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  2. 101st Airborne Division - Wikipedia

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    Saving Private Ryan, a 1998 movie whose title character is a soldier in the 101st Airborne division. Band of Brothers, a 2001 miniseries about 101st Airborne Division in WW2. I Am an American Soldier, a 2007 documentary movie that followed C co, 3 BCT during its tour of duty in Iraq in 2006.

  3. E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    E Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, the "Screaming Eagles", is a company in the United States Army. The company was referred to as "Easy" after the radio call for "E" in the phonetic alphabet used during World War II. The experiences of its members during that war are the subject of ...

  4. List of commanders of 101st Airborne Division - Wikipedia

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    Shoulder sleeve insignia of the US 101st Airborne Division. This is a list of commanders of the US 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army BG Roy Hoffman July 1918 – December 1918 MG William C. Lee August 1942 – February 1944 BG Don F. Pratt February 1944 – March 1944 MG Maxwell D. Taylor March 1944 – August 1945 BG Anthony C. McAuliffe December 1944 – December 1944 BG ...

  5. History of the 101st Airborne Division - Wikipedia

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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]

  6. Siege of Bastogne - Wikipedia

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    —Ralph M. Mitchell (1986), 101st Airborne Division's defense of Bastogne, p. 38 As a result of the powerful American defense to the north and east, XLVII Panzer Corps commander Gen. von Lüttwitz decided to encircle Bastogne and strike from the south and southwest, beginning on the winter solstice, the night of 20/21 December. German Panzer reconnaissance units had initial success, nearly ...

  7. 187th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The regiment was originally constituted as the 187th Glider Infantry Regiment [ 2] on 12 November 1942, and activated on 23 February 1943 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. It was originally a two battalion glider regiment assigned to the 11th Airborne Division, the men of the 187th trained both as glider and parachute troops.

  8. American airborne landings in Normandy - Wikipedia

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    American airborne landings in Normandy were a series of military operations carried by the United States as part of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944, during World War II. In the opening maneuver of the Normandy landings, about 13,100 American paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, then ...

  9. 327th Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 327th Infantry Regiment ( Bastogne Bulldogs) [ 1] is an infantry regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) of the United States Army. During World War II, the 327th was a glider-borne regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. It fought during World War I as part of the 82nd Division. It has also been deployed in the Vietnam War ...

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