Drawn from all 48 states at the time, (hence it’s designation as “All American”) the 82nd Infantry Division was formed in the new “National Army” on 5 August 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I and stood up at then-Camp (now Fort) Gordon, Georgia soon after.
Consisting of the 325th, 326th, 327th and 328th Infantry regiments along with the 319th, 320th and 321st Field Artillery Regiments and the 307th Trench Mortar Battery, they embarked for France the next April, going on to see hard service at St. Mihiel and the Argonne.
And of course, as the 82nd Airborne Division, they have been serving up that Airborne Kool-Aid around the world since 1942.
