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	101st Airborne Division: The Story of the 101st Airborne Division -- WWII G.I. Stories Booklet: Lone Sentry
		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.
		Airborne troopers hoped that armor would crack open a path for movement of supplies and evacuation of wounded: the 4th knew that sky-fighters would still be there, killing Germans.
	www.lonesentry.com /gi_stories_booklets/101stairborne (0 words)

	101st Airborne WWII Division Chronicle
		The reserve division was disbanded 15 August 1942, and concurrently reconstituted in the Army of the United States as the 101st Airborne Division.
		In the division's southern sector, it was to seize the la Barquette lock and destroy a highway bridge northwest of the town of Carentan and a railroad bridge further west.
		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.
	www.501stpir.com /101st_airborne_history/101stabn_history.html (4945 words)

	VINTAGE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (SCREAMING EAGLES) WALKING STICK
		The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is an airborne division of the United States Army primarily trained for air assault operations using the helicopter.
		During the Vietnam War, the 101st was redesignated an airmobile division and later as an air assault division.
		The division is headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky on the Tennessee state line and is currently serving in Iraq.
	www.goantiques.com /detail,vintage-101st-airborne,1268434.html (219 words)

	CNN.com Specials
		It was relieved by the 1st Infantry Division, the 30th Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Infantry Divison's 3rd Brigade in March 2004.
		The division bills itself as the "only air assault division in the world" and has the ability to conduct air assault operations and long-range helicopter assaults.
		In Afghanistan, the 101st Airborne soldiers fought in Operation Anaconda, the March 2002 battle in the Shah-e-Kot valley.
	www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/coalition/deployment/army/101st.airborne.html (0 words)

	The 101st Airborne Division
		The nickname of the 101st Airborne Division, "Screaming Eagles," originates from the division's insignia, a bald eagle on a fl shield.
		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.
	www.ushmm.org /wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006152&printing=yes (0 words)

	World War II Guns - 101st Airborne Division
		Airborne Division aka "Screaming Eagles" was formed during World War II as part of effort to create airborne doctrine and capability for United States Army.
		The 101st took Carentan and the 506th, reinforced by CCA, 2d Armored Division, defended it against counterattacks by the 17th SS division and the 6th Para Regiment.
		101st Airborne Division was deactivated in late 1945, and ceased to exist as a U.S. Army unit until it was reborn in 1956.
	www.wwiiguns.com /101_airborne/101_airborne.html (735 words)

	NPR : Analysis: 101st Airborne Division Can't Unload Equipment Due to Windstorm
		The first of five ships carrying equipment to the Army's 101st Airborne Division arrived in port, but a vicious windstorm meant the USNS Dahl couldn't be unloaded as planned.
		Well, the 101st has all of its helicopters basically on those first two of the five ships that are coming, the Dahl and the Bob Hope, which is a couple days behind it.
		He is assigned to, or as the Pentagon calls it, embedded with the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Doha in Kuwait.
	www.npr.org /programs/atc/transcripts/2003/mar/030307.atkinson.html (0 words)

	Historique de la 101st Airborne Division - Débarquement de Normandie - Mardi 6 juin 1944 - Jour J
		En janvier 1944, la 101ème Division Aéroportée se voit renforcée du 502ème Régiment d'Infanterie Parachutiste, si bien que les effectifs de la division se portent à près de 6 600 soldats.
		Ils doivent capturer divers objectifs comme des ponts, des carrefours stratégiques ou des villages, afin de sécuriser, avec la 82nd Airborne Division, le flanc Ouest d'invasion Allié dans le cadre de l'Opération Overlord.
		Le 10 juin 1944, la 101st Airborne Division doit capturer le village de Saint-Côme-du-Mont et le 12 juin la ville carrefour de Carentan (située entre les plages de Utah Beach et de Omaha Beach) et repousser toutes les contre-attaques allemandes.
	www.dday-overlord.com /historique_101st_airborne_division.htm (0 words)

	101st Airborne Division Sets Re-enlistment Record
		Tikrit, Iraq - Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Ky., currently deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, have exceeded the retention goal for the 2006 fiscal year three months before its end.
		The division’s Screaming Eagles are still reenlisting at a steady rate while deployed, and have helped the division reach an important milestone set forth by the Army.
		As the mission in Iraq continues until the 101st redeploys in the fall, Sabinash expects more Soldiers to take advantage of the tax-free bonus and career opportunities at Fort Campbell.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,104170,00.html (0 words)

	TRIGGER TIME - 101st Airborne WW2
		Avenging Eagles-Forbidden Tales of the 101st Airborne in WWII
		"The WW2 101st Airborne produced many officers whose names will long be remembered: Generals Maxwell Taylor, Tony McAuliffe, West Point-trained tacticians like LTC Ewell and Kinnard, who have risen to the top echelons of the military.
		But you will not find one among them that knew or was expected to know the art of killing, perfecting it to the degree achieved by some of the enlisted men.
	www.101airborneww2.com (0 words)

	History of A Company, 2/501st Infantry, 101st Airborne Division
		In 1965, the First Brigade (1/327, 2/327, 2/502) of the 101st Airborne Division landed at Cam Ranh Bay anxiously in search or its "rendezvous with destiny".
		At the end of 1967 and early 1968, the rest of the 101st Airborne Division (the Second Brigade including A Company, 2/501 and the Third Brigade) landed at Cam Ranh Bay and moved to Bien Hoa just north of Saigon.
		The rest of the Division moved to I Corps just two weeks later and set up headquarters at Camp Eagle.
	www.alphaavengers.org /history (0 words)

