In memory of the forgotten 82nd

[deathhamster]

Every since Saving private Ryan was released, and the subsequent "addon" Band of brothers, the world of ww2 fps gaming has been dominated by the 101st iairborne division. I do not want to undermine the actions of the brave men in that division who gave their lives for the fight against tyranny but it seems that most games developers have forgotten about the original american airborne division the 82nd "All American". This unit took part in more airborne operations than any other division in the allied forces during ww2 and by 1944 had already performed 2 combat jumps compared with the 101st 0. It would fix a great injustice by featuring this unit in a computer game such as BIA with the invasion of sicily, operation Husky, being a prime target for a game that features completely new terrain and a brand new theater of operations.

If they are feeling particularly adventurous they could even make a game featuring the British airborne forces.

[deathhamster]

Every since Saving private Ryan was released, and the subsequent "addon" Band of brothers, the world of ww2 fps gaming has been dominated by the 101st iairborne division. I do not want to undermine the actions of the brave men in that division who gave their lives for the fight against tyranny but it seems that most games developers have forgotten about the original american airborne division the 82nd "All American". This unit took part in more airborne operations than any other division in the allied forces during ww2 and by 1944 had already performed 2 combat jumps compared with the 101st 0. It would fix a great injustice by featuring this unit in a computer game such as BIA with the invasion of sicily, operation Husky, being a prime target for a game that features completely new terrain and a brand new theater of operations.

If they are feeling particularly adventurous they could even make a game featuring the British airborne forces.

[RMaule]

That so true mate i've often thought of that myself, due to hollywood some people only think that the 101st landed on D-day leaving the British paratroops and 82nd. As a Brit its quite sad because not much is known about the british actions on D-day except for Pegasus Bridge (did you know that 61,715 British troops were on French soil on D-day) and all of the missions that British para's set out to do on D-day were completed, most of them were to capture bridges and destroy guns aim at the Beaches (both US and British beaches).

[DarkAutumn]

In all complete and utter fairness, someone ought to take a page from the Call of Duty games and just plain provide for ALL Allied Forces, in some way or another.

The United States, Great Britain, Canada, the ANZAC forces of Australia and New Zealand, The Free French, The Poles, The Dutch...

Let's face it: It was an age of heroes on a scale never before witnessed in Human history and (hopefully) never to be witnessed again.

For my two cents, I say: Honour Them.
Lest We Forget.

[Broom347]

Well if you stay up to date with the current U.S. military, you should not forget the 82nd Airborne. It's the only Airborne unit that exists in the U.S. Army now. The 101st Airborne was changed to the 101st Air Assault. Instead of jumping out of airplanes with Parachutes, they rapell down from choppers with ropes.

All these games just copy movies and other games. Games like Call Of Duty that make you a nazi killing machine with big muscles and lots of guns.

Games like Medal Of Honor and Call of Duty sicken me.

[mixmastersteve2]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RMaule:
That so true mate i've often thought of that myself, due to hollywood some people only think that the 101st landed on D-day leaving the British paratroops and 82nd. As a Brit its quite sad because not much is known about the british actions on D-day except for Pegasus Bridge (did you know that 61,715 British troops were on French soil on D-day) and all of the missions that British para's set out to do on D-day were completed, most of them were to capture bridges and destroy guns aim at the Beaches (both US and British beaches). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Too right mukka, Saving private ryan and Band of brothers were spot on in bringing to public attention what these men did in 1944! Although we must not forget, all the other soilders, sailors and airmen for what they gave up during that time too.

also many people forget that the warm started some 6 years before d-day!

(p.s my grandfather was one of 6th para who glidered in a took pegasus bridge on d-day)

[RMaule]

Thanks to your Grandad the D-day invasion was a success, god bless that man http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/11.gif, and all of the other men and women who fought from 1939 - 1945.

Another story of forgotten soldiers thats going around is the Artic Campaign that the Royal navy fought in, and the Government is refusing to give them a medal, makes me sick.

[comedy_watcher]

Don't forget the 82nd Airborne was in WWI as the 82nd Infantry Division (Alvin Cullum York was in it).And I have not seen mention of the 1st Airborne Division in movies or books about WWII very much(John Dutton Frost was in the 1st Airborne Division)

[M1Garand8]

There is a mod converting HL2 to WWII FPS included the 82nd Airborne Division (505th PIR) at hlfallout.net. It's called Resistance & Liberation, I wonder if you guys have heard of it. They have a nice render of the infantry of 505th PIR on the mod news page on hlfallout.net.

[ACEofSPADES705]

Well the 82nd got some notice in the WWII classic The Longest Day I think John Wayne played an 82nd battalian commander.

[timmy65]

My brother was a member of the 82nd Airborne and saw combat when they went into Grenada a good 20 years or so ago.
I do wish that BIA would have had a mission that would have included a misdropped trooper from the 82nd. It would have been neat to see the AA patch that my brother wore on his arm in the game.
As a side note I was very pleased to see the pilots from the 327th GIR resupplying the paratroopers on D-Day +1. Real recognition for the brave glidermen is long overdue as well.

[ivan_aka_kata]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ACEofSPADES705:
Well the 82nd got some notice in the WWII classic The Longest Day I think John Wayne played an 82nd battalian commander. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yep, he played Col. Vandervoort (who wasn't the boss of the 82nd tho - if I'm not mistaken that was Gavin...) http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Kongo Otto]

Words can not express,so let prayers be lifted,and let us not forget.
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[JackShadow]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Broom347:
Well if you stay up to date with the current U.S. military, you should not forget the 82nd Airborne. It's the only Airborne unit that exists in the U.S. Army now. The 101st Airborne was changed to the 101st Air Assault. Instead of jumping out of airplanes with Parachutes, they rapell down from choppers with ropes.

All these games just copy movies and other games. Games like Call Of Duty that make you a nazi killing machine with big muscles and lots of guns.

Games like Medal Of Honor and Call of Duty sicken me. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

You are wrong my friend, there is one more airborne unit out there: the 173rd airborne brigade. They made the only combat jump in vietnam and spent more time in continuus combat than any other unit in history (7 years). They got deactivated after the war and a few years ago we the first brigade sperate to be reactiveted. They made the only combat jump into Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom. And were the only U.S. unit in northern Iraq. The army expected the 2,000 men of the 173rd to hold of against an expected 100,000 fleeing Irai troops.