101st Airborne Division
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The 101st Airborne Division is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations. The 101st is designed to plan, coordinate, and execute brigade-sized air
General Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking with 1st Lieutenant Wallace C. Strobel and men of Company E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment on 5 June. The placard around Strobel's neck indicates he is the jumpmaster for chalk No. 23 of the 438th TCG.
Two privates apply war paint in England, June 1944.
101st Airborne troops posing with a captured Nazi vehicle air identification sign two days after landing at Normandy.
Men of the 101st Airborne Division inspect a broken glider, September 1944.
XVIII Airborne Corps
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The XVIII Airborne Corps is a corps of the United States Army that has been in existence since 1942 and saw extensive service during World War II. The corps is designed for rapid deployment anywhere i
101st Airborne Division
…all were cancelled prior to launch due to the rapid advance of Allied ground troops. On 17 September 1944, the 101st Airborne Division became part of XVIII Airborne Corps, under Major General Matthew Ridgway, part of the First Allied Airborne Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Lewis H. Brereton. The division took part…
The XVIII Airborne Corps command group, led by LTG (later GEN) Lloyd J. Austin, returns home from Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2009