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Jan 15, 2021 · The airborne infantrymen of the 101st were still needed — mostly involved in rapid deployment strategies — but the training was shifting with the times, and the times were changing indeed. Then, on July 29th, 1965, the 1st Brigade landed at Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, and the 101st adapted to their new role in the jungle.
The 43 year old career officer from Missouri commanded the 101st “Screaming Eagles” Airborne Division. Taylor and his more than 6,000 paratroopers landed on French soil beginning in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944—D-Day—after jumping from C-47 Transports.
—Ralph M. Mitchell (1986), 101st Airborne Division's defense of Bastogne, p. 38 As a result of the powerful American defense to the north and east, XLVII Panzer Corps commander Gen. von Lüttwitz decided to encircle Bastogne and strike from the south and southwest, beginning on the Winter Solstice, the night of 20/21 December. German Panzer reconnaissance units had initial success, nearly ...
May 26, 2022 · Defending against encirclement. On the night of December 18, 1944, the Germans attacked and nearly took out the 101st Airborne Division’s medical company. By the next morning, the Americans were outnumbered five-to-one. Everything was going in the Germans’ favor, as they had the terrain, supplies, manpower and weather to their advantage.
Apr 10, 2015 · 101st Airborne Division "Eagle Division" The division insignia is a white eagle's head with a gold beak on a black shield. The design is based on an American Civil War tradition. The black shield recalls the "Iron Brigade", one of the forerunners of the 101st Division.
During Operation Market Garden, The American 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions were assigned to capture bridges in the Netherlands to allow XXX Corps to link up with the British 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. A two-phase offensive, Operation Market Garden called for airborne troops to parachute into the German-occupied Netherlands and seize ...
Jan 22, 2021 · On 17 September 1944, taking part in one of the largest of airborne invasions, the 101st landed in Holland, took Vechel and held the Zon bridge. St. Oedenrode and Eindhoven fell after sharp fighting on the 17th and 18th. Opheusden changed hands in a shifting struggle, but the enemy was finally forced to withdraw, 9 October.
