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101st Airborne Division

active United States Army formation
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101st Airborne Division
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Facts

29 properties
Instance of
airborne division (1942–present), United States Army infantry division (1918–1942)
Award received
Presidential Unit Citation, Croix de guerre 1939–1945[2][3]
Inception
1918[17]
Headquarters location
Fort Campbell[5]
Country
United States[4]
Official website
www.army.mil[25]
Website
www.army.mil
Parent org
XVIII Airborne Corps
Headquarters
Fort Campbell
Part of the series
United States Army infantry divisions by unit number[6]
Location
Kentucky[8]
Part of
United States Army[15]
Has use
infantry warfare (?–1942), airborne warfare (1942–present)[16]
Child organization or unit
1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division Artillery, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Sustainment Brigade[9][10][11][12][13][14]
Commanded by
Joseph McGee[30]
Conflict
World War II, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq War, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Mascot
Humming birds[24]
Military branch
United States Army[7]
Military size designation
military division[31]
Motto text
Rendezvous With Destiny[27]
Native label
101st Airborne Division[28]
Nickname
Screaming Eagles[26]
Parent organization or unit
XVIII Airborne Corps[23]
Part of series
United States Army infantry divisions by unit number
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Participant in
Northwestern Europe Campaign (1944–1945)
Participated in conflict
World War II, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq War, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[18][19][20][21][22]
Position held by head of the organization
Commander of the 101st Airborne Division[29]
Social media followers
68k (47k–68k, n=3)[32][33][34]
Subsidiary
1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division Artillery, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Sustainment Brigade
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 16
VIAF cluster ID
125478828
Library of Congress authority ID
n79083978
GND ID
2125323-7
DVIDS unit ID
HQ-101ABN
Facebook username
101stABNDIVBAND
Freebase ID
/m/0sxkw
Instagram username
101stabndivaa
LittleSis organization ID
233177
Museum-digital ID
57837
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007604186205171
Quora topic ID
101st-Airborne-Division
Tennessee Encyclopedia ID
101st-airborne-division
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Topic's main category
Category:101st Airborne Division
Trading Card Database name ID
129083
X (Twitter) username
101staasltdiv
Yale LUX ID
group/a10f5d09-5fdd-4e98-ae50-b2d0d1d6c14d

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🔗 Connections
Participated in conflict 5
World War II, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq War, War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
← Commander of (DEPRECATED) 5
William Westmoreland, Maxwell D. Taylor, Anthony McAuliffe, William C. Lee, Melvin Zais
← Military unit 3
Richard Kline, Steven Green, Eugene Goodman
Award received 2
Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Presidential Unit Citation
Country 1
United States
Headquarters location 1
Fort Campbell
Location 1
Kentucky
Mascot 1
Humming birds
Military branch 1
United States Army
Military size designation 1
military division
Parent organization or unit 1
XVIII Airborne Corps
Part of 1
United States Army
Participated in 1
Brécourt Manor Assault
Topic's main category 1
Category:101st Airborne Division
← Affiliation 1
Travis Atkins
← Category's main topic 1
Category:101st Airborne Division
← Child organization or unit 1
XVIII Airborne Corps
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Summary

101st Airborne Division is an airborne division[1].

FAQs

What awards did 101st Airborne Division receive?

Honors received include Presidential Unit Citation[2] and Croix de guerre 1939–1945[3].

Related Entities

Kentucky Maxwell D. Taylor United States William Westmoreland

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . World War II. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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