Blue Book/101st History Flashcards
When was the 101st Airborne Division activated
1942
Name of the fort Campbell blue book
Cam Pam 600-1
Who is credited with saying that the division “has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny
Major General William C Lee
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
June 6 1944
When the division jump into the Netherlands spearheading operation market garden
Sept 17th 1944
*held a narrow 16mile corridor for 72 hours
When was the 101st called to defend a critical road junction at Bastogne Belgium
Dec 1944
*although the siege ended dec 26, 1944 intense fighting continued min January 1945
When did the 101st liberate the landsberg concentration camp in Berchtesgaden
Spring 1945
When was the division deactivated following the end of wwii
Nov 30 1945
When were the official reactivation ceremonies for the 101st div….explain
Sept 21 1956
*made the 101st the army’s first nuclear capable, pentomic division and its debut at Fort Campbell
When was the 101st ordered to little rock Arkansas by president Eisenhower and why
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
When was the 101st assigned to Vietnam earning the name “the nomads of Vietnam”
July 29 1965
*the rest of of the div stayed behind until ordered to Vietnam in late-1967
When did the screaming Eagles shed their parachutes in favor of helicopter-borne operations earning a new designation the 101st airborne division (airmobile)
August 1968
When did major general Sidney berry sign div gen order 179 auth wear of the new airmobile (late air assault) qual badge
Feb 1974
*reflecting a shift in structure and orientation the division was redesignated as the 101st airborne division (air assault) October 4 1974
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
March 1982
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
1985
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
August 1990
*the division fired the first shots of the air war and conducted the longest largest air assault operations to date
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
March 2002
When did the division deploy to Kuwait in anticipation of operations against Saddam Hisseins regime
February-March 2003
While assigned to Iraq The div conducted the longest conventional air assault in history and quickly assumed control of which city
Mosul Iraq
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
November 2005
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
March 2008
The 101st was one of first to Vietnam
And the last to leave
The 101st was the first to
Fire on enemies during desert storm in 1991
The division’s rep has never been earned by its weapons, aircraft, or equipment, but has been earned by its
Soldiers
