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The oldest airborne division of the US Army, the "All American" unit was formed in 1917 as a conventional infantry division. The following year it was sent to France, the battlefield of World War I. In August 1942, the 82nd Division became an airborne division - the first division of its type in the U.S. Army. On June 6, 1944, the division parachuted over Normandy - in the rear of the German coastal defenses and helped secure the beachhead during the Allied landings in France In September 1944, it took part in the huge airborne operation "Market Garden". Despite the failure of the main plan of action, the 82nd achieved its objective and succeeded in capturing the bridge at Nijmegen, Netherlands In December 1944, it bravely defended the northern section of the front during the German offensive in the Ardennes After the German surrender, it was briefly an occupation unit in Berlin As part of the US Army's contingency units, the 82ndThe 82nd Airborne Division participated in many other conflicts - Dominican Republic (1965), Vietnam (1968-69), Grenada (1983), Honduras (1988), Panama (1989), Kuwait-Iraq (1990-91), Haiti (1994), Bosnia (1995), Kosovo (1999-2001) In 2001-03, parts of the division operated in Afghanistan. In addition to combat operations, the division also assists in natural disasters affecting the U.S. (Hurricane Andrew 1992, Hurricane Katrina 2005) The division is based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Dimensions.