Editing 82nd Airborne Division (section)

==Origins==
[[File:Ceremonies - Camp Funston thru Camp Lee - Review of 328th Regiment Infantry At Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia - NARA - 26422369 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Review of the 328th Infantry Regiment at Camp Gordon, Chamblee, Georgia, 1 February 1918]]

The 82nd Division was first constituted during [[World War I]] on 5{{nbsp}}August 1917 as an infantry division in the [[Army of the United States|National Army]]. It was organized and formally activated on 25 August 1917 at [[Camp Gordon (World War I)|Camp Gordon]], Georgia.<ref name="lineage">{{cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/div/082abd.htm |title=Lineage and Honors Information: 82nd Airborne Division |publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] |access-date=22 December 2009 |archive-date=8 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608031205/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/div/082abd.htm }}</ref> At the time, the division consisted entirely of newly [[Conscription in the United States|conscripted]] soldiers. Original enlisted men assigned to the division came from [[Alabama]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and [[Tennessee]], but during October 1917, nearly all of them were transferred to fill shortages in [[National Guard (United States)|National Guard]] and National Army units, principally the [[30th Infantry Division (United States)|30th]], [[31st Infantry Division (United States)|31st]], and [[81st Infantry Division (United States)|81st Divisions]], which were training at other camps in the [[Southern United States]]. Replacements for them were received mostly from [[Fort Devens|Camp Devens]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Fort Dix|Camp Dix]], [[New Jersey]], Camps [[Fort Gregg-Adams|Lee]] and [[Fort Meade|Meade]], [[Virginia]], and [[Camp Upton]], [[New York (state)|New York]], the men hailing from [[New England]] and the [[Mid-Atlantic (United States)|Mid-Atlantic states]]. In the spring, 5,000 more replacements for transfers made over the winter were assigned from Fort Devens, Camp Gordon, Camp Upton, [[Camp Dodge, Iowa|Camp Dodge]], [[Iowa]], and Camp Travis, [[Texas]], along with a contingent of men from Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=John B.|date=1998|title=Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Center of Military History, United States Army|page=60}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|date=1944|title=82nd Division, Summary of Operations in the World War|url=https://history.army.mil/documents/wwi/82div/82div.htm#1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213185221/http://www.history.army.mil/documents/wwi/82div/82div.htm#1|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 December 2007|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=American Battle Monuments Commission (U.S. Government Printing Office)|page=1}}</ref> The citizens of [[Atlanta]] held a contest to give a nickname to the new division, and in April 1918, [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] [[Eben Swift]], the commanding general, chose "All American" to reflect the unique composition of the 82nd—it had soldiers from all 48 states in the Union.<ref>{{cite news | last=Rutledge | first=G.K | newspaper=The Atlanta Georgian | title=Name for 82nd Division to be Chosen by next Sunday | date=2 April 1918 | page=1}}</ref>
The bulk of the division was two infantry [[brigade]]s, each commanding two regiments. The 163rd Brigade commanded the [[325th Infantry Regiment (United States)|325th Infantry Regiment]] and the [[326th Infantry Regiment (United States)|326th Infantry Regiment]] along with the 320th Machine Gun Battalion. The 164th Brigade commanded the [[327th Infantry Regiment (United States)|327th Infantry Regiment]] and the [[328th Infantry Regiment (United States)|328th Infantry Regiment]] and the 321st Machine Gun Battalion.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Brigade: A History: Its Organization and Employment in the US Army |publisher=Combat Studies Institute Press |last=McGrath |first=John J. |year=2004 |page=172 |isbn=978-1-4404-4915-4}}</ref> Also in the division were the [[82nd Airborne Division Artillery|157th Field Artillery Brigade]], composed of the [[319th Field Artillery Regiment|319th]], [[320th Field Artillery Regiment|320th]] and [[321st Field Artillery Regiment]]s and the 307th Trench Mortar Battery; a divisional troops contingent, and a [[Train (military)|division train]]. The division sailed to [[Europe]] in May 1918 to join the [[American Expeditionary Forces]] (AEF), commanded by [[General (United States)|General]] [[John J. Pershing|John Pershing]], on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwi/ob/82-comp-ob.htm |title=82nd Division Composition (World War I) |publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] |access-date=22 December 2009 |archive-date=8 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608145730/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwi/ob/82-comp-ob.htm }}</ref>