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101st Airborne
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06/02/2013

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1st Brigade
501st Infantry Regiment
Definition
Bastogne, Belgium.
"Ace of Clubs" worn in the hat
Term
2nd Brigade
502nd IN Regiment
Definition
"Strike Brigade"
"Black Hearts"
"Ace of Hearts"
Term
3rd Brigade
187th IN Reg.
Definition
"Rakkasans"
Term
4th Brigade
507 IN Reg.
Definition
"Currahee"- Stands Alone
"Ace of Spades"
Featured in Band of Brothers
Term
101st Airborne Activation
Definition
1942 under Major General William C. Lee:

"has no history but a rendezvous with destiny"
Term
England
September, 1943
Definition
Embarked for the European Theatre of Operations and continued training
Term
France
June 6, 1944
Definition
Parachuted into Cotentin Peninsula to become first allied soldiers to set foot onto occupied France
Term
Netherlands
September 17, 1944
Definition
Jumped into the Netherlands spearheading Operation Market Garden where they fought for 72 days in a 16 mile corridor.
Term
December 1944
Bastogne, Belgium
Definition
Surrounded by enemy forces that demanded immediate surrender. BG Antony C. McAuliffe said "nuts!"
Term
BG Anthony C. McAuliffe
Definition
"Nuts!"

Bastogne, Belgium
Term
November 30, 1945
Germany
Definition
End of WWII relegated the 101st to operations duties in Germany and the division was inactivated.
Term
September 25, 1956
Arkansas
Definition
President Eisenhower ordered operation ARKANSAS where the 327th Infantry escorted the first 9 African-Americans "the Little Rock Nine" to school.
Term
July 29, 1965
Vietnam 1st Brigade
Definition
Ordered to the Republic of Vietnam earning the nickname
"Nomads of Vietnam"
Term
August 1968
Definition
Shed their parachutes in favor of helicopter operations earning a new designation "101st Airborne Division (Airmobile)
Term
February 1974
Definition
MG Sidney Berry signed Divisional General Order 179 authorizing wear of the new Airmobile (later Air Assault) qualification badge.
Term
October 4, 1974
Definition
Division officially redesignated as 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Term
March 1982
Sinai
Definition
Began six month deployments to Sinai Peninsula as members of multinational Force of Observers
Term
December 1985
Definition
248 Screaming Eagles were killed in a charter airplane crash near Gander, Newfoundland . Arrow Air Flight 1285
Term
August 1990
Middle East
Definition
Deployed to Middl East in support of operations DESERT STORM AND DESERT SHIELD. In Kuwait's liberation, 101st fired first shots of the air war and carried out the longest and largest air assault in operations history securing Iraqi territory in Euphrates River Valley.
Term
March 2002
Definition
3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakassans" deployed to Shoh-I-Khot Valley that dealt a crippling early blow to the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
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