82nd Airborne Division

Patch of Devil Brigade

Patch of 3 brigade

Allied glider that crash-landed during the early stages of the invasion of France, near Hiesville. 6 June 1944

Battle of the bulge - American tank destroyers move forward during heavy fog to stem German spearhead near Werbomont, Belgium, 20 Dec 44. Werbomont, 103rd TD, 82nd Airborne Div.

82nd Airborne Division drop near Grave in the Netherlands

Battle of the bulge - Bra, Belgium - While digging in on front line positions just outside of Bra, soldiers of Co H, 3rd Bn, 504th Para Inf Regt, 82nd A/B Div., met a patrol of Nazi SS troopers who were on reconnaissance. In the resulting clash several of the Germans were killed but one SS trooper was captured and brought back into American lines. 25 December 1944

Battle of the bulge - American troops drag a heavily loaded ammunition sled through the snow, as they move for an attack on Herresbach, Belgium. 1/28/45

Battle of the bulge - Belgium - Tanks and Infantrymen of the 82nd Airborne Division, Company G, 740th Tank Battalion, 504th Regiment, push through the snow towards their objective in Belgium. U.S. First Army near Herresbach.

Battle of the bulge - Troops of the 82nd Airborne Division advance in a snowstorm behind the tank in a move to attack Herresbach, Belgium. 340th Tank Battalion, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. 28 Jan 1945

Cologne, Germany - Cpl. Luther E. Boger, Concord, N.C., skytrooper, reads a warning sign in the street. This street leads to the Rhine River and is under observation of the Germans who occupy a stronghold there. Cpl. Boger is with the 82nd Airborne Division. 4 April 1945.

German POW's captured by the U.S. 82nd Airborne division in Belgium

Monument Signal in Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Normandy, for the 82e and the 101e dropped on the village during the night of 5/6th of June

thumb|left|Members of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare a weapon for stowage aboard a glider in April, 1943.

Members of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment patrol Sicily after capturing the island from Germany in early July, 1943.

In September 1943, members of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare to fire an 81mm mortar during the battle for Italy.

The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment was the first Allied troops to land in Holland as part of Operation Market Garden -- the largest airborne operation in history.

Soldiers of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment move through Aachen, Germany. Aachen was the first large German city to be taken by the Allies.

While digging in on front line positions just outside of Bra, soldiers of Co H, 3rd Bn, 504th Para Inf Regt, 82nd A/B Div., met a patrol of Nazi SS troopers who were on reconnaissance. In the resulting clash several of the Germans were killed but one SS trooper was captured and brought back into American lines. December 25, 1944

Troops of the 82nd Airborne Division advance in a snowstorm behind the tank in a move to attack Herresbach, Belgium. 340th Tank Battalion, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. 28 Jan 1945

Soldiers from the U.S. Army's Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and United Nations' police in Mitrovica, Kosovo

A soldier from the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment with an M14 equipped with a Sage M14ALCS railed chassis.

Soldiers form the 505th Infatry Regiment seeking for weapons.

Staff Sgt. Matthew Sheppard of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment destrois a Taliban safehouse in Koshk Kowl, Afghanistan

Paratroops of the 508th PIR during Operation Achilles

US-Soldat of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fallujah

Raids in Fallujah

An Army marksman in Fallujah, Iraq, using a modified M14

The modern cloth diamonds of the 501st sewn to the Army Combat Uniform helmet cover, as seen in Iraq. An additional patch is sewn to the opposing side out of view.

A Iraqi Policeman and a soldier of the 505th PIR patroling in Samarra

A solider is breaching a door

Patrol in Mosul

Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne float to the ground at Normandy drop zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., after jumping from U.S. Air Force C-141 Starlifters on Jan. 20, 1999.

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne jump from a C-141 Starlifter, June 3, 2000.

The Army 82nd Airborne Division performs a mass jump with 120 members during the 2006 Joint Service Open House hosted at Andrews Air Force Base, May 20, 2006.

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne jump from a C-17 Globemaster

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, parachute from a C-130 over Donnelly Drop Zone, located on Ft. Greeley, Alaska.

The 501st jumps in Alaska.