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D-Day casualties for the airborne divisions were calculated in August 1944 as 1,240 for the 101st Airborne Division and 1,259 for the 82nd Airborne. Of those, the 101st suffered 182 killed, 557 wounded, and 501 missing.

On August 15, 1942, the US Army first created an airborne division by transforming the 82nd Infantry into 82nd Airborne. It is under the command of General Omar Bradley and his deputy, Brigadier General Matthew Ridgway, and is based in Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, together with the 101st Airborne Division.

2019年6月6日 · Seventy-five years ago, on June 6, 1944, 60,000 American servicemen joined Allied forces as part of the D-Day invasion to liberate German-occupied France. Among the Americans were about 12,000 men from the 82nd Airborne Division — 6,000 parachutists and 6,000 glidermen — some of whom landed the day before the invasion.

Moving in by glider and parachute, troops of the 82d dropped behind enemy lines in Normandy on D-day, 6 June 1944, before ground troops hit the beaches. Cutting off enemy reinforcements, the Division fought its way from Carentan to St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte, fighting 33 days without relief.

The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas [1] ... Benjamin H. Vandervoort who led the 2nd Battalion, 505th PIR on D-Day and the 3rd Battalion, 504th PIR during Operation Market Garden.

In mid-February 1944, the 82nd AB moved to Nottingham in England to take part in D-Day, the night of 5th to 6th June 1944 in France (Operation Neptune) prelude to Operation Overlord. The 82nd AB was reinforced by two new regiments, the 507th PIR and the 508th, the 504th remaining in …

In July, the 82nd was dropped into Sicily and fought its way up the Italian peninsula to Naples by early October. On D-Day (June 6, 1944), the date when the Allies launched their massive invasion of western Europe, the "All American" was dropped behind enemy lines into Normandy, France.

In all, the 82nd Airborne Division sustained 8,450 casualties (1,950 dead) throughout the war. This article is part of our larger selection of posts about the Normandy Invasion. To learn more, click here for our comprehensive guide to D-Day.

Enemy reaction to the landing of the 82d Airborne Division in the NORMANDY area was prompt and severe, but from the time the first member landed until 35 days later, when the Division was finally relieved, every mission was accomplished and no ground gained was ever relinquished.