George B. Duncan
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Major General George Brand Duncan was a United States Army officer who served in numerous conflicts, most notably World War I, where he commanded the 82nd Division, now the 82nd Airborne Division.
George B. Duncan as a major general in Prauthoy, France, November 25, 1918.
French General Augustin Gérard, commanding the French Eighth Army, accompanied by Major General George B. Duncan, commanding the 77th Division, leaving the 77th's headquarters and passing by its Guard of Honor, Baccarat, France, June 1918.
Major General Charles Pelot Summerall, sat in the middle, along with members of his staff and senior commanders in his V Corps, pictured here in 1918 or 1919. Major General George B. Duncan, commanding the 82nd Division, is sat on the far left.
82nd Airborne Division
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The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into hostile areas with a U.S. Department of Defense mandate to be "on-call to fight any time, anywhere" at "the knife's edge of technology and readiness." Primarily based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Airborne Division is the U.S. Army's most strategically mobile division.
82nd Airborne Division
Review of the 328th Infantry Regiment at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Georgia, 1 February 1918
Doughboys of Company B, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division, serving in a front line trench, France, 1 July 1918
328th Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Division advances in preparation to capture Hill 223 on 7 October 1918.