What happened to the 101st airbone division during operation Normandy?

Question

Was this a British or American division and what were its key role?

Answer 1

Hi, I do not know all the history of the 101st during WWII, but my 23 yr old son is now serving in 101st Airborne, Ft. Campbell, KY. He has served 1 tour in Iraq (returned last Sept) and will be deploying again this Sept., 2007---I am certainly praying that these plans will change.

I can tell you that my son, a Bastonge Bulldog, is a fine young man, tough, loyal and always does his best at whatever he sets out to do. I have seen a lot of the 101st, 1st Brigade, and can tell you---they are the best.

Answer 2

They were from the US - reservists from Milwaukee.

Training in England, the 101st participated in three formal exercises: BEAVER, TIGER, and EAGLE. During Operation BEAVER at Slapton Sands on the Devonshire coast, elements of the division jumped from trucks instead of planes with the mission of capturing the causeway bridges that crossed the estuary behind the beach. The division performed much the same mission during the second exercise, Operation TIGER. Operation EAGLE, held during the second week of May, was the division's dress rehearsal for its role in the coming Normandy invasion. The 101st, this time jumping from actual planes, was once again assigned to capture the causeways leading away from a simulated beach. Although a misunderstanding caused most of the division to jump at the wrong coordinates, the mission was accomplished and the exercise was considered a success. The division then returned to its stations to continue preparation for the coming battles on the continent.

D-Day - Operation Neptune
The 101st Airborne Division first saw combat during the Normandy invasion - 6 June 1944. The division, as part of the VII Corps assault, jumped in the dark morning before H-Hour to seize positions west of Utah Beach. Given the mission of anchoring the corps' southern flank, the division was also to eliminate the German's secondary beach defenses, allowing the seaborne forces of the 4th Infantry Division, once ashore, to continue inland. The SCREAMING EAGLES were to capture the causeway bridges that ran behind the beach between St. Martin-de-Varreville and Pouppeville. In the division's southern sector, it was to seize the la Barquette lock and destroy a highway bridge northwest of the town of Carentan and a railroad bridge further west. At the same time elements of the division were to establish two bridgeheads on the Douve River at le Port, northeast of Carentan.

Answer 3

American.

Watch Band of Brothers.