101st Airborne
Paratrooper infantry division
The 101st Airborne is a U.S.
Army division famous for parachute and air assault operations.
Known as the "Screaming Eagles" for their shoulder patch, they gained renown in World War II for the Normandy invasion and the defense of Bastogne.
The division remains among the Army's most deployed units: His grandfather served with the 101st Airborne.
- paratrooperMilitary aerial deployer
- jump schoolParatrooper training program
- BastogneBelgian town, famous siege
- Band of BrothersTelevision war epic
- NormandyNorthern French coastal region
parachute · night jump · division · regiment · air assault · helicopter assault · Vietnam War · D-Day · Gulf War · battalion · M4 carbine · drop zone · Tet Offensive · glider · enlisted · platoon · squad · officer
- Military DivisionsOld Ironsides, panzer division
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- Airborne Forcesparatrooper, parachute drop, drop zone, static line, jumpmaster
- Army Divisionsinfantry division, armored division, cavalry division
- Battle of the BulgeBattle of the Bulge, Bastogne, Patton, McAuliffe, winter offensive
- Low Countries WWIIArnhem, Bastogne, Antwerp, Brussels, Battle of the Bulge
deployment method
101st Airbornemechanized infantry
Troops using armored vehicles
tank corps · armored division · armored divisions · cavalry · cavalry units