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	U.S. 11th Airborne Division -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 11th Airborne Division of the (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) US Army was activated on the 25th of February, 1943.
		The 11th Airborne Division arrived in (A Pacific island north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; governed by Australia and Indonesia) New Guinea, 25 May 1944, and continued training, leaving for the (A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946) Philippines 11 November 1944.
		The division's final overseas assignment came in 1956, when it was sent to (A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990) Germany to replace the (additional info and facts about 5th Infantry Division) 5th Infantry Division.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/U/U.S._11th_Airborne_Division1.htm (706 words)

	11th Airborne Division Association
		The 11th Airborne Division was activated at Camp Mackall NC on 25 Feb 1943 under the command of MG Joseph Swing.
		Departing the US on 8 May 1944 from Camp Stoneman CA the division landed at Dobadura, New Guinea and trained for the invasion of the Philippine Islands.
		On 18 November the division landed near Tacloban, Leyte, and relieved the 7th Infantry Division in the mountains NW of Tacloban.
	www.11thairborne.com (479 words)

	11th Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 11th Airborne Division was activated at Camp Mackall North Carolina on February 25, 1943.
		In 1963, the 11th was reactivated as the 11th Air Assault Division (Test) to test the viability in the use of helicopters for a new concept in warfare, Air Mobile Divisions.
		Today the traditions of the 11th Airborne Division are acrried on by the US Army's 101st Air Assualt Division and the 82nd Airborne Division.
	c.1asphost.com /scanhead25/angels.htm (818 words)

	Friday, February 9, 1945
		As well as the fighting in Manila, there is an attack by the US 11th Airborne Division southeast of the city near Nichols and Nielsen Fields.
		In the British and Canadian offensive near Nijmegen (by Canadian 1st Army), the Rhine is reached at Millingen, which is captured.
		The US 3rd Army is attacking near Prum on its northern flank (US 8th Corps) while US 12th Corps to the south also makes gains.
	www.onwar.com /chrono/1945/feb45/09feb45.htm (177 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - US Army in World War II
		Forty-two of the infantry divisions and four of the airborne divisions served in the ETO and MTO, the remainder served in the PTO.
		By early 1942 the division was organized substantially the way it would be used in battle, with, in addition to its three infantry regiments, four artillery battalions (three twelve-tube 105mm light battalions and one twelve-tube 155mm howitzer medium battalion), a cavalry reconnaissance troop, and division service troops.
		In this way the 501st and 506th Parachute Infantry were attached to the 101st Airborne Division, the 508th Parachute Infantry to the 82nd Airborne Division, the 507th Parachute Infantry to the 17th Airborne Division, and the 517th Parachute Infantry to the 11th Airborne Division.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/usarmy/infantry.aspx (1394 words)

	11th History
		For the achievement, the division was cited by Lt. Gen.
		In 1950, the division started concentrating on training and preparation for "Exercise Swarmer," scheduled to be held in May 1950 near Ft. Bragg, N.C. As a result of re-supply techniques learned on "Swarmer," forces in the Korean Conflict had superior re-supply methods and mobility over the enemy forces.
		Upon its restoration to the division, the 188th was redesignated a Parachute Infantry Regiment.
	www.thedropzone.org /units/11th.html (1047 words)

	The 11th Airborne Division During WW II - Overview
		The 11th Airborne landed at Atsugi Airdrome, near Tokyo, on Aug. 30, 1945, and occupied an initial area in and around Yokohama.
		The 11th Airborne Division remained on occupation duty until 1949 when they were relieved and sent to Camp Campbell Kentucky.
		Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /18corps/11abn/11_overview.html (1015 words)

	List of military divisions by number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of military divisions of all nationalities organised by number.
		Divisions may be infantry, airborne, cavalry, mechanized or armoured.
		German 1st Hermann Göring Parachute Panzer Division (earlier Hermann Göring Division, Hermann Göring Panzer Division)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_military_divisions_by_number (161 words)

	History for 11th Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was often said by the students in the 10th and 11th grade rows, those having a better view of him, that he was actually looking at the Confederate flag on the far side of the stage when he gave his allegiance.
		While the two passengers were debating the best means of capturing the vessel there was a heavy thump felt beneath their feet as the log slammed against the bottom railing of the bridge.
		We were instructed that we were assigned to the unit, "pending successful completion airborne training," and that we would be a member of the unit while attending "Jump School," and that upon graduation we would be assigned to a permanent unit within the Airborne Division.
	military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,704021\|766988,00.html (19526 words)

