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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION                      

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

Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS 

Unit  = 101ST ID    

Box ID = BX001611

File Cabinet = Week-48 

File Room = sep96_classified    








               With the end of the war, nine hundred and five riflemen

         from Second Brigade were returned home rapidly. The rest of the

         101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) continued occupation until
         relieved of its sector in Iraq by the 2nd A;Mored Cavalry

         Regiment and-the llth Aviation Brigade.

            . The last element of the division in Iraq, a convoy from

         DISCOM, returned td Saudi Arabia at 0035 on 25 March 1991. The

         division reversed the massive air and ground flow it had

         undertaken in getting to the TAA, and returned to Camp Eagle 11.

               At Camp Eagle II, the Screaming Eagles concentrated on..

         preparing their equipment for shipment back to the United State-S.

         The bulk of the division returned to Campbell Army Airfield on

         civilian aircraft between 3 April and 15 April 1991. The

         division colors returned with General Peay on 12 April. A

         contingent under General Adams, the division's Assistant Division

         Commander for Support, remained at Camp Eagle II to move the

         division's equipment to port. The last 101st soldier to leave

         Saudi Arabia'departed on I May 1991.

               The division returned to the United States as a proud,

         victorious force. Each arriving aircraft was met by huge crowds

         of family, friends and well-wishers. The soldiers of the

         division had served their country well and had validated the

         doctrine in which they had trained.

               The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) had clearly

         demonstrated the value of its operational depth and maneuver,

         decentralization of command and control, logistical flexibility



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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-48
Box ID = BX001611
Unit = 101ST ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S
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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
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Declassified = 06-MAR-1997