Editing 82nd Airborne Division (section)

==== 1967 Detroit riot ====
{{Main|1967 Detroit riot}}
On 24 July 1967, shortly before midnight, President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] ordered the U.S. military to occupy [[Detroit]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=28364 |title=Lyndon B. Johnson: Remarks to the Nation After Authorizing the Use of Federal Troops in Detroit |publisher=The American Presidency project |date=24 July 1967 |access-date=16 April 2018 |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913111836/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=28364 }}</ref> At 1:10&nbsp;a.m., 4,700 paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, under the command of Lieutenant General [[John L. Throckmorton]], arrived in Detroit<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.detroits-great-rebellion.com/Timeline.html|title=Timeline|website=Detroits-great-rebellion.com|access-date=17 February 2022}}</ref> and began working in the streets, coordinating refuse removal, tracing persons who had disappeared in the confusion, and carrying out routine military functions, such as the establishment of mobile patrols, guard posts, and roadblocks.<ref name="The Role of Federal Military Forces" />

Rioting peaked in high intensity. The 82nd worked alongside the 101st to secure east of [[M-1 (Michigan highway)|Woodward]], while the National Guard took land west of Woodward. "Incidents" began to decline as paratroopers constantly patrolled the perimeter with [[M16 rifle]]s, [[M60 machine gun]]s, and [[M48 Patton|M48 tanks]], while the police began making arrests on those violating [[curfew]] regulations or who were caught looting. On 27 July, with a sense of normalcy returned to the city, in part due to the presence of Army and National Guard troops, and the riot was officially declared over. The Army began to scale down in order to return to their normal duties, relinquishing control to local authorities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-20/CMH_Pub_30-20.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920132904/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-20/CMH_Pub_30-20.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 September 2015 |title=The Role of Federal Military Forces |pages=194–196 |author=Paul J. Scheips |publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] |date=2005}}</ref>

Although Army paratroopers exercised some restraint on [[firepower]] due to being racially integrated, as well as their combat experience in Vietnam (as opposed to the mainly white and inexperienced National Guard troops), the 82nd was directly responsible for at least one death. On 29 July, two days after the riot officially ended, 82nd Captain Randolph Smith fatally shot Ernest Roquemore, a 19-year-old black man carrying a transistor radio.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39011765 A time of tragedy; a special report. Detroit's riot from 3:30 a.m. 23 July 1967, when it began, until the moment it stopped.] p. 13/16</ref> Three other individuals were injured by shotgun fire from police in the same incident. The Army and Detroit Police were on a joint patrol in order to recover looted items within the vicinity.<ref>3 September 1967: [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/98689128/ Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • Page 21]</ref>

On 30 July, the 82nd and the 101st completely left Detroit and moved back to [[Selfridge Air National Guard Base|Selfridge]] for redeployment to their home stations, a process that continued gradually until August 2.<ref name="The Role of Federal Military Forces">{{cite web |url=https://history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-20/CMH_Pub_30-20.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920132904/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/030/30-20/CMH_Pub_30-20.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 September 2015 |title=The Role of Federal Military Forces |page=196 |author=Paul J. Scheips |publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] |date=2005}}</ref>