82nd Airborne Division:
The All American Division.

The 82nd Airborne Division was initially activated as an
Infantry Division on March 25, 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana,
but was designated as "Airborne" on August 15th, 1942, and was
moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. After reorganization and
completion of airborne training, the 82nd embarked for North
Africa in April of 1943 and landed at Casablanca.

The shoulder patch worn by the 82nd Airborne is based on a
WW I design tht was approved by the AEF on October 21st, 1918.
The original red square design with a blue circle had previously
been used to mark the Division's baggage and transport. At the
request of the troops, the "AA" monogram was added to represent
the "All American" Division. The 82nd had adopted this nickname
after a reorganization had added personnel to the Division
from six military posts located in six different areas of
America. Sergeant Alvin C. York of Tennessee was the Division's
most famous WW I soldier.

The "Airborne" tab was approved for wear on August 31st, 1942.

Worn from:
21 October 1918 (With tab "Airborne" 31 August 1942) - Current.

Current location: Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Campaigns:
World War I,
(St.-Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine 1918),

World War II
(Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Rhineland,
Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe),

Vietnam
(Counteroffensive Phases IV/V/VI, Tet and Tet/69
Counteroffensives, Summer-Fall 1969),

Armed Forces Expeditions
(Grenada, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait).

Decorations:
Presidential Unit Citation Army
(streamer embroidered Ste. Mere Eglise), French Croix de Guerre

World War II
(streamers embroidered Ste. Mere, Eglise, and Cotentin),
French Croix de Guerre

World War II
Fourragere, Belgian Fourragere 1940, cited in the Order
of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes,
and in Belgium and Germany, Military Order of William
(streamer embroidered Nijmegen 1944)

(Netherlands Orange Lanyard).