REEL/SHORT:
80 years ago, nearly 73,000 U.S. troops shouldered what Dwight D. Eisenhower called a “great and noble undertaking” when they landed on Normandy — some by parachute, some by glider, and some by boat. For most of them, it was the first time they would step foot on the European continent. For many, it would also be the last. This day, we remember them all.
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) fields and tests a prototype of the Mobile Brigade Combat Team as part of the Army's Transformation in contact.
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) traveled around Bastogne, Belgium to see the sights of where elements of the 101st fought during the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944.