Timeline of D-Day and the Roles Airborne and Special Operations Soldiers Played
U.S. Army ground forces were to land on Omaha and Utah Beaches on the East side of the Carentan Peninsula, and then capture the port of Cherbourg. The Seaborne landing […]
Three Facts About the 101st Airborne Division
The 101st Airborne Division was activated on August 16, 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. In his first address to 101st soldiers, commander Major General William Lee said that though the division […]
Timeline of D-Day and the Roles Airborne and Special Operations Soldiers Played
U.S. Army ground forces were to land on Omaha and Utah Beaches on the East side of the Carentan Peninsula, and then capture the port of Cherbourg. The Seaborne landing […]
The Role the 82d & 101st Airborne Divisions Played During the Holocaust
As Allied troops moved across Europe in a series of offensives against Nazi Germany, they found tens of thousands of concentration camp prisoners in deplorable conditions. The 82d and 101st […]
