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101st "Screaming Eagle" Airborne Division

Order of Battle Division Headquarters 327th Glider Infantry Regiment 401st Glider Infantry Regiment 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment HHB, Division Artillery 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75mm) 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75mm) 463d Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75mm) 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75mm) 81st Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion 326th Airborne Medical Company 101st Parachute Maintenance Company 101st Signal Company 101st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment Headquarters, Special Troops 801st Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company 426th Airborne Quartermaster Company Headquarters Company, 101st Airborne Division Military Police Platoon Reconnaissance Platoon Band Casualties Killed in action - 1,766 Wounded in action - 6,388 Commanders Maj. Gen. William C. Lee Aug 42 - Mar 44 Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor Mar 44 - Dec 44 Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe Dec 44 - Dec 44 Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor Dec 44 - Sep 45 Campaigns Normandy 6 June - 24 Jul 44 Central Europe 22 Mar - 11 May 45 Ardennes-Alsace 16 Dec 44 - 25 Jan 45 Rhineland 15 Sep 44 - 21 Mar 45 Days of Combat 214

101st "Screaming Eagle" Airborne Division

Campaigns of World War II Normandy 6 June - 24 Jul 44 Central Europe 22 Mar - 11 May 45 Ardennes-Alsace 16 Dec 44 - 25 Jan 45 Rhineland 15 Sep 44 - 21 Mar 45 Normandy 6 Jun - 24 Jul 44 A great invasion force stood off the Normandy coast of France as dawn broke on 6 June 1944: 9 battleships, 23 cruisers, 104 destroyers, and 71 large landing craft of various descriptions as well as troop transports, mine sweepers, and merchantmen—in all, nearly 5,000 ships of every type, the largest armada ever assembled. The naval bombardment that began at 0550 that morning detonated large minefields along the shoreline and destroyed a number of the enemy’s defensive positions. To one correspondent, reporting from the deck of the cruiser HMS Hillary, it sounded like “the rhythmic beating of a gigantic drum” all along the coast. In the hours following the bombardment, more than 100,000 fighting men swept ashore to begin one of the epic assaults of history, a “mighty endeavor,” as President Franklin D. Roosevelt described it to the American people, “to preserve. . . our civilization and to set free a suffering humanity.” Central Europe 22 Mar - 11 May 45 By the beginning of the Central Europe Campaign of World War II, Allied victory in Europe was inevitable. Having gambled his future ability to defend Germany on the Ardennes offensive and lost, Hitler had no real strength left to stop the powerful Allied armies. Yet Hitler forced the Allies to fight, often bitterly, for final victory. Even when the hopelessness of the German situation became obvious to his most loyal subordinates, Hitler refused to admit defeat. Only when Soviet artillery was falling around his Berlin headquarters bunker did the German Fuehrer begin to perceive the final outcome of his megalomaniacal crusade. Ardennes-Alsace 16 Dec 44 - 25 Jan 45 In August 1944, while his armies were being destroyed in Normandy, Hitler secretly put in motion actions to build a large reserve force, forbidding its use to bolster Germany’s beleaguered defenses. To provide the needed manpower, he trimmed existing military forces and conscripted youths, the unfit, and old men previously untouched for military service during World War II. In September Hitler named the port of Antwerp, Belgium, as the objective. Selecting the Eifel region as a staging area, Hitler intended to mass twenty-five divisions for an attack through the thinly held Ardennes Forest area of southern Belgium and Luxembourg. Once the Meuse River was reached and crossed, these forces would swing northwest some 60 miles to envelop the port of Antwerp. The maneuver was designed to sever the already stretched Allied supply lines in the north and to encircle and destroy a third of the Allies’ ground forces. If successful, Hitler believed that the offensive could smash the Allied coalition, or at least greatly cripple its ground combat capabilities, leaving him free to focus on the Russians at his back door. Rhineland 15 Sep 44 - 21 Mar 45 The Rhineland Campaign, although costly for the Allies, had clearly been ruinous for the Germans. The Germans suffered some 300,000 casualties and lost vast amounts of irreplaceable equipment. Hitler, having demanded the defense of all of the German homeland, enabled the Allies to destroy the Wehrmacht in the West between the Siegfried Line and the Rhine River. Now, the Third Reich lay virtually prostrate before Eisenhower’s massed armies.

