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82nd Airborne Division – "America's Guard of Honor", "All-Americans"; original members of the division in 1917 came from every state in the Union. [2] In addition, the 82nd Airborne has been called "Alcoholics Anonymous" or "Almost Airborne" in reference to the "AA" on its shoulder patch by members of other divisions.
The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army ... The citizens of Atlanta held a contest to give a nickname to the new ...
The 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment ("1-319 AFAR") is the airborne field artillery battalion assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. Nicknamed "Loyalty", 1–319 AFAR has deployed to conduct combat operations in the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Kuwait, Afghanistan and three separate deployments to ...
The 82 nd Airborne All-American Chorus dedicated its audition performance to a fallen comrade—Specialist Elijah Crawford—and the 19,000 men and women who support the Airborne Division. Tonight ...
For Yeske and his fellow 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers in 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, nicknamed 2 Fury, “the valley” holds memories.
Brig. Gen. Patrick Work left, receives the 82nd Airborne Division colors from Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue, right, 18th Airborne Corps commander, during a command change ceremony Friday, Nov. 17 ...
Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 82nd Airborne Division. This is a list of commanders of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army. The 82nd Airborne Division is one of the oldest divisions in the U.S. Army, having been raised shortly after the American entry into World War I in April 1917 and seeing service in World War I and World War II and many subsequent conflicts. Major General ...
Here the 82nd Airborne Division earned the name, "America's Guard of Honor," as a fitting end to hostilities in which the 504th had chased the German Army some 14,000 miles (23,000 km) across the European Theater. [1] Following their occupation duty with the 82nd Airborne Division in Berlin, the Devils reported to Fort Liberty, North Carolina.