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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.
Jun 16, 2022 · Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower smiles while speaking with the 101st Airborne Division – “The Screaming Eagles” – as they prepare for the D-Day invasion, June 1944. (Photo Credit: Hulton Archive / Getty Images) Four of the “Screaming Eagle” units were given a card suit for their helmet ...
May 27, 2014 · In his first address to Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division, commander Maj. Gen. William C. Lee said that though the division had no history, it had “a rendezvous with destiny,” and the division was to be called on when the need was “immediate and extreme.”. Those words — “a rendezvous with destiny” — would prove so ...
In a photo taken on September 17, 1956, Pfc. Garcia, a former member of the 101st Airborne Division, stands a few yards from where trooper Joe Mann was killed. Garcia is holding a charred German rifle butt and an ammunition clip from an American M-1 rifle. “We got in the boat and went to the other bank.
Sep 15, 2021 · The 101st Airborne Division was tasked with capturing a series of beach exits and enemy strongpoints directly inland from the shores of Utah Beach. The division would parachute in with 6,928 men ...
Nov 13, 2021 · Apache Troop, 1-33 Calvary, 3rd Battalion Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) share their JRTC training story October 1, 2021. Fort Campbell’s Andre Lucas Elementary earns Blue ...
D-Day casualties for the airborne divisions were calculated in August 1944 as 1,240 for the 101st Airborne Division and 1,259 for the 82nd Airborne. Of those, the 101st suffered 182 killed, 557 wounded, and 501 missing. For the 82nd, the total was 156 killed, 347 wounded, and 756 missing.
