82nd Airborne Division in World War II - PART 1/2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- The history of the "All American" 82nd Airborne. The first army Airborne Division in World War Two. Part 1/2
The 505th RCT is one of the UK's largest 82nd Airborne group that specialises in battle re-enactments. The 505th RCT strives to bring the history of the unit to life.
Video has been upscaled to 720p and converted to 16:9 format from original 4:3.
Footage is Public Domain.
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My grandfather, Theodore Kokoski, was part of the 82nd airborne! He lied about his age just to enlist (he was only 16). He would tell my mom stories about the trench foot they all got from the land being flooded etc. He went on to fight in the Korean War as well, and was shot 6 times in the back and survived. I have his medals....purple heart, airborne wings, etc. He survived all of that and then ended up dying during the early 2000's from cancer. R.I.P. grandpa.
Ep0nz am a 82nd airborne veteran
Ep0nz am 32 I Severd In Afghanistan in 2005 I came home in 2016
You have Name Kokoski. Where.are your.familly from? Becouse Im 82 reenactor from.Poland
@@krystiankoralewski1449 My family IS from poland! We are polish and immigrated to the United States (pennsylvania). My grandmothers maiden name is Yaroncyzk and she married my grandfather Theodore Kokoski!
Thats crazy Dj, thank you for your service my man! @@djbroadhurst7142
My great uncle was a 1st sergeant of Service company 1-508. He had served in the national guard prior to the war and was born in 1913. There was no way he was going to miss the "Big show", so he destroyed the inside of a barracks according to his captain who I corresponded with in the early 90's. He was demoted to Pvt. and transferred to HQ 1st-508. He survived D-Day, but was killed in Beek, Holland during Market-Garden. I would love to get my hands on the transcripts that hearing.
My dad's five brothers served in WW2, his dad fretted horribly, aunties said. Of the seven brothers only two lived past 70 years old.
Two other younger brothers served, Korea and Vietnam.
Two brothers served in the paratroopers, 82nd and 101st. Neither seriously injured, but talked little about it.
One did say, "on the front line, you can't say no, to an order! But they can't order you into a suicidal actions."
Olen, 82nd was ordered to setup his machine gun, under fire. He told the new line Capt. "If I do that I'll be killed!"
That Capt. Got another new guy to do it, who was shredded to pieces. The Captain, shocked stepped back, and the top of his head was blown off. My Uncle, had been fighting over 2yrs front lines, that Capt. 2 mo.s
(Olen, only told this story, as a survival lesson for his little brothers, one served in Korea, the other Vietnam.)
My great grandfather was a paratrooper in the war. He was with the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment in North Africa and later the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment assigned to the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 82nd Airborne in Sicily. He was then sent back to England to prepare for Operation Overlord when he was transferred to the 101st Airborne and jumped into Normandy, and later, Holland. He also participated in the Battle of the Bulge and Western Germany. He had made either 4 or 5 combat jumps during the war. He survived and passed away in 2006.
Technician 4th Grade John J. Lower 1919-2006
He’s the reason why I want to be a paratrooper in the Army.
Vá em frente Força e Honra 🗡🗡🗡🗡🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅👊👊👊👊👊
Who are the devils in baggy pants ?
My great uncle Ed "Peanuts" Trebes was in the 82nd. Very proud of his contributions to the country.
At 12:13 , the officer in the left front is my father , Lt. Col. Albert G. Marin , who was Gen. Gavin"s S-4 , Chief of Supply. When Gen. Gavin was given command of the 82nd he formed his own staff and had the youngest command staff of any division in the U.S. Army !
Nice man
My grandfather was in the 82nd airborne. His rank was capt. A medic and carried a 30.cal carbine, optional for medics in airborne units.
He was in dday, normandy;market garden in Holland 9/44; ardennes, battle of the bulge, where he was wounded.
He was reluctant to talk about it for it brought ruff memories!
Grandfather did to real men they was God bless your family.
@@jessemelton1257 Thanx ! Also lost an uncle in NAMs Central Highlands , mid 3/68 , tail end of bloody TET , 10 days b-4 my 11th bday .Uncle was with the USAs 1st Calvary Division kia near Pleiku .
