Since its inception, the 101st Airborne Division — made even more famous by Stephen Ambrose’s “Band of Brothers” — has fought in every major war, from jumping behind the lines on D-Day to fighting in ...
In his first address to his Soldiers, Maj. Gen. William C. Lee of the 101st Airborne Division declared prophetically in General Order Number 5, dated Aug. 19, 1942, that "the 101st Airborne Division, ...
EERDE, Netherlands — American airborne troops stormed out of their helicopters and took cover in some of the same fields where Allied troops took on the Nazis 80 years ago in a valiant attempt to ...
Step into history as we retrace the path of the 101st Airborne Division in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, one of the key towns liberated on D-Day. Through stunning ‘then and now’ comparisons, we revisit iconic ...
Carentan was a critical objective after D-Day, and the 101st Airborne paid a heavy price to take it. This video follows the battle of June 12-13, 1944, as Easy Company and the 101st fought through ...
During the intense fighting at Bastogne in 1944, Vincent Speranza went to visit a fellow 101st Airborne Division paratrooper in a makeshift hospital. Speranza asked the man what he could do to help, ...
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U.S. Army units could someday align every level of their indirect weapons—from mortars to missiles—with some form of unmanned aerial system, or UAS, the 101st Airborne Division commander said. “You ...