HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION                      

Folder Title = DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S                                                

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        north of Dhahran. ia

             The soldiers stepped off of the aircraft into intense heat.

        Temperatures ranged from 120 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit on the
        airfield surface during the hottest part of the day. Brigadier

        General Shelton, the division's Assistant Division Commander for

        Operations (ADC(o)), was credited with saying that Hell could not

        compete with the heat in Saudi Arabia. The division avoided mass

        heat casualties through the implementation of an acclimation
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        period at its KFIA reception center.

             The division built its base camp at KFIA. The camp was

        called Camp Eagle II in recognition of the loist Airborne's

        Vietnam base camp, named Camp Eagle. Camp Eagle II resembled

        nothing so much as the Civil War era's massive fields of white

        tents. Row after row of tents provided the living quarters for

        the division's soldiers. Camp Eagle II provided such life
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        support systems as showers and latrines.   Camp Eagle II also
        provided the division a link to key logistical nodes. 21 The base

        camp was critical to the division in the earliest days of the

        deployment, for the air assault troopers had to be prepared to
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        fight i=ediately upon their arrival.

             As the Screaming Eagles began arriving in Saudi Arabia, the

        division staff started to shift their planning focus from

        strategic deployment to tactical employment. In order to

        comprehend how the loist Airborne Division (Air Assault) is

        employed, it is important to first have a basic understanding of



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