battery; a divisional troops contingent, and a division train. It sailed to
Europe to join the
American Expeditionary Force in fighting
World War I. (Summary adapted from
Wikipedia.org)
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