What gets me is the Marines whining about the PTO! Not to denigrate the USMC I the PTO , but the jump into Europe ,France , and subsequent battles in the ETO weren't any cake walk in the park either. From France , Holland , and Ardennes ( Battle of the Bulge where he was wounded , he saw the bloody fighting ,He had some PSTD issues after the war .
My grandfather was in the 82nd airborne as well.
so sad there was a war going on and so many people have sufferd for many years, civilians and armytroopers, and many thanks for all the men wich gave their lives so we could have a better life, my respect, greetings from the Flanders, Belgium
Not gonna lie I cried my eyes out this entire video.i had an uncle who served in the 82nd airborne from the start to finish I wish I could have met him
My Name is John Payet Valandingham , my uncle was John Payet 82nd airborne, 508 pir inf , made it from d day to market garden but was KIA on 25DEC44 in the bulge.I'm 75 and not a single day goes by that I don't think of him.
Be proud your uncle provided great value to this great country
I went to jump school in 1979. I served 23 years in the U.S. Army. I was in B Co. 2nd/504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. I'm still proud to have been a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. God bless all who have and still serve in our military. God bless all who payed the ultimate price that gave their live to keep our great Country free. Amen.
My father Donnie Williams was in the 82 airborne in 79
My father in law Glenn Blehm was 82nd airborne paratrooper and liberated the camps in Europe. He also served as a personnel bodyguard to Gen Eisenhower immediately following the liberation
My grandfather Robert L Armstrong fought in the Battle of the bulge as a paratrooper in the 82nd division. He would never speak of his experience after the war. He passed away 11 years ago at 88 yrs old.
My father was the same way. He never talked about it. Now I have so many questions.
@@sponge444 Mine too. He died in 1984, and a few years later I started getting interested in what happened to him in the war.
I suggest you to read a book i read when i was 11 years old, it was written in Spanish, though.The book is Those devils in baggy pants by Ross S.Carter.I bet his experiences were your grandparent's ones also.He passed away in 1947 from cancer.
Same with my grandfather. I only found out after he died about all the stuff he was involved in. He never talked about it, ever. I don't think it was humility, because he was a very proud man. He was just very traumatized by the things he saw during the war.
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My great uncle Pvt. Louis DiGirolamo was in the 82nd, 505th, Company I. He survived all of his jumps, but was unfortunately KIA in an assault on Fosse, Belgium, January 3rd, 1945. His brother Thomas DiGirolamo would be killed a month later in Luzon, Philippines serving in the 11th Airborne.
My grandmother lost both brothers in a month.
My dad was also 82nd 505th E company. Made all four jumps. Miss you dad.
I was with the 82nd airborne 407th parachute rigger outfit from 1974-77, mainly heavy air drop battalion
82nd Airborne Was The Warrior Of The Sky!!!!!
My dad was Charles h. Miller 505 charle co. Recevied a purple heart pulling a libay (english) out of a bunning tank also received a bronze star And made all 4 jumps they did. When he was in the hospital before he passed- he was still killing Germans.
My Regiment and Division!!! 2-505 (1986 to 1992), 3-505 (1996 to 1998), RGT HQs (1998-2000)
My dad joined the 82nd in 1947. I joined in 1979. The best five years of my life. Airborne All the Way.
My grandfather , Mervyn C. Brathor was part of the 82nd Airborne 508 PIR . He was captured the that morning and spent his time in the Germany POW camp until the liberation.
Long Live my Grandpa Pablo Galindro who was in 82nd Airborne in WWII
father was at la fiere. didn't even get a squirt gun as a kid. what he did for the 50 years that followed without bitching or boasting once is what i find most impressive.
Only came here because I’m in the 82nd airborne division in a Roblox group
lul
When some of the 82nd came to braunstone park in uk. One of them dated my grandma. So my grandad is one of them, I never knew him unfortunately ❤❤
My Great Grandfather Ralph Pacheco jumped on D-day with the 82nd he was only 20 years old and was able to make it all the way through D-day. I will never forget the sacrifice that he gave to fight the nazi's and kick them out of france.
My great grandfather was a master sergeant in the 82nd airborne
I remember this as a child and I ended up in in the 82nd. Can't touch those guys but we believe.
1:08 Meth Damon from Breaking Bad on the left
They rolled the parachutes back lying on their bellies lest they get hit .Well done!!!.
