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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        (CFA). AO Normandy covered 4600 square kilometers of land.

        Movement would have been by air and ground with priority of

        movement going to the infantry brigade task force (TF) at Camp
        Eagle II, DIVARTY, the division main comman(f post, the two

        aviation brigades and then DISCOM. Two infantry brigades and the

        3d ACR would already be positioned in the CFA.

             The covering force operations, phase 11 of the plan, would

        have begun with the initiation of hostilities and ended with a

        battle handover to the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized).   The

        loist Airborne Division (Air Assault) was to provide Aviation.

        Brigade's attack helicopters in support of the EPAC forces. The

        rest of the division was to cover in sector with two brigades

        abreast in the north and three abreast in the south. First

        Brigade TF and the 12th CAB were to be positioned along Phase

        Line Shovel, with First Brigade TF covering in the west and the

        12th CAB covering in the east. South of Phase Line Axe, Second

        Brigade TF would take up position in the west, Third Brigade TF

        in the center and the 3rd ACR in the east. The 3rd ACR,

        operating out of FOB Bastogne in defense of An Nu Ayriyah, would
        have been the main effort of the covering force operations. 45

             On order, First Brigade TF was to conduct a battle handover

        to Second Brigade TF and then move to AO Carentan, which occupied

        6200 square kilometers of land along the the corps western flank.

        Also on order, the 12th CAB was to conduct a battle handover with

        Third Brigade TF and the 3rd ACR. The 12th CAB would occupy



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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
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Declassified = 06-MAR-1997