In the spring of 1943, the 82nd All Americans became the first airborne division sent overseas. They left via troop ships from New England and landed in Casablanca, North Africa on May 10, 1943. From there, they moved by rail to Oujda and then by truck to Kairouan, Tunisia. That would be their departure point for the Division's first combat drop, the invasion of Sicily-Operation Husky.(rudeerude)

Operation Husky

Three jeeps and a dozen men of the Third Division are ferried across the Rhine River by 540th Engineers on March 26, 1945 as two pontoon bridges are being constructed near Worms and Bobenheim.