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82.
AIRBORNE DIVISION WW2
"All American
Division"The division
insignia consists of the letters "AA" inscribed
in white on a blue circle, which in turn is superimposed
on a bright red square background. The 82d Infantry
Division in World War I was comprised of soldiers from
every state in the Union and therefore, the nickname
"All American" was adopted and "AA"
was included in the insignia. When in 1942 the 82d was
reactivated and made airborne, the word
"Airborne", in white letters, was placed on a
crescent-shaped blue background, and added to the top of
the insignia.
COMMAND AND STAFF
Commanding General
Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
Brig . Gen. James M. Gavin
Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin
Assistant Division Commander
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin
Col. Ira P. Swift
Brig. Gen. Ira P. Swift
Artillery Commander
Col. Francis A. March
Brig. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
Col. Francis A. March
Col. Lemuel Mathewson
Col. Francis A. March
Brig. Gen. Francis A. March
Chief of Staff
Col. Ralph P. Eaton
Lt. Col. Robert H. Wienecke
Col. Robert H. Wienecke
Campaigns
Normandy
Ardennes
Rhineland
Central Europe
Individual Awards
Distinguished Service Cross 41
Legion of Merit 24
Silver Star 759
Soldiers Medal 41
Bronze Star 1,873
Air Medal 15
Prisoners of War Taken 157,835
ORDER OF BATTLE
325th Glider Infantry
504th Parachute Infantry
505th Parachute Infantry
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion
80th Airborne Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
307th Airborne Medical Company
82d Parachute Maintenance Battalion
82d Airborne Division Artillery
319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
Special Troops [Activated 1 Mar 45; units
previously directly under division.]
782d Airborne Ordnance Company
407th Quartermaster Company
82d Airborne Signal Company
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company
Reconnaissance Platoon
Band
ATTACHMENTS
Antiaircraft Artillery
Btry C, 563d AAA AW Bn (Mbl) 24 Dec 44-26 Dec 44
634th AAA AW Bn (Mbl) 6 Feb 45-19 Feb 45
580th AAA AW Bn (Mbl) 28 Apr 45-30 Apr 45
445th AAA AW Bn (Mbl) 1 May 45
Armored
Co C, 746th Tk Bn 4 Jun 44-10 Jun 44
Co A, 746th Tk Bn 13 Jun 44-16 Jun 44
Br 2d Irish Guards (Br Guards Armd Div) 16 Sep 4-23 Oct
44
Br Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 19 Sep 44-20 Sep 44
Br 1st Coldstream Guards (Br Guards Armd Div) 19 Sep
44-22 Sep 44
2 sqdns, Br 2d Irish Guards (Br Guards Armd Div) 23 Oct
44-10 Nov 44
Cdn 27th Armd Regt 10 Nov 44-12 Nov 44
14th Tk Bn (9th Armd Div) 23 Dec 44-24 Dec 44
740th Tk Bn 30 Dec 44-11 Jan 45
740th Tk Bn 27 Jan 45-7 Feb 45
Co B, 774th Tk Bn 9 Feb 45-19 Feb 45
Br 4th Bn Royal Tank Regt (Br 79th Armd Div) 29 Apr 45-30
Apr 45
