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82Nd Airborne: Normandy 1944 (Past & Present),Used
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On August 15, 1942, the 82nd Airborne became the US Armys first airborne division. Commanded by Major General Matthew B. Ridgway, they trained exhaustively for their new role, which involved parachuting from C47s and insertion by Waco CG4A gliders.In April 1943 the 82nd was shipped overseas to Casablanca, North Africa, and on July 9 made its first combat drop as part of Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. A second operationnight parachute drops onto the Salerno beachhead on September 13 and 14provided more experience, and in December, the bulk of the division left for the United Kingdom and training for DDay.Reorganized with two new parachute infantry regiments, the 507th and the 508th, joining the 505th, the division dropped onto the Cotentin peninsula between SteMreglise and Carentan on the night of June 56, in a mission codenamed Boston. Their gliderborne component, the 325th GIR, arrived the next day. Widely dispersed on landing, the division overcame its problems and strong German defenses to take the important town of SteMreglise. Further intense action along the Merderet River ensured that the Utah beachhead wasnt compromised, and subsequently, the division fought on losing 5,245 troopers killed, wounded, or missing. When withdrawn after 33 days of action, the division could be satisfied it had performed heroically and helped establish the Allied forces foothold in France.The Past & Present Series reconstructs historical battles by using photography, juxtaposing modern views with those of the past together with concise explanatory text. It shows how much infrastructure has remained and how much such as outfits, uniforms, and ephemera has changed, providing a coherent link between now and then.
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