US 82nd Airborne Division - D-DAY 1944 

he did (in order): Italy, (if he is 504 he probably fought at Anzio, he didnt jump there Anzio was a naval assault) operation Overlord (D-Day), then he did operation Market Garden (in holland--> the Netherlands), then he fought in Bastogne. If he liberated a concentration or POW camp (stalag) he probably fought/was deployed in Germany as well. I doubt he did a lot in bastogne since the 82nd wasn't deployed there, so I am thinking you are making this up but whatever, could have bin transfered or something, if you want to know more about the 504th read 'strike and hold' No i do not have a life

also he coulda jumped in Sicily in 43 i forgot about that one

As a former paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne I can tell there are 3 brigades and one of then is on mission cycle and packed ready to go anywhere in the world and be in the air wheels up within 18 hours currently at Fort Bragg, NC. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_bxyxQqnNC4.html

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Looking for info on my grandfather Lester McLaney from this time.

Sharpening bayonets and praying? Lol… no. The battlefield is completely different and we don’t fight a conventional force anymore. We win every battle, but winning lasting peace is vastly more complex. Dumb comment.

You really are obtuse, aren’t you? You couldn’t find a better metaphor for that generation than “sharpening bayonets and prayer” but you, being a product of the post 60’s generation will never understand it. Oh, yeah, and for your “we win every battle” boast; perhaps you haven’t noticed but we just lost a 20 year war to third world goatherders fought by the finest 6% of the millennial generation because the leadership are irreligious and amoral. Virtues don’t come out of a cereal box, dummy.

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