82nd Airborne Division paratroopers recall daring World War II river assault
Most of the paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne Division’s 307th Engineer Battalion are deployed, but that didn’t stop the unit from recognizing the 75th anniversary of one of its most heroic accomplishments.On Friday, the battalion’s soldiers at Fort Bragg watched a reenactment of the crossing of the Waal River during World War II, then staged a competition that harkened back to the daring assault across the water.The crossing took place during the Battle of […]
