82nd Airborne Division (US)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:branch gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decorations gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:French_Croix_de_Guerre
gptkb:Belgian_Fourragere
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Iraqi_Freedom
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Operation_Just_Cause
gptkb:Operation_Power_Pack
Operation Desert Storm
gptkbp:formationYear 1917
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Fort_Liberty
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 82nd Airborne Division (US)
gptkbp:insignia AA shoulder sleeve insignia
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Major_General_Christopher_T._Donahue
gptkbp:motto gptkb:All_the_Way!
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:All_American
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:James_M._Gavin
gptkb:Omar_Bradley
Matthew Ridgway
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:liberation_of_Sainte-Mère-Église
crossing of the Elbe River
emergency deployment to Afghanistan
emergency deployment to Grenada
emergency deployment to Iraq
emergency deployment to Panama
first US airborne division
first US division with all-American draftees
participation in the occupation of Berlin
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:General_James_Gavin
gptkb:Sergeant_Alvin_York
gptkb:General_Matthew_Ridgway
gptkb:General_Omar_Bradley
gptkb:General_William_Westmoreland
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:D-Day
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:XVIII_Airborne_Corps
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army_Forces_Command
gptkbp:role rapid deployment
airborne assault
parachute infantry
gptkbp:shoulderSleeveInsignia red, white, and blue AA monogram
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:specialty airborne operations
gptkbp:type Airborne infantry
gptkbp:website https://www.82ndairborneDivision.army.mil/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:D-Day_landings_at_Utah_Beach
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4