	Amazon.com: The Angels: A History of the 11th Airborne Division: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 11th Airborne Division was activated at Camp Mackall North Carolina on February 25, 1943, and was primarily composed of former glider troops with some Airborne veterans.
		The 11th Airborne Division landed at Leyte Beach, the Philippines, on November 18, 1944.
		The 11th Airborne Division landed at Atsugi Airdrome, near Tokyo, on Aug. 30, 1945, and occupied the area in and around Yokohama.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0891413588?v=glance (742 words)

	2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry (Airborne)
		The addition of this second airborne battalion gives the task force the ability to seize an enemy airfield or some other target with more than 1,000 airborne infantrymen, including reconnaissance scouts who now have the technology to send digital photos of the target back to commanders before the main force jumps.
		The 40th US Division convinced higher headquarters there were only a few enemy troops remaining on the Island and was moved to Mindanao, leaving the 503rd to battle the Japanese alone.
		In 1959, the regiment again reorganized as the 1st and 2d Airborne Battle Groups, 503d Infantry, and was assigned to the 82d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/2-503abn.htm (1098 words)

	11th Airborne 'Angels' Division to commemorate historic rescue - Tuesday, 02/24/04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The U.S. Army's 11th Airborne Division attacked from the south, via both parachute and amphibious assaults, while the 1st Cavalry and 37th Infantry divisions came in from the north.
		Art Lombardi, 79, a member of the 11th Airborne during the Pacific campaign and a Clarksville resident, will be a guest speaker at the dinner.
		The 187th was part of the 11th Airborne Division when it raided Los Banos, but it has been part of the 101st Airborne Division since the mid-1950s.
	tennessean.com /local/archives/04/02/47355984.shtml?Element_ID=47355984 (635 words)

	Special Forces Search Engine : Airborne/11th Airborne Division - Powered By The FOGs at The Swamp Team House
		The division was manned with former glider troops and veteran Airborne troops.
		Rate It By Leo Kocher 511 PIR, The 11th Airborne division, nicknamed "The Angels," was activated at Camp Mackall, N.C.., Feb. 25, 1943, under the command of Maj. Gen.
		Rate It The 1st Batalion of the 188th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division, were the first troops sent to the Nevada Test Site to participate in atomic bomb tests in the fall of 1951.
	www.sfahq.com /Airborne/11th_Airborne_Division (254 words)

	Sulat Paete - © 2003 Paete.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Despite the lost of his father, Capt. Roman Quesada, and 11 members in the Quesada clan as casualties of war, this author persevered fighting the enemy until freedom was won at the end of the war in 1945.
		A contingent of US 11th Airborne Division under Maj. Gen.
		Joseph M. Swing, assigned Col. Robert Soule, 11th AB commander and Maj. Henry Burgess, the 511th Paratroopers of Lt. John Ringler, Scouts of Lt. John Skau, the 762nd Amphibian Tractor unit of Col. Gibbs and the Airforce Squadron of Col. R.
	www.paete.org /literary/archives/000005.php (494 words)

	187th History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first mission of the Regiment was to help convince the War Department that an airborne division could fly over water on instruments at night to a target, drop with minimal casualties, and then wage sustained combat operations while being resupplied entirely by air.
		On 6 December 1943, the Division’s landings were perfectly executed and by dawn the next morning, the objective was taken.
		The 187th Infantry Regiment is the only airborne regiment in the history of the US Army to fight in every war since the inception of airborne tactics.
	www.campbell.army.mil /3bde/187th_history.htm (670 words)

	The American Soldier, 1945
		The key to the rescue was an assault force consisting of a reinforced airborne company who were to jump on the camp while a reconnaissance force of approximately ninety selected guerrillas, thirty-two U. Army enlisted men, and one officer pinned the guards down.
		When the remainder of the parent airborne battalion and pack howitzers arrived by amphibious tractors, the remaining pillboxes were taken and the force turned its attention to the sole reason for the entire mission: the liberation of the 2,147 internees from almost certain death.
		Crouched behind the foliage and clutching U.S. issued.30 caliber M1903 series rifles, are other members of the force who wait to assist the 11th Airborne force landing in front of the camp.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/art/P-P/as-5/1945_Philippine.htm (585 words)

	Don Godwin's Airborne Page
		We were elite paratroopers of the 11th Airborne Division.
		The 11th Airborne Division was inactivated on July 1, 1958 while still in Germany and was replaced by the 24th Infantry Division which wore the Toro Leaf patch shown below.
		The 24th fielded airborne units for about two years and remained in Germany until 1969 when it redeployed to Fort Riley, Kansas.
	www.ransoms.net /DFGodwin (97 words)

