01/31/2025
The 82nd Airborne Division is recognized as one of the 36 liberating units of the US Army during World War II. On May 2, 1945, troops of the 82nd Airborne and the 8th Infantry Division overran Wรถbbelin, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp.
This photo shows a chaplain with the 82nd Airborne Division helping a survivor board a truck to evacuate him from the Wรถbbelin concentration camp to an American field hospital. Germany, May 4, 1945.
To learn more about the roles 82nd and 101st Airborne Division Soldiers played during the holocaust, click here: https://www.asomf.org/the-role-the-82d-101st-airborne.../