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82D Airborne - Over Ninety Years

REFERENCES

GENERAL

Covington, H.L. A Fighting Heart: An Unofficial History of the 82d Airborne Division. Fayetteville, NC: Davis, 1949.

U.S. Army War College. Hist Sect. Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War: American Expeditionary Forces, Divisions. Wash, DC: CMH, 1988. pp. 346-357.

Waddell, L.S. The Airborne Story. Reprint from Pegasus, a corporate magazine, June August 1954. 48 p.

Wilson, John B., comp. Armies, Corps, Divisions and Separate Brigades. In the official Army Lineage Series. Wash, DC: CMH, 1987. pp. 453-464

WORLD WAR I

American Battle Monuments Comm. 82d Division Summary of Operations in the World War. Wash, DC: GPO, 1944.

Mitchell, Gary A., Ed. 82d Division, AEF: WWI Battle Citation General Orders, 1918‑1919. US: Planchet Pr, 1984.

Service Record: Home‑Coming Souvenir Edition. Special issue periodical, Atlanta, GA, 5 Jun 1919.

U.S. Army. 82d Div. Official Camp Gordon Song Book. Augusta, GA: 82d Div, Nat’l Army, no date M1628O34RareBook.

Official History of the 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces: "All American" Division. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs‑Merrill, 1919.

WORLD WAR II

-GENERAL

Blair, Clay. Ridgway's Paratroopers: The American Airborne in World War II. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1985.

Dawson, W. Forrest. Saga of the All American. Nashville, TN: Battery Pr, 1978 Eaton, Ralph. Memoirs. Arch.

Gavin, James M. "Airborne Army's First Test." Inf Journal 62 (Jan 1948): pp. 22-30 & (Feb 1948): pp. 39-46. Per.

Memorandum for General Farrell. Typescript, 21 Sep 54.

On To Berlin: Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943‑1946. NY: Viking, 1978.

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. NY: Norton, 1958. pp. 251-263.

Lindquist, Roy. Papers. Five Boxes. Arch.

Linton, Leonard. Kilroy Was Here. n.p., 1997.

Kilroy Was Here Too. n.p., 1999.

McNally, John V. As Ever, John: The Letters of Col. John V. McNally to his Sister, Margaret McNally Bierbaum, 1941‑1946. Fairfield, CT: Roberts Pr, 1985.

Members of the 82d Airborne Division. n.p., n.d. List of members & awards, 1944‑1945.

Mrozek, Steven J. The 82d Airborne Division: America's Guard of Honor. Dallas, TX: Taylor, 1987.

Ridgway, Matthew B. Papers and Oral History Transcript. Arch.

Stanton, Shelby L. Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Notato, CA: Presidio, 1984. pp. 151-153.

Stars and Stripes. All American. Paris: Defosses‑Neogravure, 1945.

Thompson, Leroy. The All Americans: The 82d Airborne. NY: Sterling, 1988.

U.S. Army. 82d Abn Div. 82d Airborne Division. n.p., 1972?

U.S. Army. ETO. Order of Battle of the United States Army, World War II: European Theater Of Operations, Divisions. Paris: 1945. pp. 278-288. D767U52.

U.S. Dept of Army. Hist Div. Combat Chronicle: An Outline History of U.S. Army Divisions.Wash, DC: 1948. p. 67.

U.S. War Dept. AGO. "Historical Documents World War II." ca 130 reels.

MEDITERRANEAN THEATER

Breuer, William. They Jumped At Midnight: The "Crash" Parachute Missions That Turned the Tide At Salerno. St. Louis, MO: Zeus, 1983.

Gavin, James M. "Airborne Plans and Operations in the Mediterranean Theater." Inf Journal 59 (Aug 1946): pp. 22-29. Per.

"Paratroopers over Sicily." Infantry Journal 57 9Nov 1945): pp. 25-33. Per.

Huston, James A. "The 82d Airborne Division in Sicily." Infantry (Jul/Aug 1985): pp. 28-34. Per.