	BALITANG BETERANO: PMA-HUNTERS RESCUE 2,146 AMERICAN POWs IN LOS BANOS
		The assault rescue operations was a joint Filipino-American force composed of the U.S. composite force of the U.S. 11th Airborne Division, and the combined units of Filipino guerrillas led by the Hunters-ROTC (PMA) Guerrilla.
		CG of the US 11th AB had high respects for these Hunters whom he described in his letter to me, to wit: ‘Those were the finest men of yours that safeguarded me and the general staff.
		They were to wait for an airborne para-troop company to jump over the camp, as the signal of the overall assault, then later followed by the intrusion of the amphibian tanks of the 672nd Tank BN, that would evacuate the POWs to Muntinlupa, Rizal in amphibian tanks -and ferried across the Laguna de Bay.
	www.newsflash.org /2004/02/tl/tl012394.htm (4564 words)

	82nd Airborne Division During WW II - Overview
		Despite the heavy losses the division was moved up to the front by motor and reinforced by the 39th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Infantry Division on July 12, 1943.
		On 9 December 1943 Colonel Gavin was promoted to Brigadier General and assumed the duties of the Assistant Division Commander of the 82nd Airborne while Lt Col Herbert Batchellor assumed command of the 505th.
		During the early months of 1944, units of the Division were moved to England as the allies were preparing for the assault on Western Europe.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /division/82_overview.html (2396 words)

	511th History
		Airborne Division, under the command of Major General Joseph M. Swing.
		Of the 476 causalities suffered by the 187th in Korea, during the entire police action (1950-1953), it has been determined that at least 62, were in the first wave of 511th PIR troopers, that had been merged into the 187th ARCT in 1950.
		Airborne Division) crossed the Atlantic into Europe to replace the 5th Inf.
	www.thedropzone.org /units/511thHISTORY.html (1397 words)

	US Army History, 11th Airborne Division
		Description: The Angels distinguished themselves as one of the premiere Airborne units in the U.S. Army.
		This volume captures their Airborne Spirit with a chronological history, vivid stories written by 11th Airborne veterans, powerful photography, and over 650 biographies with photos.
		Over 3,200 names are listed in the 11th Airborne Division Association roster, as well as a list of presidents and vice-presidents for every year of the association.
	www.militarybooks.com /detail.aspx?ID=83 (68 words)

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	WWII 11th Airborne Hero
		Harry Krumm was one of those brave souls that helped to rescue Herman Beaber and over two thousand other internees at Los Baños with the 11th Airborne division, nicknamed "The Angels" on February 23, 1945.
		According to reports he made nine combat jumps, each one was almost as suicidal as the next but he came through with only a little scrapes and wounds.
		After liberation we heard that one of the paratroopers was in the hospital with a broken ankle.
	www.geocities.com /ithascome/wwiihero.html (641 words)

	Encyclopedia: US 11th Airborne Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		List of divisions of the United States Army
		Categories: Airborne divisions of the U.S. Army
		World War II divisions of the United States
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/US-11th-Airborne-Division (654 words)

	BBC - History - The Art of War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Troops of the Battalion Combat Team, USA Army 11th Airborne Division, watch a plume of radioactive smoke rise after a D-Day blast at Yucca Flats ©
		The men in the picture, from the US Army's 11th Airborne Division, are about seven miles from ground zero.
		The aim of Desert Rock, in the words of the American Atomic Energy Commission, was to 'dispel much of the fear and uncertainty surrounding atomic radiation', an objective, it is fair to say, that remains unmet to this day.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/war/art_war_gallery_08.shtml (290 words)

	Combat Chronicle- 11th Airborne Division
		In July 1945 the Division trained; in August it was transported by air to Honshu, Japan, via Okinawa, for occupation.
		Shoulder patch: A red circle on a royal blue shield containing a white numeral "11" ; the circle is bordered in white with white wings raising obliquely from the white periphery; in the top arc, the white letters "Airborne" are alined with shape of arc.
		Association: 11th Airborne Division Association, Military Service Publishing Co., Harrisburg, Pa. (Meade D. Detweiler, executive secretary).
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/lineage/cc/011abd.htm (599 words)

	The 11th Airborne Division Pictures
		The 11th Airborne Division guarding the Grant Hotel in
		A Time For Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge Wm Morrow & Co (P), 720 p.
		All American All the Way: Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II Zenith Press, April 2005.
	www.ww2-airborne.us /pictures/11_pictures.html (354 words)

	75th Airborne Division
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		Currently we have been doing very well in the league with a 2-1 record and 3-1 if you count the pre-season win, so it would be nice to have a change in the match.
	www.75thairborne.com (990 words)

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