Luce began the war as a lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne Division's 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion and trained extensively before participating in the invasions of Sicily and then Italy.

FORT LIBERTY — The 82nd Airborne Division confirmed the death of one of its paratroopers in an announcement Thursday. Spc.

Delapena is the senior enlisted leader for the 82nd Airborne Division ... “Their journeys in North Africa, Sicily, Salerno Bay, Normandy, Caisson, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria led ...