	101st Airborne Division Assn.
		The 101st Airborne Division Association is pleased to announce publication of a distinctive synopsis of the Division's history as a service to our members.
		The Association is proud to announce "Winged Warriors" - The History of the 101st Airborne Division from 1942 - 2005.
		All those who have worn the most recognized division insignia in the world are welcome and encouraged to join the Association, regardless of where or when you served.
	www.screamingeagle.org /index1.htm (1307 words)

	Stories From the Front Lines In Iraq
		Division (Air Assault) led to the donation of 1,200 textbooks
		The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) scored a three-peat this past
		MOSUL, IRAQ (Oct. 8, 2003) - Leaders from the 101st Airborne Division met with members of the Mosul Cultural Society Tuesday...
	www.juntosociety.com /military/rp_sfi_011403.htm (1200 words)

	The 101st Airborne Division During WW II - Overview
		The reserve division was disbanded 15 August 1942, and concurrently reconstituted in the Army of the United States as the 101st Airborne Division.
		In the division's southern sector, it was to seize the la Barquette lock and destroy a highway bridge northwest of the town of Carentan and a railroad bridge further west.
		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)

	TN Encyclopedia: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
		Like the other four airborne divisions in the U.S. Army in World War II, the 101st was small in numbers (about 8,400 men--half the size of a standard infantry division), but high in quality.
		In 1969 the army began the official conversion of the 101st from an airborne (parachute) to an airmobile (helicopter) formation.
		The division was therefore redesignated as the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), then as the 101st Air Cavalry Division, and finally on October 4, 1974, as the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).
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		In 1921, the 101st Infantry Division reconstituted and reorganized as a reserve unit with headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
		On 15 August 1942, the division disbanded as a reserve unit and activated in the United States Army as the 101st Airborne Division.
		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.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Bunker/1944/101st.htm (1851 words)

	The airborne landing in Holland 1944 \| Operation Market Garden (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Normandy the division had been scattered during the drop and it had taken several days before the majority of the men where in their own outfit.
		The divisions primary targets where the bridge across the Wilhelmschannel at Son, two smaller bridges across the Dommel at St. Oedenrode and four bridges across the Aa and Zouth Wilhelmsvaart in Veghel.
		All in all 6.641 men of the 101st division would land in Holland on September 17th 1944.
	users.interstroom.nl /~heijink/marketgarden/17_101st_drop_1.html (224 words)

	101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
		The 101st Infantry Division was organized in 1918, just nine days before the Nov. 11 armistice.
		The original 101st division was disbanded on Aug. 15, 1942, and concurrently reconstituted as the 101st Airborne.
		The airborne division received its baptism by fire in the invasion of Normandy, where it secured the exits to the beachhead and destroyed...
	www.army-units.com /Army_101st_Airborne.html (281 words)

	101st Airborne Division at AllExperts
		The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) —nicknamed the Screaming Eagles— is an airborne division of the United States Army mainly trained for air assault operations.
		Airborne Division was reactivated as a training unit at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, in 1948 and again in 1950.
		The Division then went on to a tour of duty as part of the occupation forces of Iraq, using the city of Mosul as their primary base of operations, before being withdrawn in early 2004 for rest and refit.
	en.allexperts.com /e/0/101st_Airborne_Division.htm (1068 words)

	History of the 101st Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.
		Three airborne divisions, the British 1st and the American 82nd and 101st, would jump into a narrow corridor in Holland and seize a series of important bridges.
		In late March 1982, the XVIII Airborne Corps designated the 1st Battalion of the 502nd Infantry as the replacement unit to be sent to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt for a six-month tour of duty with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO).
	www.lzsally.com /sally2/archives/history_of_the_101st_airborne_di.htm (5412 words)

	101st airborne division's defense of Bastogne
		Accordingly, on 17 December 1944, the 101st Airborne Division, then in Camp Mourmelon, France, resting and refitting after operations in Holland, was alerted to move to the vicinity of Bastogne.
		The 101st Airborne Division, the unit chosen to stem the advance, was a well-trained, veteran outfit.
		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 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Airborne Division (Air Assault)—nicknamed the “Screaming Eagles”—is an airborne division of the United States Army primarily trained for air assault operations.
		The division is headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and is currently serving in Iraq.
		The 101st was deployed in the northern I Corps region operating against the NVA infiltration routes through Laos and the A Shau Valley.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/101st_Airborne_Division (3466 words)

	101st Airborne Division WWII Division Chronicle
		German victories in airborne assaults against Holland in 1940 and Crete in 1941 advanced the cause of airborne advocates in the U.S. Army.
		The airborne capability was to be provided by two glider infantry regiments (GIRs), the 327th and 401st, and one parachute infantry regiment, the 502d, though the latter was still stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia.
		In June 1948 the division was allotted to the Regular Army, and was active for two brief periods, from July 1948 to May 1949 and from August 1950 to December 1953, at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/matrix/101/101-CC.htm (5078 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 division was in V Corps, providing support to the 3rd Infantry Division by clearing Iraqi strongpoints which that division had bypassed.
	www.506pireasyco.com /101st_airborne_division.htm (1029 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.
		In late March 1982, the XVIII Airborne Corps designated the 1st Battalion of the 502nd Infantry as the replacement unit to be sent to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt for a six-month tour of duty with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO).
	lzsally.com /sally2/archives/history_of_the_101st_airborne_di.htm (5412 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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