A history behind the patch of the 82nd Airborne from World War I through current day, featuring a video from the Roving Historian of the 82nd Airborne Division during Vietnam and the Cold war.

Since 1974, the 101st Airborne Division has been the United States Army's "Air Assault" Division. The Division is capable of lifting, by helicopter, a 4,000-soldier combined arms force up to 150 kilometers behind enemy lines in one lift. Having approximately 281 helicopters, including three battalions of Apache attack helicopters, makes the "Screaming Eagles" the most versatile fighting unit in the Army.

The History of the 25th Infantry Division - Tropic Lightning. From its inception as the Hawaiian Division in 1921, through WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Global War on Terror - GWOT.

Soldiers of the 187th Infantry Regiment (Airborne) have the distinction of belonging to the only airborne regiment that has served in every conflict since the inception of American airborne forces. During their time in the Korean War, the Rakkasans were awarded a Presidential Unit Citation and two Korean Presidential Citations, as well as earning five more Battle Streamers for their flag. Three soldiers from the 187 were awarded the Medal of Honor.

The 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (BCT) is a parachute infantry brigade of the United States Army, with its home base in Vicenza, Italy. The "Sky Soldiers" are the United States European Command's conventional airborne strategic response force for Europe. With a rich history dating back to 1917, the 173rd Airborne veterans can hold their heads high, proud of the time spent serving in one of the best units of the United States Army.

"The Pathfinder Division" - A Summary History of the 8th Infantry Division. The 8th ID was a mechanized infantry division in the US Army. The 8th Infantry Division went by the nickname of the "Golden Arrow Division" and later, the "Pathfinder Division." Both referred to the gold arrow in the unit's shoulder patch. However, many soldiers referred to the wearers of an 8ID patch as "Crazy Eights." The 8th I.D. served proudly during WWarI, WWII, in Europe during the Cold War and

The job of the 44th Medical Brigade, now the 44th Medical Command, is to organize, train, deploy, command, and control their subordinate medical units to provide corps-level combat medical, and community health support, across all levels of conflict and in a peacetime garrison environment. The summary history of the 44th Medical Brigade goes into detail about the history of this life-saving group of soldiers.

4 simple steps to researching your ancestor's military service. Where to look for more info than is provided on your family member's DD-214.

Much of the history of the 509th PIB has to be pieced together by the use of veteran narratives and some work by a few "history detectives".

Diego Cancelli owns and operates Il Casale di Giulia a working farm, & B & B. This was the 509th Command Post during the battle of Anzio...

A summary history of the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment - the first to jump into combat.

The Boldest Plan is the Best - The combat history of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion during WWII

I was turned on to history as early as I can remember. My dad told me stories about my relatives and their service in World War II...

History of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment from their time fighting during WWII in the Pacific Theater - which earned them a Presidential Unit Citation - all the way through to their multiple deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan during the Global War on Terror [GWOT].