From 1945. 82nd airborne vs Combat Engineers. Engineers won the game. In another photo that house is covered with soldiers getting a better view. Eisenhower ordered them off.Oh and on the Rangers from D-Day. My assistant Scout Master in Dayton, Ohio prepared everyone of Boy Scouts to become soldiers without us knowing it - rope bridges, back packing trips two weeks long, repelling - only after I joined the 82d did I find out he was one of the few Rangers at Point du Hoc to come thru unscratched, and he continued his service on into Korea and Viet Nam....
I actually wish I knew what the friction between the 82nd and the Combat Engineers was about. I should have taken the time to really find out.
I know there was tension and it was enough that the Army had a football game in Berlin soon after the war, between the two. I have several photos of the game.
It was a pretty big deal. Eisenhower and Marshall Zhukov both attended the game. It was played at the Berlin Polo Grounds.
From 1945. 82nd airborne vs Combat Engineers. Engineers won the game. In another photo that house is covered with soldiers getting a better view. Eisenhower ordered them off.