The 82 Airborne Division of the United States Army is an elite modular airborne infantry division and was constituted in the National Army as the 82 Division on March 5, 1917, and was organized on March 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Since members of the division came from all 48 states, the unit was given the nickname “All-American.” This is the basis for its famed “AA” shoulder patch. Famous soldiers of the division include Sergeant Alvin C...
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The 82 Airborne Division of the United States Army is an elite modular airborne infantry division and was constituted in the National Army as the 82 Division on March 5, 1917, and was organized on March 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Since members of the division came from all 48 states, the unit was given the nickname “All-American.” This is the basis for its famed “AA” shoulder patch. Famous soldiers of the division include Sergeant Alvin C. York, General James M. Gavin, former Chief Dave Bald Eagle (grandson of Sitting Bull), Senator Strom Thurmond (325GIR in WW II), and Congressman Patrick Murphy (the first Iraq War veteran elected to Congress).
Between April and July, 1918, less than a year after its formation, the division deployed in small unit groups to France to fight in World War I as the 82nd Infantry Division. In nearly five months of combat the 82 fought in three major campaigns and helped to break the German Imperial Army. Alvin Cullum York was a soldier in the...
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