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	101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 101st Airborne Division was reactivated as a training unit at Camp Breckinridge, Ky., in 1948 and again in 1950.
		It was reactivated again in 1954 at Fort Jackson, S.C., and in March 1956, the 101st was transferred, less personnel and equipment to Fort Campbell, Ky., to be reorganized as a combat division.
		In 1968, the 101st took on the structure and equipment of an airmobile division.
	www.campbell.army.mil /dhistory.htm (682 words)

	The 101st Airborne Division During WW II - Overview
		With the 101st designated as an airborne division, all that remained was to train its soldiers to qualify for their new mission.
		The planes carrying the 101st encountered heavy antiaircraft fire as they approached their targets, but the pilots were able to hold formation, and the paratroopers, for the most part, were delivered to the correct drop zones.
		On 1 March the new organizational structure for airborne divisions reached the 101st, and the 506th PIR became an organic element of the division.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /18corps/101abn/101_overview.html (5131 words)

	101st Airborne Division: The Story of the 101st Airborne Division -- WWII G.I. Stories Booklet: Lone Sentry
		It is a responsibility to belong to the 101st Airborne Division with its record of achievement.
		Following this behind-the-enemy-lines "Airborne phase," the 101st moved to an area which soon became known to troops as the "Island." This strip of land was located between the Nederijn and Waal Rivers with Arnhem to the north, Nijmegen to the south.
		The assault was absorbed by the depth of the 101st defense.
	www.lonesentry.com /gi_stories_booklets/101stairborne (5489 words)

	101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
		The 101st is unique in that it normally conducts operations 150 to 300 kilometers beyond the line of contact or forward-line-of-own-troops, requiring theater- and national-level intelligence support as a matter of course.
		In May 1954, the 101st reappeared as a training unit at Ft, Jackson, South Carolina, and in 1956 was transferred to Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, for reorganization as a combat division.
		The 101st was responsible for seizing highway 8, which was used to resupply the Iraqi Army from Baghdad.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/101abn.htm (2423 words)

	101st Airborne Scores Success in Reconstruction of Northern Iraq
		A five-day trip through the 101st Division's large area of operation showed that American military, not the civilian-led occupation authority based in Baghdad, are the driving force in the region's political and economic reconstruction.
		Under General Petraeus, the 101st established an Iraqi governing council for the city of Mosul and the larger Nineveh Province before L. Paul Bremer III, the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, arrived in Baghdad.
		It was soldiers from the 101st Airborne who surrounded the Mosul house where the sons of Saddam Hussein, Uday and Qusay, were discovered and who fired the 12 Tow missiles that killed them after commandos from Task Force 20 withdrew under a hail of gunfire.
	www.iraqfoundation.org /news/2003/isept/4_airborne.html (1751 words)

	Unit Histories
		When the 101st was reactivated in 1956, the 501 was incorporated as part of the TO&E. In the spring of 1944, General Bill Lee, the original commanding general of the 101st Airborne had to relinquish command due to a heart ailment.
		The 101st Airborne Division was deactivated in late 1945, and ceased to exist as a U.S. Army unit until it was reborn in 1956.
		Soon after, the 101st patch was substituted as the 506th became members by attachment of the Screaming Eagle division at Ft Bragg, N.C. In September, the 506th sailed to the U.K. aboard the SS Samaria.
	www.101airborneww2.com /unithistories.html (5281 words)

	101st airborne division's defense of Bastogne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 101st Airborne Division, the unit chosen to stem the advance, was a well-trained, veteran outfit.
		Even as the 101st and its attachments were moving into Bastogne during the night of 18 December, the German advance had moved rapidly down the Wiltz-Bastogne road to a point just three kilometers from the town.
		As the 101st and its attachments, practically on the run, formed a perimeter in the villages around Bastogne on the night of 18 December, the tide of events had begun to turn.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Mitchell/MITCHELL.asp (7431 words)

	101st Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 101st Airborne Division was activated on August 16,1942, one of the first such units in the United States Army.
		The 101st Airborne's mission was to parachute into the interior of the Cotentin Peninsula and prevent German troops from reinforcing those facing the main Allied landing force on Utah Beach.
		The paratroops of the 101st, as well as the 82nd, were badly scattered during the landings in the early morning hours of June 6.
	www.normandyallies.org /101hist.htm (518 words)

