Army and Military Emblem & Logo T-shirts
    101 Airborne Division Crest

The 101st Infantry Division was organized in 1918, just nine days before the Nov. 11 armistice. The original 101st division was disbanded on Aug. 15, 1942, and concurrently reconstituted as the 101st Airborne. The airborne division received its baptism by fire in the invasion of Normandy, where it secured the exits to the beachhead and destroyed German artillery-emplacements that threatened the landing of the 4th Infantry Division. The 101st also parachuted into Holland in Operation Market Garden, an attempt to seize intact the remaining bridges over the Rhine River.