It showed the 3rd Brigade parachuting in and seizing an airfield in the manner of the Rangers at Point Salinas, Grenada. At one time the Division Museum (Pratt Museum) at Fort Campbell even had a spectacular mural painted the length of one wall. Under the theory of “the helicopter is the new glider,” the airborne were to provide a light, fast vertical envelopment/assault capability, while the airmobile elements would follow up with sustained and heavier forces. Then it was 1/3 parachute and 2/3 glider forces. After all, early during WWII the 101st wasn’t 100% parachute. This organization wasn’t really as bizarre as it sounds. Same for the 501st Signal Battalion, the 311th Military Intelligence Battalion, and so on. So, for example, the 326th Engineer Battalion had one airborne company, but two leg companies. One third of the division support elements were airborne on status, the other two-thirds were straight leg. First Brigade (1-327th and 2-327th Infantry and 2-502nd Infantry) and Second Brigade (1-501st Infantry, 1-502nd Infantry, and 1-506th Infantry) were leg.
That is, the Third Brigade (the former 173rd Airborne Brigade, with the Geronimos of 1-503rd and 2-503rd Infantry, and the Rakkasans of 3-187th Infantry) were on jump status. The 101st was almost exactly 1/3 airborne.
Army Training Center, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.” Major General John Cushman was the Commanding General, but he had a headquarters with no hindquarters. The 101st Airborne, then called the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), returned to buildings vacated by the recently inactivated “U.S.
Almost all soldiers, SSG and below, were immediately discharged when they arrived at Oakland, California, or Seattle, Washington. When the 101st Airborne Division returned to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, from Viet Nam in February 1972, about all that returned were the unit colors, and a command group with a few staff officers and senior NCOs. It features some relatively unknown history about the development of the air assault badge and the Army’s transitioning of the 101 st from an airborne to an air assault division.Īn Excerpt from the “ History of the 101st (Post-Vietnam)” By Charles S. I thought readers here would be interested. Doing some research on the post Vietnam decision to go to one airborne division I came across this fascinating article by Charles S.
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