All American, All the Way: A Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II: From Market Garden to Berlin

On Sunday, September 17, 1944, the 82nd Airborne Division jumped into history with the First Allied Airborne Army in a daring daylight parachute and glider-borne assault to capture key bridges at the start of Operation Market Garden. Following weeks of heavy combat in Holland, the All Americans (the name of the division in World War I when Sgt. Alvin York was one of its soldiers) were withdrawn from the frontlines for a well-deserved rest, which was almost immediately interrupted by the Battle of the Bulge, where they once again found themselves in the thick of the action, a position that remained familiar to them for the rest of the war. Following VE Day, the 82nd became part of the Allied forces occupying Berlin. On Sunday, Sept 17th, 1944, the 82nd Airborne jumped into action and history as part of the First Allied Airborne Army in a daring daylight parachute and glider-borne assault the capture key bridges in Operation Market Garden. Suitable for the military historian, this book is a testament to the fighting spirit of the All Americans. Through the words of its veterans, details the regimental history of the 82nd Airborne Division 'All Americans' from Operation Husky in July of 1943 through D-Day and Operation Market Garden to the Battle of the Bulge, and finally ending in Berlin as part of the occupying forces