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In the early hours of June 6, 1944, as Allied forces began the monumental D-Day invasion of Normandy, Staff Sergeant Harrison ...
The memorial, unveiled 68 years after Winters and fellow 101st Airborne Division troops jumped into Normandy to fight the Nazis and liberate France, depicts Winters leading his men into combat.
The 101st Airborne Division's moniker comes from their patch, which depicts “Old Abe,” a bald eagle first used as a mascot by the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American ...
Join us as we step back in time to June 7, 1944, in the small village of Turqueville, Normandy. This episode of WW2 Wayfinder uncovers the story behind one of the most famous photographs of the 101st ...
The U.S. 82nd Infantry Division was redesignated and the 101st was activated Aug. 15, 1942, as the Army’s first airborne divisions. The 11th, 13th and 17th Airborne Divisions were activated by 1943.
Army football will honor the legacy of the 101st Airborne Division with their specialty uniforms for the annual showdown with archrival Navy, being held Dec. 14 at Northwest Stadium in Landover ...
December 22, 1944. To the German Commander, N U T S ! The American Commander. U.S. Army “Eighty years later, 101st Airborne Division Screaming Eagle Soldiers remain relentlessly committed to our ...
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (WKRN) — The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) announced Saturday that a soldier died as a result of a “training accident” near Camp Croft, Hungary, earlier this week.
Robert C. Finkler, age 90, of Villa Park; WWII U.S. Army Veteran, Member 101st Airborne Division Normandy Campaign, Purple Heart recipient and served on General Eisenhower’s staff as an intel… ...