82. õhudessantdiviis

**82. õhudessantdiviis** (inglise keeles *82nd Airborne Division*) on Ameerika Ühendriikide maaväe koosseisu kuuluv õhudessantidele spetsialiseerunud jalaväediviis. Üksuse staap asub Fort Braggis Põhja-Carolinas.

See diviis loodi esmakordselt aastal 1917 Fort Gordonis Georgias ning demobiliseeriti kaks aastat hiljem Camp Millsis New Yorgis. 82. õhudessantdiviis taasloodi aastal 1921, anti maaväe reservväe koosseisu ning viidi hiljem üle Columbiasse Lõuna-Carolinas.

Üksus võitles edukalt esimese maailmasõja läänerindel sõja viimastel kuudel. Kuna diviisis oli võitlejaid kõigist 48 toonasest osariigist, sai selle hüüdnimeks All-American (inglise keelest *Kogu-Ameerikalik*) ning sealt võeti üksuse embleemile "AA". 82. õhudessantdiviis võitles Lorraine'i lahingus ja Saint-Mihieli all ning võttis osa Meuse'i-Argonne'i pealetungist.

Pärast rünnakut Pearl Harborile võitles 82. õhudessantdiviis kindral Omar Bradley juhtimisel. Augustis 1942 tegi Bradley üksusest maaväe esimese õhudessantdiviisi, mis osales paljudes teise maailmasõja lahingutes.

## Tuntud võitlejaid
* Kindral Lloyd Austin
* Kindral Michael Kurilla
* Kindral Curtis Scaparrotti
* Armeekindral Omar Bradley
* Kindralleitnant Michael T. Flynn
* Kindralleitnant Keith Kellogg
* Kolonel Mark T. Vande Hei
* Henry Hill
* William Windom

## Vaata ka
* Medal of Honor: Airborne
* RAF Barkston Heath
* Chalgrove Airfield
* RAF Cottesmore
* Langevarjurügement (Suurbritannia)
* Maroonpunane barett

## Viited

## Kirjandus
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* Grey, Stephen. *Into the Viper's Nest: The First Pivotal Battle of the Afghan War*. Minneapolis: Zenith Press, 2010.  
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* LoFaro, Guy *Sword of St. Michael: The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II*. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2011.  
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* McCann, John P. *Passing Through: The 82nd Airborne Division in Northern Ireland 1943–44*. Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland: Colourpoint Books, 2005.  
* McKenzie, John D. *On Time, on Target: The World War II Memoir of a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne*. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 2000.  
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* Nordyke, Phil. *All American, All the Way: The Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II*. St. Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2005.  
* Nordyke, Phil. *The All Americans in World War II: A Photographic History of the 82nd Airborne Division at War*. St. Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2006.  
* Ruggero, Ed. *Combat Jump: The Young Men Who Led the Assault into Fortress Europe, July 1943*. New York: HarperCollins, 2003.  
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* Zinsmeister, Karl. *Boots on the Ground: A Month with the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq*. New York: Truman Talley Books/St. Martin's Press, 2003.  
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