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WWII Oldest Paratrooper Joe Harris Laid to Rest in Inglewood
In the afternoon, the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg coordinated a WWII C-47 flyover above the home where Harris raised his family and a generation of neighborhood children who went on become ...
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Q&A: 82nd Airborne general on deployments, training at Fort Liberty and All American Week
Patrick Work took command of the 82nd Airborne Division ... The division’s lineage to World War II, from Sicily to Salerno to Normandy to Holland and then further on into the Battle of Bulge ...
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Trailblazers of Tomorrow: The Evolving Legacy of Pathfinder Operations
GEN Matthew B. Ridgway GEN Matthew B. Ridgway, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II, recognized the importance of pathfinder operations, leading to the prominent legacy that ...
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Nothing but Courage: The 82nd Airborne’s Daring D-Day Mission—and Their Heroic Charge Across La Fière Bridge
Historian Donovan (Shoot for the Moon) provides a straight-shooting account of how parachutists and gliders from the 82nd Airborne slipped behind Axis lines in Normandy just before the start of ...
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Hearing loud explosions? Live fire training is happening at Fort Bragg throughout April
Field Artillery units from the 82nd Airborne Division will be conducting live fire training at the military installation, a news release said. From Saturday through April 16, the 10th Marines ...