American Airborne units location in Uk prior to D-Day

Found this site while looking for more information www.ramsburyatwar.com/101_airborne_divison

 

Just thought I would bump this as I still am really none the wiser ref my original question

To my knowledge (which is good but not all inclusive), other than the 'Code Talkers' of the Pacific, there were no units from the US composed entirely of Native Americans. In many a veteran's memior, there is often one "Injun" who invariably gets the nickname "Chief". It turns out it's not just a movie cliché.

When I reflect on the lack of segregated units for Hispanics and Native Americans, I often picture the caricature of the Southerner officer puzzling over what the US War Department didn't understand about 'racial theory'.

"We told them we didn't want any damn n-----!!!!"

 

Hi,
There is a book called "Passing Through" by John P McCann.
This is an extensive study of 82nd Airborne and their time in Northern Ireland.

To give you some idea of the detail is discusses :-
HQ 82nd Airborne Division
325 Glider Infantry Regt
319th Glider Field Artillery Batt
456th Parachute Field Artillery Batt
407th Airborne QM Company
82nd Airborne Signal Coy
82nd Airmorne Military Police
82nd Airborne Division HQ
505 Parachute Infantry Regiment
320th Glider Field Artillery Regt
80th Airborne AA Batt
307th Airborne Engineers
307th Airborne Medical Coy
782nd Airborne Ordnance Coy

The information is excellent with details of the various camp locations (Including photographs)

Most were based in Counties Londonderry, Antrim and Tyrone. - I have some detail on my website Second World War in Northern Ireland - Home

There are still some quonsett huts, ranges and various other things which can be found relating to the presence of the troops - I found some graffiti in soldiers shelters at the ranges on the County Antrim Coast.

Hope this is of use.

 

WW2NI......... that would be the very same book sat in a pile behind me was only looking through it the other day and it is a mine of information but many thanks all the same