Tenho um livro sobre essa divisão "Até Berlim" escrito pelo Gen. Gavin muito bom meus Respeitos a tds 🪂🪂🪂🪂🦅🦅🦅🦅🗡🗡🗡🗡🗡👊👊👊👊
82nd 1/508 and Proud
A great book i have the Germans called them ..those Devils in baggy pants
My great grandfather served in the 82nd... never talked about it, expect a story about him guarding a general. nothing about the combat he saw. I came here to find out more about what he went through. anyone have any suggestions about finding more info about the engagements the 82nd took part of?
My grandfather was in the 82nd 505th. Do you know what regiment your great grandfather was in? I found a book on Amazon about the one my grandfather was in called Four Stars of Valor. I just got done watching Band of Brothers, it was about the 101st airborne division in WWII. They fought a lot of the same battles at the 82nd.
@@katrinakilburn3316 sadly I don't. I know he was the at D day and most likely was one of the men to parachute in behind enemy lines that day, and he served as a guard for the Eisenhower.
@@aarlavaan if you haven't yet, watch Band of Brothers. I just watched and finished it for the first time this past week. It was very good! And maybe check out that book I mentioned. I started reading it and it's very informative!
@@aarlavaan also, go to valor.militarytimes.com and plug his name in and see if he was awarded any metals. I was able to get more info on my grandfather there...what battallion he was in etc. He received a silver star during WWII.
@@katrinakilburn3316 sadly his records seem to have been among those lost during the 1973 fire. all I have been able to find was his draft record, not even where he was assigned after boot camp or anything.
I know he got a few medals, but I don't know which ones. thank you for pointing me towards new resources though.
My grandfather was in the 82nd. Rest in Peace
my dad 82nd div Btry C 466 Prcht FA Bn light Artillery 844 2 purple hearts, six bronze stars for sicily, rome-arno, naples-foggia; normandy, northern france, rhineland, ardennes, centraleurope campaigns also eoropean african middle eastern theater campaign per his honorable discharge WD AGO 53-55 (todays dd214)
Isn't it it is a great honor.. My Uncle Manuel Nunez. 82nd Arab will help liberate... Europe from the nazis... God rest your soul soldier...🇲🇽🇺🇲.. Later on your son's and your brother-in-law... A 101st airborne 173rd airborne...🇲🇽🇺🇸
Long . Live . 82nd airbourne! . when the Marines need bac up Lol ✈ ☁⚡🌎🌍🌏
The 505PIR was my dad's division in WW2
I am proud to have trained my senior jumpmaster course in 82ND ABN DIV 🌹❤️❤️❤️🌹
Longlast the freedom of Speech🌹❤️❤️❤️🌹
Long live Democracy 🌹❤️❤️❤️🌹
I took that main cover photo!
have you heard of buck dawson?
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Dad was 508th co H PIR in WW2!! JJ
i jump with the 82 airborne in Rhode Island in the year 2.000
Nice
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My grandfather didn't recall it as merry as this movie.
Neither did mine! My grandpa was a medic in the 82nd airborne and allowed to carry a 30.calcarbine. He was in dday, market garden, and wounded during the battle of the bulge! He didn't like talking about it for there were some ruff times!
@@hugbug4408 My grandfather was a scout in the 82nd. Jumped in Italy and D-Day. Fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was even assigned to be Patton's guard for awhile. Even to his son, my father, he never spoke much about actual combat. The only thing he told us was that... you don't really want to know what it was like to fight in war. I never really understood that until I got older and the Internet allowed me to see some of the horrors of man. My grandfather died in the 90s when I was a small kid. I wish he lived longer. But there is something he taught me, even as a small child: fight for your freedom. He had his Thompson machine gun and a Nazi dagger, and would show me that sometimes. I swear to God I will never forget the day he showed me that weapon, his Thompson machine gun, your last defense. I must have been only 12 years old, but I remember it well.
The government changed the name of Fort Bragg to Fort liberty. Disgraceful and disgraceful to all of us who served there.
My dad served in the 82nd airborne, was born October 1929 , I was born August 1988 🌝😬😏 go figure.
my gramps was a 82 airborne pilot
101st v 82nd
*fights*
82nd won 1000000000 to 0
I served in the 82nd.. falcons all the way
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AATW! FFTS!
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