Co A, 740th Tk Bn 30 Apr 45-1 May 45
Co C, 740th Tk Bn 30 Apr 45-1 May 45
Br 4th Bn Royal Tank Regt (Br 79th Armd Div) 2 May 45-3
May 45
CC B (7th Armd Div) 7 May 45-4 May 45 [sic]
Cavalry
Tr B, 4th Cav Rcn Sq 10 Jun 44-19 Jun 44
1 sq Br Royals 20 Sep 44-22 Sep 44
32d Cav Rcn Sq 28 Jan 45-31 Jan 45
1 plat, Co F, 32d Cav Rcn Sq 2 Feb 45-6 Feb 45
Chemical
Co B, 87th Cml Mort Bn 16 Jun 44-18 Jun 44
Co B, 86th Cml Mort Bn 25 Dec 44-11 Jan 45
Co A, 87th Cml Mort Bn 26 Jan 45-31 Jan 45
Co C, 90th Cml Mort Bn 13 Feb 45-19 Feb 45
1 sect, 74th Cml SG Co 5 Apr 45-22 Apr 45
89th Cml Mort Bn 30 Apr 45-1 May 45
Engineer
596th Engr Co 2 Jan 45-11 Jan 45
596th Engr Co 3 Feb 45-5 Feb 45
596th Engr Co 8 Feb 45-9 Feb 45
1130th Engr C Gp 26 Apr 45
Co C, 12th Engr C Bn (8th Div) 1 May 45
Field Artillery
456th FA Bn 8 Jun 44-10 Jun 44
87th FA Bn 14 Jun 44-17 Jun 44
188th FA Bn (155mm How) 14 Jun 44-19 Jun 44
456th FA Bn 15 Jun 44-17 Jun 44
87th Armd FA Bn 16 Jun 44-19 Jun 44
254th FA Bn (155mm How) 21 Dec 44-11 Jan 45
591st FA Bn (106th Div) (105mm How) 29 Dec 44-9 Jan 45
460th Prcht FA Bn 2 Jan 45-11 Jan 45
275th FA Bn 6 Jan 45-11 Jan 45
460th Prcht FA Bn 24 Jan 45-
254th FA Bn (155mm How) 26 Jan 45-19 Feb 45
400th Armd FA Bn (105mm How) 26 Jan 45-19 Feb 45
460th Prcht FA Bn 3 Feb 45-5 Feb 45
460th Prcht FA Bn 8 Feb 45-9 Feb 45
987th FA Bn (- Btrys A & C) (155mm Gun) 15 Feb 45-19
Feb 45
417th FA Gp 5 Apr 45-27 Apr 45
672d FA Bn (155mm How) 5 Apr 45-14 Apr 45
805th FA Bn (155mm How) 5 Apr 45-17 Apr 45
746th FA Bn (8" How) 5 Apr 45-27 Apr 45
546th FA Bn (155mm Gun) 10 Apr 45-17 Apr 45
790th FA Bn (8" How) 12 Apr 45-15 Apr 45
541st FA Bn (155mm Gun) 13 Apr 45-17 Apr 45
942d FA Bn (155mm How) 19 Apr 45-24 Apr 45
74th FA Bn (105mm How) 19 Apr 45-27 Apr 45
661st FA Bn (8" How) 19 Apr 45-27 Apr 45
541st FA Bn (155mm Gun) 20 Apr 45-27 Apr 45
294th FA Obsn Bn 26 Apr 45
43d FA Bn (8th Div) (105mm How) 28 Apr 45-1 May 45
36th FA Bn (8th Div) (105mm How) 30 Apr 45-1 May 45
280th FA Bn (105mm How) 30 Apr 45-7 May 45
Hq & Hq Btry, 205th FA Bn 2 May 45-7 May 45
207th FA Bn (8" How) 2 May 45-7 May 45
768th FA Bn (155mm How) 2 May 45-7 May 45
Infantry
508th Prcht Inf (Non-Div) 14 Jun 44-21 Jun 44
507th Prcht Inf (Non-Div) 14 Jun 44-1 Mar 45
(reorganization date when became organic element of 17th
Abn Div)
2d Bn, 401st Gli Inf (101st Abn Div) 6 Jun 44-1 Mar 45
Br 5th Coldstream Guards (Br Guards Armd Div) 19 Sep
44-22 Sep 44
502d Prcht Inf (101st Abn Div) 4 Oct 44-5 Oct 44
3d Bn, 112th Inf (28th Div) 23 Dec 44-25 Dec 45
5551st Prcht Inf Bn (Non-Div) 26 Dec 44-13 Jan 45
517th Prcht Inf (Non-Div) 1 Jan 45-11 Jan 45
551st Prcht Inf Bn (Non-Div) 21 Jan 45-27 Jan 45
508th Prcht Inf (Non-Div) 23 Jan 45-still attached 9 May
45
517th Prcht Inf (- 2d Bn) (Non-Div) 23 Jan 45-26 Jan 45
517th Prcht Inf (- 3d Bn) (Non-Div) 3 Feb 45-5 Feb 45
