An exclusive preview of the All American Legacy Podcast where we'll take a look back at the people, places, and battles that shaped the first 100 years of the famed-82nd Airborne Division.

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In August of 1917, in a sleepy Georgia outpost called Camp Gordon, a new unit forms for entry into the Great War.  This inaugural episode of the All American Legacy podcast dispels some myths about the creation of the 82nd and explains the origins of our country's most celebrated unit.

Master Sgt. Patrick Malone introduces us to the All American Division while discussing how the unit got its name and where the origins of the unit's famed-Double A patch comes from. 82nd War Memorial Museum Director, John Arsen joins us to talk about the history of the patch and how it came to look the way it does.

Hosts Staff Sgt. Will Reinier and Lt. Col. Joe Buccino discuss episode one and discuss the origin of the nickname "All Americans" as well as the history behind some of the Division's early commanders.

Learn more about the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum by visiting their website at http://www.82ndairbornedivisionmuseum.com/

The All American Legacy Podcast is a joint effort by the 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs Office. Our goal is to celebrate the 100 year history of the 82nd by telling the stories of the soldiers, battles, and legacy that has shaped us into the All American Division. Join us as we work through the birth of the 82nd, through World War I, its rebirth before WWII as the 82nd Airborne Division and through today.

This show is produced by the 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs Office and hosted by Master Sgt. Patrick Malone, Lt. Col. Joe Buccino, Staff Sgt. Will Reinier, and more!

Do you have a suggestion for the show? Email us at allamericanlegacy@gmail.com.

You can also connect with us on social media at www.facebook.com/82ndAirborneDivision and www.twitter.com/82ndABNDiv  Tweet at us using #AALegacy and we'll give you a shout out in our next show notes!

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All American Legacy Podcast Episode 01 - Birth

In an Army of One part 1, we meet Sgt. Alvin York, the Division’s second Medal of Honor recipient. Master Sgt. Patrick Malone takes us to the hills of Appalachia in Tennessee to learn about the man who would single-handedly capture more than 130 German soldiers in a single battle in World War 1.

A pacifist, York originally did not want to fight in the Great War. He wanted to stay in the mountains of Tennessee. However, York found himself in the Argonne Forest in October 1918.

Lt. Col. Joe Buccino takes us to the Argonne and explains the situation that our Soldiers found themselves in. They were lost, outnumbered, less-trained, and less-experienced for the fight that lay ahead of them. York and his men appeared to have no chance of fighting their way out.

Finally, we meet Col. Douglas Mastriano, a military historian from the U.S. Army War College who dedicated more than 10 years to researching the events that transpired on October 8th, 1918. He spent more than 1,000 hours in the Argonne Forest conducting terrain analysis and matching it with known tactics used by German units in the region. His analytical approach to finding the truth leads to a compelling retelling of the battle in which York would receive the Medal of Honor. We'll share that retelling in this episode.

Learn more about Mastriano's journey of discovery in the book Alvin York: A New Biography, winner of the Crader Family Book Prize in American Values, and at his website: http://www.SgtYorkDiscovery.com/  

Next week, we'll follow up on Sgt. Alvin York after the war and his role as the reluctant hero, his work to better education opportunities for children in his hometown, and his support for WWII and the reconstituted 82nd Airborne Division. We’ll speak with members of the York family including his great-nephew Sgt. Jacob York - who currently serves in the same Division as his great uncle.

This show is produced by the 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs Office and hosted by Master Sgt. Patrick Malone, Lt. Col. Joe Buccino, Staff Sgt. Will Reinier, and more!

Do you have a suggestion for the show? Email us at allamericanlegacy@gmail.com 

You can also connect with us on social media at www.facebook.com/82ndAirborneDivision and www.twitter.com/82ndABNDiv   

Tweet at us using #AALegacy and we’ll give you a shout out in our next show notes. This week, we want to thank Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin, Matthew MacRoberts, Greg Mize, Alex Licea, David Samoker, and Scott Trahan for sending us such great feedback from the first two episodes!

Make sure to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or where ever you listen to podcasts. Leave a rating and review and share this with your friends. Join us every Tuesday as we bring you weekly episodes from the center of the military universe - Fort Bragg.

AA Legacy Podcast Episode 03 - Army Of One Pt. 1

In this week's All American Legacy Podcast, we discuss the Division's entry to the Great War.

In our first segment, Master Sgt. Patrick Malone talks to Division Historian and All American Legacy co-host, Lt. Col. Joe Buccino, about how the Division's legacy in WWII over-shadows our service in WWI. To help shed some light on that service, Malone discusses the composition of the Division in 1917 and their movement to Europe to train to enter the war.

Jonathan Casey, archivist at the National WWI Museum, tells us about the first days of the 82nd Division in the war. Learn more about the National WWI Museum by visiting their page at https://www.theworldwar.org   
The second segment takes us to St. Mihiel, where the 82nd was baptized into the horrible crucible of warfare.

Lt. Col. Joe Buccino reminds us that the Division's service in St. Mihiel was the first major milestone in the war and should be a celebrated part of our history. St. Mihiel was the first major offensive in WWI led by American soldiers and couldn't have happened without the 82nd Division.

See what it was like for the American troops in this archived video from France in Sept. 1918 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ddkjbvwWSI

In the horrific battle that would follow, the All Americans are called to advance. As part of that advance, we're introduced to Lt. Col. Emory Pike, our first ever Medal of Honor recipient. St. Mihiel was the Division's first D-Day and should be remembered in the same breath as the more widely-recognized D-Day of WWII.

The All American Legacy Podcast tells the story of the 82nd through its 100 year history. It is produced by the 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs Office and hosted by Master Sgt. Patrick Malone, Lt. Col. Joe Buccino, Staff Sgt. Will Reinier, and more!

Do you have a suggestion for the show? Email us at allamericanlegacy@gmail.com.

You can also connect with us on social media at www.facebook.com/82ndAirborneDivision and www.twitter.com/82ndABNDiv  Tweet at us using #AALegacy and we'll give you a shout out in our next show notes!

Make sure to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or where ever you listen to podcasts. Leave a rating and review and share this with your friends. Join us every Tuesday as we bring you weekly episodes from the center of the military universe - Fort Bragg.

AA Legacy Podcast Episode 02 - First Contact

Official account of the 82nd Airborne Division, an active airborne infantry division of the US Army specializing in airborne joint forcible entry operations.

82nd Airborne Division

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