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82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army Divisions of World War II
| Name: | 82nd |
| Type: | Airborne |
| Nickname: | All American |
| Source: | Regular Army |
| Theater: | Mediterranean & European |
| Casualties: | 9,073 |
| Days of Combat: | 422 |
| Activation Date: | 25 Mar 42 |
| Date Sent Overseas: | 10 May 43 (Casablanca) |
| Date Entered Combat: | 9 Jul 43 (Sicily) |
| Status June 1946: | active Fort Bragg, North Carolina |
| Other Wars: | WW I, Vietnam, Desert Shield/Storm, Iraq |
| Commanding General(s): |
Maj. Gen. Omar Bradley
(Mar 42 - Jun 42)
Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway (Jun 42 - Aug 44) Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin (Aug 44 - Mar 48) |
| Campaign(s): |
Sicily (9 Jul - 17 Aug 43) Naples-Foggia (9 Sep 43 - 21 Jan 44) Rome-Arno (22 Jan 44 - 9 Sep 44) Normandy (6 Jun 44 - 24 Jul 44) Rhineland (15 Sep 44 - 21 Mar 45) Ardennes-Alsace (16 Dec 44 - 25 Jan 45) Central Europe (22 Mar 45 - 11 May 45) |
Activation date is the date the division was activated or inducted into federal service (national guard units).
Casualties are number of killed, wounded in action, captured, and missing.
Other Wars are the wars in which the division was mobilized.
The dates after the campaign name are the dates of the campaign not of the division.