517th Prcht Inf (- 3d Bn) (Non-Div) 9 Feb 45-10 Feb 45
341st Inf (86th Div) 5 Apr 45
3d Co, Belg 22d Fusilliers Bn 22 Apr 45-27 Apr 45
13th Inf (8th Div) 29 Apr 45-1 May 45
121st Inf (8th Div) 30 Apr 45-1 May 45
Tank Destroyer
Co C, 899th TD Bn (SP) 16 Jun 44-18 Jun 44
Co B, 703d TD Bn (SP) 21 Dec 44-2 Jan 45
Co C, 703d TD Bn (SP) 26 Dec 44-2 Jan 45
628th TD Bn (T) 2 Jan 45-11 Jan 45
643d TD Bn (SP) 4 Jan 45-5 Jan 45
Co B, 643d TD Bn (SP) 7 Jan 45-11 Jan 45
Co C, 643d TD Bn (SP) 21 Jan 45-28 Jan 45
Co A, 643d TD Bn (SP) 25 Jan 45-2 Feb 45
Co B, 643d TD Bn (SP) 27 Jan 45-2 Feb 45
629th TD Bn (SP) 1 Feb 45-19 Feb 45
2 plats, 893d TD Bn (SP) 9 Feb 45-11 Feb 45
12th TD Gp 19 Apr 45-25 Apr 45
605th TD Bn (T) 29 Apr 45-30 Apr 45
Co A, 644th TD Bn (SP) 30 Apr 45-1 May 45
605th TD Bn (T) 2 May 45-7 May 45
Co A, 644th TD Bn (SP) 7 May 45-9 May 45
COMMAND POSTS
Castle Dawson
Leicester (Braunstone Park)
Ste-Mere-Eglise (vic)
Leicester (Braunstone Park)
Nijmegen (vic S)
Sissone
Werbomont
Habiemont
Lierneux
Bra
Habiemont
Chevron
Bassebodeux
Abrefontaine
Nonceveux
Hunnage
Medell
Wereth
Holzheim
Stavelot
Rott
Hurtgen
Rott
Sissone
Weiden
Hohenzethen
Bleckede
Neuhaus
Ludwigslust
| WW2
HISTORY DATA |
| Pearl
Harbor Overview |
| Pearl
Harbor Japanese Forces |
| Pearl
Harbor Japanese Aircraft |
| Battle
of the Coral Sea, 7-8
May 1942 |
| Doolitle
Raid on Japan, 18 April 1942 |
| Battle
of Midway, 4-7 June 1942 |
| Guadalcanal
Campaign, August 1942 - February 1943 |
| Guadalcanal-Tulagi
Invasion, 7-9 August 1942 |
| Battle
of the Philippine Sea |
| Battle
of Iwo Jima
Battle
of Okinawa |
| Japan
Capitulates |
| Battleship
Bismarck |
| Battleships
Tirpitz, Scharnhorst |
| WW2
Luftwaffe Planes - List
of Aircraft |
| U-Boats
Types 1, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D |
| Kriegsmarine
Submarines Types U-Flak, 7A, 7B,
7C, 7C/41, 7C/42, 7D, 7F |
Kriegsmarine
Submarines: U-Boats
Type 9A, 9B, 9C, 9C/40, 9D, 14 |
| Kriegsmarine
Submarines: Type XXI , Type XXIII |
| Grand
Admiral Karl Donitz, Erich Raeder |
HMS
Prince of Wales
Battleship, HMS Repulse,
HMS
Ark Royal,
HMS Hood Battlecruisers |
| Battle
of the Atlantic |
| Normandy
Invasion, June 1944 |
| Normandy
Invasion ,Crossing the English Channel on
D-Day, 6 June 1944 |
| Normandy
Invasion- The D-Day Landings, 6 June 1944 |
| USN
WW2 Admirals |
| Imperial
Japan Navy Admirals |
| Japan
WW2 Fighters- Mitsubishi Zero |
| USN
Battleships - Indiana Class,
Kearsarge Class, Illinois Class, Maine
Class, Virginia Class, Connecticut Class,
Mississippi Class, South Carolina Class,
Delaware Class, Florida Class, Wyoming
Class, New York Class, Nevada Class,
Pennsylvania Class, New Mexico Class,
Tennessee Class, Colorado Class, South
Dakota Class, Lexington Class, North
Carolina Class, South Dakota Class, Iowa
Class, Montana Class |
| USN
WW2 Torpedo Bomber -
Douglas TBD-1 Devastator |