	101st (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At least one of the servicemen was from the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell.
		Rodriguez is a 101st Airborne Division soldier who lost his right leg and two of his fingertips when his military truck hit a roadside bomb while in Iraq in November 2003.
		Luis Rodriquez, a medic with the 101st Airborne Division based at nearby Fort Campbell, was injured in March 2003 when the vehicle he was in was struck by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
	www.newstrove.com /cgi-bin/search.pl?search=101st+airborne&title=101st (8055 words)

	101st Airborne Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles.
		Airborne Division (Air Assault) â”nicknamed the Screaming Eagles â” is an airborne division of the United States Army mainly trained for air assault operations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/101st_Airborne_Division (958 words)

	101st Aviation Brigade (Wings of Destiny)
		The 101st Aviation Brigade (Wings of Destiny), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky is composed of a brigade Headquarters company and four aviation regiments and one cavalry unit.
		With the air mobility concept added to the organic capabilities of the 101st Airborne Division, the bravest and most talked about soldiers in the world were delivered to the battlefield by the helicopters of the 101st Aviation Group.
		In October 1970, the 101st Airborne Division was presented the Outstanding Aviation Unit of the Year Award for 1969-1970 at the Army Aviation Association of America Convention in Washington, D.C. In 1972, the 101st Aviation Group returned to Fort Campbell, Kentucky with the other units of the 101st.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/101avn.htm (661 words)

	101st Airborne Division WWII Division Chronicle
		Half of the men would remain in the 82d, and the other half would fill the 101st Division, which at the time was basically a paper organization.
		The following day 101st elements attempted to advance in the division's southern sector, but made little progress against heavy enemy resistance near the village of St. Côme-du-Mont. That same day General Eisenhower directed that American efforts be focused on closing the gap between the V and VII Corps.
		the new organizational structure for airborne divisions reached the 101st, and the 506th PIR became an organic element of the division.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/matrix/101/101-CC.htm (5078 words)

	History of the 101st Airborne Division
		The 101st Airborne Division traces its lineage to World War I with the formation of the 101st Division on 23 July 1918, which was demobilized 11 December 1918 as a result of the armistice.
		After the seizure of the causeways, the 101st proceeded toward a new objective, the capture of the town of Carentan, which was the junction point for the two American forces from UTAH and OMAHA Beaches and a key to the success of the invasion.
		For five days the 101st waged a bitter fight to dislodge the German 6th Parachute Regiment from the town and to hold R until the arrival of American armor units from the beachhead.
	lzsally.com /sally2/archives/history_of_the_101st_airborne_di.htm (5412 words)

	The 101st Cavlry in World War II
		The 101st Recon Squadron was attached to the 4th Infantry Division and the 92nd Recon Squadron of the 12th Armored Division was attached to the Group.
		While the 101st was fighting off counterattacks the 92nd and 116th were ordered to continue on to the Lech River ten miles to the south east and capture the bridges in the vicinity of Landsberg.
		The 101st was directed to move to the south end of Ammer See to take over the 116th blocking mission while the 92nd moved up from reserve to take over the mission of the 101st.
	members.tripod.com /1-101cav/ww2.html (13216 words)

	101st PA Infantry - History
		The recruiting for the 101st PA began in August of 1861 with Joseph H. Wilson, of Beaver County, being elected Colonel of the regiment on September 17th, 1861.
		Colonel Morris, with the 101st and 103d PA were dispatched to the county, accompanied by Co. F of the 3d NY Cavalry and one piece of artillery and its caisson.
		The 101st PA was posted on the eastern end of town on the south side of the Roanoke River.
	home.att.net /~edboots/101history.htm (5891 words)

	History for Welcome to the 101st Air Refueling Wing
		the 101st Fighter Group was released from its duty on 15 April 1956 in New Hampshire and reassigned and reactivated in the State of Maine.
		The 101st Air Defense Wing was assigned to the 36th Air Division located at Topsham AF Station, Maine and to Headquarters, First Air Force located at Stewart Air Force Base, New York.
		The 101st stands as one of the most recognized and decorated Air National Guard units A review of our detailed history and accomplishments proves that the Maine Air National Guard not merely survived evolution and change, but has become a streamlined model of efficiency and effectiveness for the entire Air Force and National Guard.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,738028\|793645,00.html (553 words)

	101st PA Colorguard Welcome Page
		This was the comment made to a descendant of the 101st who was searching documents on the regiment by a Pittsburgh area collector and self appointed expert on Pennsylvania Regiments.
		Many of our members work on 101st history, research and grave documentation and preservation on their own time when we are not participating in special events.
		We have a duty to find other descendants of the 101st and acquaint them with the history of their ancestors and the honor of their service.
	home.att.net /~colorguard/welcome.htm (823 words)

