U.S. 82nd Airborne Division

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U.S. Army division airborne infantry division military unit

The U.S. 82nd Airborne Division is an elite U.S. Army airborne infantry division renowned for its parachute assault operations in major conflicts from World War II to the present.

Aliases (6)

82nd Airborne Division ×18
82nd Airborne Division (United States) ×2
82nd ABN DIV ×1
82nd Airborne ×1
82nd Airborne Division units ×1
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division elements ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Army division → airborne infantry division → military unit →
abbreviation	82nd ABN DIV → 82nd Airborne →
allegiance	United States →
branch	United States Army →
capability	24-hour global deployment readiness →
conflictParticipated	Battle of the Bulge → Dominican Civil War → Global War on Terrorism → Gulf War → Invasion of Grenada → Iraq War → Italian campaign of World War II → Normandy landings → Operation Desert Shield → Operation Desert Storm → Operation Enduring Freedom → Operation Iraqi Freedom → Operation Just Cause → Operation Market Garden → Operation Neptune → Operation Power Pack → Operation Urgent Fury → Panama invasion → Sicily campaign → Vietnam War → War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) → World War I → World War II →
country	United States of America →
dateFormed	1917-08-25 →
garrison	Fort Bragg → Fort Liberty →
locatedIn	North Carolina →
motto	All the Way! →
nickname	All American Division →
notableOperation	airborne assault during Operation Just Cause → airborne assault during Operation Market Garden → airborne assault during Operation Urgent Fury → parachute assault into Normandy on D-Day → parachute assault into Sicily in 1943 →
partOf	XVIII Airborne Corps →
primaryMission	conduct forced-entry parachute assaults → secure key objectives for follow-on forces →
role	parachute assault operations →
size	division →
specialization	airborne operations → rapid deployment →
type	airborne infantry →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fort Bragg ("82nd Airborne Division") → Fort Liberty ("82nd Airborne Division") → Pope Army Airfield ("82nd Airborne Division units") →	garrison
United States Armed Forces in World War II ("82nd Airborne Division") → Utah Beach ("82nd Airborne Division (United States)") → XVIII Airborne Corps ("82nd Airborne Division") →	notableUnit
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ("82nd ABN DIV") → U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ("82nd Airborne") →	abbreviation
Carentan → John S. Thompsonbrug ("82nd Airborne Division") →	capturedBy
James M. Gavin ("82nd Airborne Division") → Matthew Ridgway ("82nd Airborne Division") →	commanded
Battle of Baghdad (2003) ("U.S. 82nd Airborne Division elements") → Battle of Nijmegen (September 1944) →	involvesMilitaryUnit
On to Berlin ("82nd Airborne Division") →	about
Operation Garden →	airborneLinkupWith
Airborne School ("82nd Airborne Division") →	associatedWith
XVIII Airborne Corps ("82nd Airborne Division") →	controls
82nd Infantry Division ("82nd Airborne Division") →	convertedTo
82nd Infantry Division ("82nd Airborne Division") →	hasSuccessor
Operation Overlord →	involvedAirborneOperations
Operation Urgent Fury ("82nd Airborne Division") →	involvedMilitaryBranch
Operation Market Garden →	involvesUnit
Sainte-Mère-Église →	liberatedBy
Liberation of the Netherlands →	mainParticipatingUnit
James M. Gavin ("82nd Airborne Division") →	memberOf
Urgent Fury ("82nd Airborne Division") →	notableUnitInvolved
All American Division ("82nd Airborne Division") →	officialName
First Allied Airborne Army ("82nd Airborne Division (United States)") →	subordinateUnit
Pope Army Airfield ("82nd Airborne Division") →	supportsCommand
Operation Just Cause ("82nd Airborne Division") →	usedUnit