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Days before D-Day, Jerry Weed was serving a six-month sentence for going to London without a pass. Before the invasion, 82nd Airborne Division commanders went to the jail and told the men they ...
On Tuesday, the 82nd Airborne Division held an unboxing event for postcards sent from the residents of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France in lieu of the in-person commemorative traditions interrupted by ...
More than 50 paratroopers from across the 82nd Abn. Div. were selected to participate in the 74th Normandy D-Day commemoration and ceremonies May 30-June 7, 2018 in Normandy, France.
In this photo provided by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, U.S. paratroopers fix their static lines before a jump before dawn over Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944, in France. The decision to launch the ...
The 82nd Airborne division has participated in every major US conflict in modern history. As world leaders gather for D-Day's 70th anniversary, FRANCE 24 takes a look at the paratrooper unit that ...
An event remembering the basing of US troops in Leicester during World War Two is to take place. The 82nd Airborne Division ...
Airforce C-130’s filled the skies across Stafford County Thursday afternoon, as 82 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division jumped out of planes. The Fort Bragg soldiers parachuted onto ...
Friday, the Benavidez-Patterson "All Airborne" Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association will recognize about 100 World War II veterans from all campaigns as part of its annual D-Day ...
Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct a static line exit from a chinook CH-47 helicopter during an airborne operation on Fort Bragg, N.C. The 82nd ...
More than 5,000 paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division have been killed in action since World War I.