104K views · 5.1K reactions |  Today in History: Footage of the 82nd Airborne Division boarding LST 212 on July 13, 1944, after the Normandy campaign. The division fought for 33 days without relief or replacements. Every mission was accomplished and no ground gained was ever relinquished. At this time, the first casualty count was 4,880. Let us honor their bravery and sacrifice.  #WWII #82ndAirborne #DDay80 | The History of the 82nd Airborne in World War II | Facebook

19K views · 563 reactions | WATCH: While we honor the All American Legacy, we're building our own history today! | 82nd Airborne Division | Facebook

273K views · 11K reactions | 81 years ago today, paratroopers of the...

The heart and soul of the 82nd Airborne is the mass tactical drop, or ‘Mass Tac,’ when hundreds of paratroopers drop on one target. Coffee or Die followed ‘The Outlaws’ of A Company, 37th Engineering Battalion of the 82nd, as they prepared for a night jump. | Coffee or Die

69K views · 3.5K reactions | WATCH: Eighty-two Paratroopers recited...

168K views · 3.9K reactions | National Airborne Day The first official Army parachute jump was on August 16, 1940. This validated the insertion of U.S. ground forces behind enemy lines. In 2001, President George W. Bush designated August 16 as National Airborne Day. All Americans, may you always have fair winds and soft landings! #NationalAirborneDay #AATW #ThrowbackThursday | 82nd Airborne Division | Facebook

81K views · 2.3K reactions | Parachute Riggers from the 82nd Airborne Division jump from UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter on August 5, 1999. | Red Falcon Historical Society | Facebook

51K views · 3.2K reactions | The Parachute Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Polish and French paratroopers jump into Hohenfels, Germany for exercise #swiftresponse | British Army | Facebook