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How U.S. Paratroopers Heroically Stopped the Nazi Advance

While the 101st Airborne fought famously at Bastogne, the 82nd and its 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, supported by U.S. Army engineers, held the line in the north against Kampfgruppe Peiper’s ...
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The airborne in World War II : an illustrated history of America's paratroopers in action / Michael E. Haskew

"D-Day, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge--the US Airborne divisions were integral at all these major points in World War II. But they also played a significant role in North Africa, where ...
The Fayetteville Observer

82nd Airborne Division Historical Society: Don't close Fort Bragg museum

The 82nd Airborne Division Museum on Fort Bragg is under consideration for closure as part of a larger Army Museum Enterprise restructuring. The Army aims to consolidate and reduce its museum ...
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All American, all the way : the combat history of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II / Phil Nordyke

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Stars and Stripes

Museums preserving history of 82nd Airborne, 2nd Cavalry among 29 on Army shutdown list

RAMSTEIN, Germany — Dozens of Army museums around the world dedicated to units, some among the most storied in the service, will disappear over the next three years as part of cost-cutting and efforts ...
National Security Journal on MSN

The U.S. Army’s M551 Sheridan Light Tank Never Had a Chance

The M551 Sheridan was America’s last true light tank: airdroppable, amphibious, and armed with a 152mm gun that could launch ...