82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum

82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum
82nd Airborne insignia
Location in North Carolina
Established	1945
Location	Fort Bragg, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates	35°08′21″N 78°59′57″W / 35.139167°N 78.999167°W / 35.139167; -78.999167
Type	military museum, aviation museum
Collection size	5,000 plus 82d Division related items
Visitors	50,000 plus a year
Director	John Aarsen
President	Mark Acker
Curator	Jimmie Hallis
Public transit access	post shuttle
Website	82ndairbornedivisionmuseum.com

The 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum is a museum located at Ardennes and Gela Streets on the Fort Bragg Army base. Established in 1945, the museum chronicles the history of the 82nd Airborne Division from 1917 to the present including World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf Wars as well as campaigns in Grenada, Panama, Operation Golden Pheasant, Operation Restore Hope and Operation Enduring Freedom.^[1] The museum is open to the public but photo id and a vehicle search is required to enter Fort Bragg.^[2]

The museum grounds serve as a location for military ceremonies as well.^[3]

Exhibits

The collection includes light armor weapons, rifles, handguns, and uniforms from multiple eras including captured arms and uniforms of enemy forces including German paratrooper and Luftwaffe. Personal items including a name tag and military uniform belonging to Manuel Noriega, captured during Operation Just Cause.^[1]

Aircraft

C-7 on display at the museum, once used by the Golden Knights parachute team.

Bell UH-1A Iroquois.

References

1 2 "Exhibits". 82nd Airborne Division Museum.
↑ 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum Brochure, United States Army
↑ "Falcons honor wounded warriors". Paraglide.

82d Airborne Division War memorial museum, In-Briefing to AA6 dated May 2014

External links

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Official Website

United States Army history museums

Organization and history	National Guard Memorial Museum (Washington, DC) National Museum of the United States Army

Branches (official)	U.S. Army Aviation Museum U.S. Cavalry Museum U.S. Army Chaplain Museum Harbor Defense Museum National Infantry Museum U.S. Army Intelligence Museum U.S. Army Medical Department Museum Army Medical Museum and Library (succeeded by the National Museum of Health and Medicine) U.S. Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum U.S. Army Transportation Museum U.S. Army Women's Museum

Post and unit museums	1st Infantry Division Museum 82nd Airborne Division Museum Pratt Museum (101st Airborne Division) Fort George G. Meade Museum Fort Huachuca Museum Fort Lewis Military Museum General George Patton Museum (Fort Knox, KY) Watervliet Arsenal Museum West Point Museum

State and private museums (affiliated with the Army Museum System)	Airborne & Special Operations Museum California State Military Museum Iowa Gold Star Military Museum Jackson Barracks Military Museum Kentucky Military History Museum Mississippi Armed Forces Museum National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey Oregon Military Museum Washington National Guard Museum

State and private (not affiliated with the Army Museum System)	African American Military History Museum General George S. Patton Memorial Museum Fort MacArthur Museum

Regional history	U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii

Other	Army Art Program Army Heritage Center Foundation Army Heritage and Education Center U.S. Army Center of Military History Military history of the United States Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum

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