| USN
WW2 Fighters: Brewster
F2A Buffalo, Curtiss F9C
Sparrowhawk |
| Grumman
F3F, Grumman F4F Wildcat, General Motors
FM-2 Wildcat |
| LOCKHEED
P-38 LIGHTNING |
| REPUBLIC
P-47 THUNDERBOLT |
| NORTH
AMERICAN P-51 MUSTANG |
| NORTH
AMERICAN F-82 TWIN MUSTANG |
| Boeing
B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing
B-29 Superfortress
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| Consolidated
B-24 D Liberator |
| North
American B-25 Mitchell, Martin
B-26 Marauder |
| Junkers
Ju 87 Stuka |
| Dornier
Do 17, Dornier
Do 335 Pfeil |
| Messerschmitt
Bf 109 |
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| MODERN USN
NAVY DATA |
| USN
Aircraft Carriers USS
Kitty Hawk, Enterprise, John F. Kennedy,
Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl
Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham
Lincoln, George Washington, John C.
Stennis, Harry S. Truman, Ronald Reagan,
George H.W. Bush |
| USN
Cruisers 1 - USS
Ticonderoga, Vincennes, Valley Forge,
Thomas S. Gates, Bunker Hill, Mobile Bay,
Antietam, Leyte Gulf, San Jacinto, Lake
Champlain, Philippine Sea, Princeton,
Normandy, Monterey |
| USN
Cruisers 2 - USS
Chancellorsville, Cowpens, Gettysburg,
Chosin, Hue City, Shiloh, Anzio,
Vicksburg, Lake Erie, Cape St. George,
Vella Gulf, Port Royal |
| USN
Destroyers |
| Amphibious
Assault Ships - LHA/LHD/LHA(R) USS
Wasp, USS Essex, USS Kearsarge, USS
Boxer, USS Bataan, USS Bonhomme Richard,
USS Iwo Jima, USS Makin Island, USS
Tarawa, USS Saipan, USS Belleau Wood, USS
Nassau, USS Peleliu |
| SSN
Attack Sumbarines 1
USS
Seawolf, Connecticut, Jimmy Carter,
Virginia, Texax, Hawaii, North Carolina,
Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Memphis,
Bremerton, Jacksonville, Dallas, La
Jolla, City of Corpus Christi,
Albuquerque, Portsmouth, Minneapolis-St.
Paul, Hyman G. Rickover, Augusta, San
Francisco, Houston, Norfolk, Buffalo,
Salt Lake City, Olympia, Honolulu,
Providence |
| SSN
Attack Sumbarines 2
USS
Pittsburgh, Chicago, Key West, Oklahoma
City, Louisville, Helena, Newport News,
San Juan, Pasadena, Albany, Topeka,
Miami, Scranton, Alexandria, Asheville,
Jefferson City, Annapolis, Springfield,
Columbus, Santa Fe, Boise, Montpelier,
Charlotte, Hampton, Hartford, Toledo,
Tucson, Columbia, Greeneville, Cheyenne |
| SSBN
Fleet Balistic Missile Sumbarines
USS
Georgia, USS Henry M. Jackson, USS
Alabama, USS Alaska,USS Nevada, USS
Pennsylvania, USS Kentucky, USS
Tennessee, USS West Virginia, USS
Maryland, USS Nebraska, USS Rhode Island,
USS Maine, USS Wyoming, USS Louisiana,
USS Ohio |
| USN
Frigates |
| USN
Patrol Ships |
| Anti-submarine aircraft - P-3C
Orion S-3B
Viking |
| USN
FIGHTERS F-14 Tomcat F-18
Hornet |
| CH-46
Sea Knight, CH-53
Sea Stallion |
| H-3
Sea King MH-53
Sea Dragon |
| SH-60
Seahawk HH/UH-1N
Iroquois |
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