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101st Airborne Division

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[[Image:101st airborne.jpg|thumb|right|Major General [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] encouraging the men of the 101st Airborne Division]]
The '''101st Airborne Division''' was formed before is a division of the [[USA]] entered [[World War IIUnited States Army]]that provides forcible entry capability through heliborne 'air assault' operations. Only Capable of inserting a 4,000 soldier combined arms task force, 150-kilometers into enemy terrain in one lift, and possessing 281 helicopters, including three battalions of Apache attack helicopters, this division is the toughest man could serve most versatile in the Army. For this reason, the 101st Airborne Division is the division most in demand by combatant commanders. Based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the division is capable of inserting a 4,000 soldier combined arms task force, 150-kilometers into enemy terrain in one lift, and only 1 out possessing 281 helicopters, including three battalions of 3 men were accepted. They whole Apache attack helicopters, this division completed its is the most versatile in the Army. For this reason, the 101st Airborne training Division is the division most in [[September]] 1943demand by combatant commanders. They played  The 101st stands as the Army's and world's only air assault division with unequaled strategic and tactical mobility. The 101st is unique in that it normally conducts operations 150 to 300 kilometers beyond the line of contact or forward-line-of-own-troops, requiring theater- and national-level intelligence support as a matter of course.  The 101st was formed on August 15, 1942. The 101st played a key role in [[D-Day]]landings on June 6, 1944. The night before the invasion they were dropped behind enemy lines. The planes carrying them were under heavy antiaircraft fire and too took evasive action. Instead Scattering much of parachuting at 700ft and 100mph from the ground, they jumped at 300ft and 200 mph. This cause scattering among the division all over [[Normandy]]. They caused havoc among the [[German]] ranks even though they were not formed up with into their proper units and companies. After [[World War II ]] the 101st Airborne Division was deactivated. In 1956, the 101st was reactivated as a combat division. Lead elements of the division deployed to [[Vietnam]] in 1965, and were joined by the rest of the division in 1967. In 1968, the 101st was reorganized as an airmobile division. In 1973, after its return from Vietnam the 101st was designated an air assault division, and is the only air assault division in the U.S. Army. In 1991, the 101st Airborne fought in the [[Desert Storm|Persian Gulf conflict]], conducting air assault operations deep into enemy territory. The 101st sustained no soldiers killed in action during the 100-hour war and captured thousands of enemy prisoners of war. The division served multiple deployments to [[Afghanistan]] for [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] and [[Iraq]] for [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. ==External links==*[http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/101stairborne/index.html The Story of the 101st Airborne Division] (WWII book)  [[categoryCategory:militaryUnited States Army]]
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