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Tagged: 82nd Airborne Division

Announcements and Updates / Army History / Events / Military History / Military Veterans Events

National Airborne Day – August 16th, 2017

August 16, 1940 marked the first official Army parachute jump, validating the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute. On August 14, 2002 President George W. Bush issued the following proclamation: The history of airborne forces began after World War I, when Brigadier General William Mitchell first conceived the idea of parachuting… Read more

Announcements and Updates / Army History / Events / Military History / Military Veterans Events

National Airborne Day August 16th, 2016

August 16, 1940 marked the first official Army parachute jump, validating the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute. On August 14, 2002 President George W. Bush issued the following proclamation: The history of airborne forces began after World War I, when Brigadier General William Mitchell first conceived the idea of parachuting… Read more

Nonprofit Announcements

VOB Welcomes Veterans Foundation of America to our Nonprofit Membership

Veteran’s Foundation of America (VFA) was founded as a 501 (c)(3) public charity in 2008 to help meet a need for unfunded or inadequately funded government, non-government and non-profit organizations. Founder served in the 82nd Airborne Division as an Airborne Infantry Officer with Fort Bragg, NC.  Contact Veteran’s Foundation of America at: (908) 415-0403.… Read more