	Saving Private Ryan: 101st Airborne Division
		The 101st Airborne Division was activated on August 16, 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana under the command of General William C. Lee.
		Training of the 101st, which had been designated as an airborne unit on August 28, 1942, began in October of 1942 at Fort Benning, Georgia, and by July of the next year the division was considered trained and ready for combat.
		The 101st was next tasked with linking up with the forces that had landed on Omaha Beach, and after fighting their way through St. Come du Mont, Carentan and Rouxeville, the 101st made contact with the 29th Infantry Division, thus linking the Utah and Omaha Beach forces.
	www.sproe.com /o/101-airborne.html (665 words)

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		In Vietnam, the 101st had employed attached helicopters to locate the enemy and transport troops into combat.
		Reorganized in 1968 as an "airmobile" division, the 101st relied heavily on the mobility and flexibility provided by organic helicopter units.
		He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
	www.lycos.com /info/air-assault--101st.html (241 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Hollywood Megastar Fires Up 101st Troops
		101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in northern Iraq Sept. 25.
		Bruce Willis and the Accelerators perform for 101st Airborne Division soldiers Sept. 25 in Tal Afar, near Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 25.
		The 101st stop was just one in a number of goodwill visits on the "Bruce Willis and the Accelerators Touch of Home Tour" this week.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Sep2003/n09262003_200309266.html (353 words)

	AVault \| PC \| 101st Airborne in Normandy Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		If you've ever met anyone from the 101st Airborne or anyone who has gone through their training program, you know that they are a pretty tough bunch of soldiers.
		101st Airborne in Normandy is a turn-based strategy game from Empire Interactive that relives the brutal and difficult challenges these men faced by allowing you to take on a number of different mission types like blowing up locations or generally disrupting German operations.
		Each mission comes complete with intel on the location of the drop zone, primary target, and any secondary targets that may be included on the mission.
	www.avault.com /reviews/review_temp.asp?game=101air (668 words)

	The 101st Airborne Division
		The 101st was deployed to Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 and was subsequently surrounded in Bastogne by German troops.
		The 101st Airborne Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the U.S. Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998.
		The 101st was formed as a reserve unit in Wisconsin shortly after World War I and included "Old Abe" as part of the division's insignia.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006152 (429 words)

	Special Forces Search Engine : Airborne/101st Airborne Division - Powered By The FOGs at The Swamp Team House
		Rate It "Screaming Eagles", The 101st Airborne Division was activated August 16, 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana and placed under the command of Major General William C. Lee.
		Rate It Thousands of men and women have served with the Army's famed 101st Airborne Division since it was activated on 16 August 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.
		Rate It 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
	www.sfahq.com /Airborne/101st_Airborne_Division (504 words)

	EXCLUSIVE: 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS video may be linked to missing explosives in Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Using GPS technology and talking with members of the 101st Airborne Division, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has determined the crew embedded with the troops may have been on the southern edge of the Al Qaqaa installation, where the ammunition disappeared.
		During that trip, members of the 101st Airborne Division showed the 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS news crew bunker after bunker of material labelled "explosives." Usually it took just the snap of a bolt cutter to get into the bunkers and see the material identified by the 101st as detonation cords.
		Officers with the 101st Airborne told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS that the bunkers were within the U.S. military perimeter and protected.
	www.kstp.com /article/stories/S3723.html?cat=1 (502 words)

	CNN.com - Chilcote: 101st moves into Iraq - Mar. 21, 2003
		CNN correspondent Ryan Chilcote is embedded with the 101st Airborne Division, which moved into Iraq on Friday.
		It is the 101st Airborne's 3rd Brigade, and they are now inside Iraq.
		This is a new development, as you report and, obviously, we don't want to do anything that's going to undermine operational security or the requirements or the restrictions under which you can report.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/03/21/otsc.irq.chilcote/index.html (432 words)

	101st Airborne Division
		The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) —nicknamed the Screaming Eagles— is an air assault division of the United States Army mainly trained for air assault operations.
		It should be noted that the 101st gave up its true "airborne" status during the Vietnam conflict when it was reconfigured as an air assault division.
		The 101st is made famous partly by their helmet decorations.
	www.506pireasyco.com /101st_airborne_division.htm (1029 words)

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