Blue Book/101st History

Question 0

When was the 101st Airborne Division activated

Answer 0

1942

Question 1

Name of the fort Campbell blue book

Answer 1

Cam Pam 600-1

Question 2

Who is credited with saying that the division “has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny

Answer 2

Major General William C Lee

Question 3

When did the screaming Eagles parachute into the Contentin Peninsula and become the first allied troops in occupied France

*cleared the way for 4th infantry div landing on Utah beach

Answer 3

June 6 1944

Question 4

When the division jump into the Netherlands spearheading operation market garden

Answer 4

Sept 17th 1944

*held a narrow 16mile corridor for 72 hours

Question 5

When was the 101st called to defend a critical road junction at Bastogne Belgium

Answer 5

Dec 1944

*although the siege ended dec 26, 1944 intense fighting continued min January 1945

Question 6

When did the 101st liberate the landsberg concentration camp in Berchtesgaden

Answer 6

Spring 1945

Question 7

When was the division deactivated following the end of wwii

Answer 7

Nov 30 1945

Question 8

When were the official reactivation ceremonies for the 101st div….explain

Answer 8

Sept 21 1956

*made the 101st the army’s first nuclear capable, pentomic division and its debut at Fort Campbell

Question 9

When was the 101st ordered to little rock Arkansas by president Eisenhower and why

Answer 9

September 25 1956

• 1st airborne battle group 327th infantry escorted the first nine African American students to little rock central high
• successful, the Bastogne Bulldogs returned home late-1957

Question 10

When was the 101st assigned to Vietnam earning the name “the nomads of Vietnam”

Answer 10

July 29 1965

*the rest of of the div stayed behind until ordered to Vietnam in late-1967

Question 11

When did the screaming Eagles shed their parachutes in favor of helicopter-borne operations earning a new designation the 101st airborne division (airmobile)

Answer 11

August 1968

Question 12

When did major general Sidney berry sign div gen order 179 auth wear of the new airmobile (late air assault) qual badge

Answer 12

Feb 1974

*reflecting a shift in structure and orientation the division was redesignated as the 101st airborne division (air assault) October 4 1974

Question 13

When did the 101st airborne div (air assault) began six month deployment to the Sinai peninsula as a member of the multinational force of observers

Answer 13

March 1982

Question 14

tragedy struck when 248 screaming Eagles deployed from the Sinai on arrow air flight 1285 were killed in a charter plane crash near Gander, New Foundland

Answer 14

1985

Question 15

When did the 101st Airborne Division (Air assault) deploy to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield and desert storm in support of the liberation of Kuwait

Answer 15

August 1990

*the division fired the first shots of the air war and conducted the longest largest air assault operations to date

Question 16

The Rakassans were in part responsible for offensive operations in the Shoh-I-Khot Valley that dealt a crippling early blow to the Taliban and al Qaeda in which year

Answer 16

March 2002

Question 17

When did the division deploy to Kuwait in anticipation of operations against Saddam Hisseins regime

Answer 17

February-March 2003

Question 18

While assigned to Iraq The div conducted the longest conventional air assault in history and quickly assumed control of which city

Answer 18

Mosul Iraq

Question 19

When did the division headquarters, 1st and 3rd brigade combat teams, and the 101st CAB deploy to Iraq for the second time?

*controlled the northern half of the country

Answer 19

November 2005

Question 20

When did the headquarters (and special troops battalion) 101st airborne division (air assault) join the 4th brigade combat team and the 101st sustainment brigade in aghhanistan in support of operation enduring freedom

Answer 20

March 2008

Question 21

The 101st was one of first to Vietnam

Answer 21

And the last to leave

Question 22

The 101st was the first to

Answer 22

Fire on enemies during desert storm in 1991

Question 23

The division’s rep has never been earned by its weapons, aircraft, or equipment, but has been earned by its

Answer 23

Soldiers