U.S. Army. 82d Abn Div. 82d Airborne Division in Sicily and Italy. European Theater, 1945.

EUROPEAN THEATER

Anzuoni, Robert P. “I’m the 82d Airborne Division!” A History of the All-American Division in World War II after Action Reports. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2005.

Cornett, Jack G. "Airborne Invasion--Normandy." Mil Rev 24 (Nov 1944): pp. 21-24. Per.

Gavin, James M. "Back Door to Normandy." Inf Journal 59 (Nov 1946): pp. 8-19. Per.

Marshall, S. L. A. Night Drop: The American Airborne Invasion of Normandy. Nashville, TN: Battery Pr, 1982.

U.S. Army. 82d Abn Div. After Action Report, 82d Airborne Division, April 1945. European Theater, 1945.

82d Airborne Division Action in Central Europe, April May 1945; Based on Official After Action Reports. European Theater, 1945.

82d Airborne Division Action in Normandy, France in Four Sections. European Theater, 1944.

82d Airborne Division Operation Market Historical Data. European Theater, 1944.

The Story of the 82d Airborne Division in the Battle of the Belgian Bulge in the Siegfried Line And on the Roer River. European Theater, 1945. SINCE 1945

GENERAL

U.S. Army. 82d Abn Div. 82d Airborne Division, 1952. n.p., 1952

Exercise Assembly: The 82d Airborne Division Staff Report, 1948. Four vols. Ft. Bragg, NC: 1948. #05-82.1948.

Book I: Pre‑Operational Planning.

Book II: Phase I.

Book III: Phase II.

Book IV: [no title].

The Story of the 82d Airborne Division in the Year 1948, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Division Artillery. Phila, PA: Dorville, 1949

The Story of the 82d Airborne Division in the Year 1948, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: Special Troops. Phila: Doraville, 1949.

Support Group, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Baton Rouge, LA: Army & Navy Pub, 1958.

Summary of Activities, 1963. Ft. Bragg, NC: 1964.

Summary of Activities, 1964. Ft. Bragg, NC: 1965.

Summary of Activities, 1965. Ft. Bragg, NC: 1966.

Summary of Activities, 1966. Ft. Bragg, NC: 1967.

TRAINING EXERCISE REPORTS

Arctic Night: Final Report (1956).

Snow Chute: After Action, Report (1961) U253.2S62U54.1961.

Snow Storm: Final Report (Jan/Mar 1953).

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Barry, Robert F. Power Pack, Dominican Republic, 1965-1966. Portsmouth, VA: Messenger, 1965.

Clingham, James H. "'All American' Teamwork (Role of the 82d Airborne Division in the Dominican Republic from Apr 30, 1965‑ Sep 22, 1966). Army Dig 22 (Jan 1967): pp. 19‑23. Per.

VIETNAM

Pohlman, Stephen K., Ed. Vietnam II: 3d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, January 1969 to December 1969. n.p., 1970?

Porter, William R. and Fairfaull, Thomas M. The History of the 3d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division: February 1968 to March 1969. Toronto: Image, 1969?

Stanton, Shelby L. Vietnam Order of Battle. Milwood, NY: Kraus, 1981. p. 83.

U.S. Army Command Info Unit. Scrapbook for Fighting Men Too Busy To Keep Their Own. Wash, DC: 1969?

SINCE 1969

Blanchard, George S. Papers.

Elton, Robert M. "New Tactics, Training in the 82d: The Airborne Division in the '70s." Army 22 (Sep 1972): pp. 16-20. Per.

Frost, Malcolm B., Jackson, John C. & Valdez, Michael A. “Merging Technology and Training:

The 82d Airborne Division’s Master Gunner Program.” Infantry (Spring 2002): pp. 32-35. Per.

U.S. Army. 82d Abn Div. “82d Airborne Division G2/S2 Handbook.” By the Division, 1994.

Wildman, John Bennett. 1982: Year of the 82d. Charlotte, NC: Delmar, 1982.

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