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The 101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles") [1] is a specialized modular light infantry division of the US Army trained for air assault operations. [2] The Screaming Eagles has been referred to by journalists as "the tip of the spear" [3] as well as one of the most potent and tactically mobile of the U.S. Army's divisions. [4]
Vincent Speranza, private during World War II, famous for carrying beer in his helmet and hero of the siege of Bastogne. He wrote a book in 2014 called NUTS! A 101st Airborne Division Machine Gunner at Bastogne. [161] [162] Maxwell Taylor, division commander during World War II and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne was based at Camp Eagle from September 1970-February 1971 and finally from May–December 1971. [2]: 159 Camp Eagle was used to support the 101st Airborne's major operations in the A Shau Valley - Operation Apache Snow in 1969 and Operation Texas Star in 1970.
Operation Carentan and Operation Carentan II were security operations conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. 1st and 2nd Brigades, 101st Airborne Division and the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division in Thừa Thiên Province, South Vietnam from 18 March to 17 May 1968.
Operation Jefferson Glenn ran from 5 September 1970 to 8 October 1971 and was the last major operation in which U.S. ground forces participated during the Vietnam War and the final major offensive in which the 101st Airborne Division fought. [1]
The hills were finally captured on 19 April and the firebase was constructed there. The base was named after the Dutch town of Veghel, one of the drop zones during the World War II operation Market Garden, which was captured by the 501st Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division in September 1944. [1] Units based at Veghel included: [1]
Operation Montgomery Rendezvous was a security operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 101st Airborne Division in the area southwest of Huế in western Thừa Thiên Province, from 8 June to 15 August 1969.
Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Battery A, 377th Airborne Field Artillery Battalion; Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 at Battery A, 377th Artillery, an element of the 101st Airborne Division; Inactivated 21 May 1965 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Activated 20 December 1968 in Vietnam; Redesignated 1 September 1971 as Battery A, 377th Field ...