82nd Airborne Division 1917-2005.82nd Airborne Division 1917-2005 Dominique Francois Heimdal c/o Casemate 2114 Darby Road, 2nd Floor, Havertown, PA 19083 2840482150, $65.00, www.casematepublishing.com 1-610-853-9131 Profusely illustrated throughout with b/w and color photography, "82nd Airborne Division 1917-2005" is a 400-page history of one of the most prestigious and battle experienced military units in the American Army. This is the history of thousands of American soldiers trained and ready to parachute into extreme battlefield situations and to achieve their military objectives on the ground no matter the conditions. "82nd Airborne Division 1917-2005" ranges from the trenches of the World War I battlefield of the Somme Somme, department, FranceSomme (sôm), department (1990 pop. 548,300), N France, in Picardy, on the English Channel. Amiens is the capital.Somme, river, FranceSomme, river, c. to the desert engagements of our war with Iraqi, and from the snow-covered forests of the Belgian Ardness to the jungles of Vietnam. Here revealed are almost 90 years of specialized military history drawn from private archives and division military files. "82nd Airborne Division 1917-2005 " is a seminal and enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, academic, and community library "Military History" reference collections and supplemental reading lists. |
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