whocarz, i appologize for the mistake, as the only time i'd seen their insignia, the number was spelled out in roman numerals. i'd seen their combat patch, the blue dragon insignia with airborne above it, which turns out to be the XVIII Airborne Corps, of which the 82nd is an integral part. one of the maps I'd seen down at MEPS a couple years back had all the unit combat patches on a map of the world, in the places where the units are deployed, and for some reason, it had parts of the XVIII showed as forward-deployed in Italy.
Sorry about the misquote, as I'd misread your original post, missing the word airborne
division. Admittedly, the 75th is not a division unto itself, though it is an active combat-airborne unit
Glad to runa cross someone who knows their stuff and isn't running off misinformation and speculation