82nd Airborne Division

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82nd Airborne Division

• Luis Carlos

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• The 82nd Airborne Division was an elite infantry
  division.
• Members came from all 48 states giving it the
  nickname All American.
• 82nd Airborne Division Shoulder Sleeve Insignia.

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World War 2

• A year after its formation the division deployed
  in small units to France to fight in WW2.
• Five months of combat the 82nd fought in three
  major campaigns and helped to break the German
  Imperial Army.

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WW2 Casualties

• Operation Husky
• U.S.-2,721 Killed-10,122 Wounded
• Operation Avalanche
• U.S.-2,009 Killed-7,050 Wounded
• Operation Market Garden
• U.S.-7,141 Killed-2,152 Wounded

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Operation Market Garden

• The 82nd were ordered to secure Graves Bridge in
  German occupied Netherlands.
• Once captured, armored units crossed the Rhine
  River and advanced into Germany.

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• The 82nd Airborne Division - first paratroopers
  during Allied invasion of Sicily

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Credits

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division_(Unit
  ed_States) - 99k -
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden -
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• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Avalanche - 14k
  
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Husky_Order_of_Bat
  tle - 53k -