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Feb 18

1/4 - We are saddened to share that we have lost another hero.

Dan McBride was a Sergeant who served in F Company, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment during WWII.

He parachuted into Normandy, parachuted into Operation Market Garden, and fought during the Battle of the Bulge.

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2/4 - Less than a year ago, Dan visited the @101stAASLTDIV for the Week of the Eagles.

Throughout his last visit to @FortCampbell , Dan generously shared his story to inspire another generation of Screaming Eagles.

3/4 - Dan also joined Eagle 6 on the Division Parade Field to inspect his beloved Division one last time.

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Jan 26

https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/status/1486321774598017027

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What was the controversy?

MacArthur had already been recommended for the Nation's highest military honor twice.

Once for his actions in a battle during the Occupation of Veracruz.

Another after being the lone survivor after leading a recon patrol during the Meuse-Argonne.

https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/status/1486321774598017027

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MacArthur would ultimately receive the MoH, but not for his gallantry during these two fire fights.

George Marshall decided MacArthur should be awarded the MoH for his ability "to offset any propaganda by the enemy in the Philippines."

In response to the nomination,

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Eisenhower raises that MacArthur had not performed acts of valor.

At age 62, MacArthur receives the MoH, saying,
"this award was intended not so much for me personally as it is a recognition of the indomitable courage of the gallant army which it was my honor to command"

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Jan 1

#TDIDCH: Jan 1, 1945: WWII. In the early morning of the New Year, Hitler launches Operation Bodenplatte (Baseplate), an assault by 900+ Luftwaffe planes flying at treetop altitude against Allied planes parked on airfields.

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By this time, the Luftwaffe was neutralized by Allied air superiority and had lost many trained pilots to Allied air strikes.

Bodenplatte was an attempt to knock out Allied aircraft & level the playing field enough to allow another German ground thrust into Bastogne.

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During Bodenplatte, some (but not all or even most) Luftwaffe pilots, having just returned from New Year's parties, flew in their full dress uniforms.

These pilots referred to the operation as "The Hangover Raid."

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Dec 30, 2021

#TDIDCH: Dec 30, 1968 - Opelika, Alabama native Robert Howard, is among the most highly decorated American Soldiers of the post-WWII era.

53 years ago today saw his most valorous combat action.

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That day, while on a joint Vietnamese-US patrol to recover a missing US Soldier, then-Sgt First Class Robert Howard, a platoon sergeant with @5thForces, found his platoon surrounded by North Vietnamese regulars.

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Robert was seriously wounded and his weapon destroyed by an enemy grenade.

He saw his PL was wounded as well.

He was too injured to walk and he had no weapon (even if he had a rifle, his hands were ripped up by the NVA grenade).

[📸: Robert on left]

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Dec 23, 2021

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One of the most-quoted stories from the Battle of the Bulge is a tale that's wrapped in legend. While the myth built around a famous quote is a good one, the TRUE story at the heart of this oft-told tale speaks to the ethos of the American Soldier.

Here's that story.

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DEC 23, '44: Early AM, the @82ndABNDiv is digging in along the front in the Ardennes just outside the town of St. Vith. The 82nd, one of the units rushed into the Ardennes after the Germans smashed through, is just looking to hold the line until tank forces can move in

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A tank destroyer from the 7th Armored Division (one of the units smashed by the German Panzer forces in the initial, shocking German blow on December 16th) moving back from the front passes a lone 82nd trooper digging a foxhole.

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Dec 22, 2021

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DECEMBER 22, 1944: NUTS!

On the 7th day of the Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne seemed lost.

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When describing the 101st Airborne Division and the remnants of the 60th and 28th Divisions in Bastogne, many historians will tell you that the Americans were surrounded.

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That is accurate but it is insufficiently descriptive. "Surrounded" does not really come close to representing the odds stacked up against our Paratroopers by mid-day on Friday.

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