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Hello and welcome to another World War II podcast.

I'm Angus Wallace.

In this episode we're returning to Operation Husky,

this time looking at the 82nd Airborne.

Operation Husky was the inversion of Sicily by the Allies in 1943 and it would be the first large-scale use of airborne troops by the Allies.

I'm joined by Lieutenant Colonel Joe Pacino of the 82nd Airborne.

Joe is currently a serving officer and could be heard on the All-American Legacy

podcast. Joe, thanks for joining me. If we're looking at the 82nd

airborne element of Husky, it is probably worth looking at the 82nd themselves.

Yeah.

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