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The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. It is a subordinate unit of the XVIII Airborne Corps.

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The 82nd Division was constituted in the National Army on 5 August 1917, and was organized on 25 August 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.

The 82nd Division was re designated 13 February 1942 as Division Headquarters, 82nd Division. After the outbreak of World War II, it was recalled to active service on 25 March 1942, and reorganized at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, under the command of Major General Omar N. Bradley

With two combat assaults under its belt, the 82nd Airborne Division was now ready for the most ambitious airborne operation of the war so far, as part of Operation Neptune, the invasion of Normandy. The 82nd Airborne Division conducted Operation Boston, part of the airborne assault phase of the Overlord plan.

Casualties
1.1,619 Killed in Action
2.6,560 Wounded in Action
3.332 Died of Wounds

In April 1965, the "All-Americans" were alerted for action in response to the civil war in the Dominican Republic, in which more than 3,000 Dominicans died. Spearheaded by the 3rd Brigade, the 82nd deployed to the Caribbean in Operation Power Pack. Within the United States in 1967, the 82nd was sent into Detroit to deal with a massive riot. Within two days of their deployment, the riots ended.

A year later, the 82nd Airborne Division was again called to action. During the Tet Offensive, which swept across the Republic of Vietnam in January 1968, the 3rd Brigade was alerted and within 24 hours, was en route to Chu Lai. The 3rd Brigade performed combat duties in the Huế – Phu Bai area of the I Corps sector. Later the brigade was moved south to Saigon, and fought battles in the Mekong Delta, the Iron Triangle and along the Cambodian border, serving nearly 22 months in Vietnam.

Vietnam Casualties
1.227 Killed in Action (2 were MIA and later declared KIA)
2.1,009 Wounded in Action

later the paratroopers were again called to war. Six days after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990, the 82nd became the vanguard of the largest deployment of American troops since Vietnam as part of Operation Desert Shield. The first unit to deploy to Saudi Arabia was a task force including the division's 2nd Brigade. Soon after, the rest of the division followed. There, intensive training began in anticipation of fighting in the desert with the heavily armored Iraqi Army.

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