1942 15 Aug- 101st Airborne Division the division was activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana Oct- The division moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina 1943 Spring- The 101st left to take part in the Tennessee maneuvers Aug- Division returned to Fort Bragg, continuing to train until mid-August, when it received orders for transfer overseas. 1944 May 15- Operation EAGLE, held during the second week of May. Arriving in England, the 101st was quartered in Wiltshire and Berkshire, where it continued to train participated in three formal exercises: BEAVER, TIGER, and EAGLE. 6 Jun- The 101st Airborne Division first saw combat during the Normandy invasion 8 Jun- Elements of the 501st and 506th Parachute Infantry, along with the 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry, engaged a German force in the town of St. Côme-du-Mont. The 3d Battalion, 501st PIR, took positions south of the town, along the highway to Carentan where it encountered the enemy. The 1st Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry, was called to aid the 3d Battalion, but the enemy withdrew before the glider troops arrived. Both of the 101st battalions pursued the retreating enemy, but there was no additional contact. The Germans had abandoned the town, and the SCREAMING EAGLES moved in to plan the next step in the drive on Carentan. 10 Jun- Elements of the force crossed the Douve River and occupied the town of Brevands. Company A, 401st Glider Infantry, continued southeast towards the town of Auville-sur-le-Vey to contact the V Corps. Encountering stiff German resistance outside the town, the company broke through the enemy line to make contact with elements of the 29th Infantry Division, part of the V Corps. The 327th, after crossing the Douve, had orders to seize both the railroad bridge and the highway bridge that crossed the Vire-Taute Canal, blocking the eastern escape routes from Carentan. The regiment succeeded in capturing and holding the highway bridge, but the railroad bridge was blown in the fight. The men of the 327th crossed the canal and continued their fight toward Carentan until enemy resistance halted their progress about a half mile from the town. 12 Jun- Throughout the day the battalions held their ground until they were finally relieved by the 2d Battalion. Elements of the 506th Parachute Infantry relieved the beleaguered battalions of the 502d on 12 June. 12 Jun- At General Taylor's direction, Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, commander of the 101st's artillery, coordinated the final drive for Carentan, which took place on 12 June. 13 Jun- The Germans launched a fierce counterattack in an attempt to retake the town. The U.S. First Army directed elements of the 2d Armored Division to support the 101st in defending Carentan. Together the Americans stopped the enemy thrust and held the town. 27 Jun- The 83d Infantry Division arrived and relieved the 101st. 29 Jun- Two days later the 101st was relieved from the VIII Corps and sent to Cherbourg to relieve the 4th Infantry Division. 15 Jul- The 101st remained as a First Army reserve until mid-July, when it returned to England for rest and training. 17 Sep- Allied thrust in northern Europe: Operation MARKET-GARDEN. D-Day was set for 17 September 1944, and the 101st along with the 82d Airborne Division, the British 1st Airborne Division and 52d Lowland Division (Airportable), and the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade were set to jump. 16 Dec- Battle of the Bulge - The Ardennes Offensive. The Germans launched their last great offensive in Belgium Operation Market Garden MARKET-GARDEN was planned as a two phase operation. Operation MARKET was the airborne phase of the assault, with Operation GARDEN being the ground attack. The paratroopers of First Allied Airborne Army were to jump into the Netherlands and secure a corridor from Eindhoven north to Arnhem, through which the ground forces of the British 30 Corps could advance and push on to the IJesselmer (Zuider Zee). The eventual goal was to cross the Rhine River and breach the German West Wall defenses. The Dutch countryside, criss-crossed by innumerable dikes, drainage ditches, rivers, and canals, however, would prove difficult to traverse if the ground troops could not advance by road. For the plan to be a success the paratroopers had to keep the roadway open and the bridges along the route intact and secure. 16 Dec- The 101st Airborne Division, travelling by truck, reached Bastogne on 18 December, and McAuliffe met with General Middleton, who had received orders to pull the VIII Corps headquarters out of the city. 19 Dec- The 501st Parachute Infantry moved east to contact the American forces deployed to protect approaches to the city. 22 Dec- The enemy penetrated the glider regiment's defenses, which rallied and repelled the assault. After continued skirmishes, four German soldiers approached the 327th's defenses on 22 December carrying a flag of truce. The Germans brought an ultimatum for the Allied commander of Bastogne to surrender within two hours or face annihilation from a massed German artillery bombardment. McAuliffe's now famous response "NUTS!" provided a boost to the sagging morale of the Americans. 22 Dec- The Germans launched their final effort to eliminate the American garrison on the 26th, but artillery eradicated the assault force. 1945 18 Jan- The 101st moved to the Alsace region as part of the Seventh Army line, holding defensive positions through late February. The 101st then returned to Mourmelon, where it reverted to First Allied Airborne Army control. 15 Mar- General Eisenhower visited Mourmelon and awarded the SCREAMING EAGLES the Distinguished Unit Citation for its stand at Bastogne. 1 Apr- The division went back to training, this time for a proposed air assault on Berlin. Instead, the division moved to positions near the Rhine during the first week in April. May- During the last days of the war the 101st Airborne Division was in Berchtesgaden, Adolph Hitler's vacation retreat. The airborne soldiers spent their days hunting members of the Nazi leadership that had gone into hiding. 1 Aug- The 42d Infantry Division relieved the 101st, which moved back to France to train for a possible airborne assault on Japan. These plans were canceled after the Japanese surrender. 30 Nov- The division was deactivated 30 November 1945 in France.

When is the Commander-in-Chief going to give FULL AUTHORITY for our troops to defend our border!

If we cannot do that...then bring in the Israeli troops to defend OUR border! We give Israel billions to defend theirs for decades! We paid to build their WALL...now come and build ours!

Send them over and help us out Israel!!! We are begging you to come here and stop this invasion that our swamp rats refuse to do for the American people!

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The Globalists did it again and this time took down Europe and didn't have to fire a single King Tiger Tank Round using Migrants

Edit: since many asked that’s Angela Merkel- German Chancellor.

If it wasn't for them, we'd never be able to have this wonderful ceremony.

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