Since its inception, the 101st Airborne Division — made even more famous by Stephen Ambrose’s “Band of Brothers” — has fought in every major war, from jumping behind the lines on D-Day to fighting in ...
In his first address to his Soldiers, Maj. Gen. William C. Lee of the 101st Airborne Division declared prophetically in General Order Number 5, dated Aug. 19, 1942, that "the 101st Airborne Division, ...