82nd Airborne Division - Units During WW II

Units During WW II

The following are 82nd Airborne units during World War II.

  • Division Headquarters
  • 325th Glider Infantry Regiment
  • 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (assigned 15 August 1942; replaced 327th Inf Rgt relieved that same date)
  • 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (assigned 10 February 1943; replaced 326th Inf Rgt which departed on 4 February 1943)
  • 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (attached 14 January 1944 – 1 March 1945)
  • 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (attached 14 January 1944 – 21 January 1945; 23 January 1945 through 9 May 1945)
  • 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment (attached 1–11 January 1945; 23–26 January 1945; 3–5 February 1945; 9–10 February 1945)
  • 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment (attached 26 December 1944 – 13 January 1945; 21–27 January 1945)
  • HHB, Division Artillery
    • 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75mm Normandy, Holland, Germany/105mm Italy)
    • 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75mm Italy/105mm Normandy, Holland, Germany)
    • 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75mm)
    • 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75mm)
  • 80th Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion
  • 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion
  • 307th Airborne Medical Company
  • 82nd Parachute Maintenance Company
  • 82nd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
  • Headquarters, Special Troops
    • Headquarters Company, 82nd Airborne Division
    • 782nd Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company
    • 407th Airborne Quartermaster Company
    • 82nd Airborne Signal Company
    • Military Police Platoon
    • Reconnaissance Platoon (assigned in 1 March 1945 reorganization)
    • Band (assigned in 1 March 1945 reorganization)
    • Honor Guard Platoon (post-war) provided honor guards at the Kleist Palace, Berlin and other locations. Capt. Howard A. Stephens commanding

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