The 101st Airborne and Their Legacy

[Trashcansam123]

You know everyone is saying "Oh the 101st airborne is the greatest"

I've never liked them. I've always prefered the 82nd airborne. There was no 101st at Sicily, they had it easier than the 82nd at Market Garden.

The Bulge sure. But still.

[NoxRio]

i am from brazil, but i have to say, ty guys for give us a better world, we will never forget

101 forever !

[Maximvs2]

This is one awesome video of the Screaming Eagles-101st Airborne Division- Fort Knox , Kentucky. Thank you for posting this!!!

[excell420]

richard winters....... i just finsihed watching band of brothers..... what true heroes. great leader.

[dukeww2]

Rest in peace to all who died

[arthurlerma]

Rest now Major WInters, you have done more than enough...

[arthurlerma]

I just read and watch the story of the 506 co. 101 airborne, I salute you MEN, and to their families, THANK YOU for sharing your loved ones to the world. I just found out that Major Winters passed away recently, Thank you SIR...

[zombieslayer9775]

My grandfather was a 1st Sgt. In the 101st airborne division he's name is Raymond Gordon "TOP"

[The5admeets3vil]

my uncle bill was part of easy co. 506th pir 101st arbn i believe an fought in bastogne, and my brother was in charlie co. 187th inf 101st arbn and fought in iraq

[grunt11b]

Back when the military was respected for sure. Fuck you lefties! You have no claim here, but only to hi-jack a noble cause after it has been fought as usual, pussies.

[woifi08]

my grandpa also served for the 101st airborne, 506th PIR, baker company

in the night before D-Day, he jumped down near St-Mere-Eglise

he also fought in the battle of the bulge and became sergeant later.

He is 88 years now and is just sitting in the living room now

[razboy8]

@woifi08 Great to hear that he made it. All those soldiers gave their life for the freedom of others. R.I.P

[1977lajah]

@woifi08 My hat goe's off to your grandpa, i know if have alot of story's he tell you. GOD BLESS HIM !

[Northvssn]

My grandpa were in the 101st airborne but he lost his brother ;(

R.I.P Uncle

R.I.P 101st Airborne

[Change6609]

@Northvssn

Would you thank your grandfather for all he and his comrades did for the liberation of Europe in general and Holland / the Netherlands (operation Market Garden - battle around Arnhem) in particular?

You can say to him that each year in September there is a remembrance ceremony in Arnhem, with paratroopers landing again (a few of them even beeing WW2 veterans..)

[replayke]

RESPECT for the Bastogne Division!!

Greetz from Belgium

[Ms101airborne]

thank you for my freedom i live in holland i verry thank you i got respect for they how live and are past away

[Daniel324able]

THANKS FOR ALL THESE MEN'S WHO FOUGHT FOR THE LIBERTY OF A LOT OF COUNTRIES

[lukum55]

Babe Heffron from Easy commpany 506 PIR said that the real heroes were those who didnt come back from the war. That is true but we can say that all people in 101st who fought in the war did they come back or not they are heroes

[MrPelhambay]

the 101st airborne soldiers are not rangers, yes many of them have been to ranger school but no the rangers themselves belong to the 75th ranger regiment... but trust me the soldiers, especially the ones in the 187th and the 506th could sure as hell take on the role as a ranger... Rakkasans lead the way

[trooperd5821]

Thanks pop for your service and sacrafice. And for being silly enough to jump out of a perfectly good airplane! Love you! J. E. Delaney Jr., 101st Airborne 1964-1966

[phyliscd]

and i add rest in peace dick winters ,may your parachute carry you all the way to heaven,and above.

[thesergreatvids]

CURAHEE!

[commissarmanul]

Go 101st Airborne. It's sad that teh Marines get all the credit.

[WoNNoHaVeS]

2:07 That's General Gavin from the 82nd preparing for Market Garden!

[Dark0Temptation]

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

[tnhistory]

RAKKASAN!!

Operation Charlie Company from Kandahar all the way to Baghdad!

God bless the 187th and the division!

[lycanspirit1]

army or marines, when it hits we know we got each others back, we all heard a call to serve an help protect our beautiful country.GOD BLESS THE USA!

[prinanbru]

My Dad was a proud member of the 101st Airborne Screaming Eagles!!

[horseybebe316]

I know this is the wrong way about doing this.I have a soldier in The 101st Airborne he was deployed to Afghan last year.We haven't spoken since last July and I have tried everything to find out if hes ok. He means everything to me and I can't picture my life without him.I would give anything to know hes ok and see him.I just wish I knew. I love him so much and if someone can help I would forever greatful.

[horseybebe316]

@horseybebe316 idk if anyone can relate but not knowing the one person care about and love is fighting in a war and you're left cluless and scared is the worst feeling in the entire world.the pain never stops

[EveritoxSAx]

@endracismguy probably because there were no vietnamese heroes

[z3rok0ol21]

goosebumps everytime.

[endracismguy]

type into youtube vietnamese heroes and you get nothing ...type in american heros and you screen will melt

[Arizonasnipe]

@endracismguy vietnamise comunist freak that ruined a country

vs

A country that has it's heroes save europe and the world hm...(i'm french so

...

[endracismguy]

@Arizonasnipe imaginary save the world then fuck it up lol

[kingshorses4him]

I am 50 and time is going by so fast. Please tell or right your story down. My great uncle wont talk about it. I know it's hard but we need to know more. We love you and thanks you for what you did. Steve

[blackyblackblack505]

When I was in WWII they didn't let black people in the infantry.

[azazel221]

@blackyblackblack505 Is your name in reference to the infamous "Triple Nickel"? Just an inquisitive 3rd Batt. Panther 01-05.

[blackyblackblack505]

@azazel221 Maybe ;)

[Chipkanobe]

This is not Dog this is not Fox this is Easy Company of the 101st

[spartin001full]

Whats the name of the song

[peaceuph]

Respect from Hungary!101st Airborne- brothers for a life!

[BrugesFan23]

So this is E Company?

[Muhdiesel]

And to mention hitler signed a non aggression pact with the ussr but invaded anyway. You're an idiot.

[Muhdiesel]

@blodsnowify, how can you say hitler didn't want to take over the world? Poland, France, Belgium, Britain, Soviets....ect. All of those countries invaded by Germany. And he didn't seek global domination? What did he want then you ignorant asshole??

[TheUSMarine5]

So proud of my grandfather CPL. Burt Warboy 101st Airborne 3rd Battalion G Company CANT WAIT till im 18 to enlist in marines or army

[oOfekiOo]

Was that maj. dick winters at the beginning ? RIP

[MassiveJr]

@oOfekiOo

If you mean the picture at 1:17; yes that was Maj. Dick Winters.

Posing after a practice jump to demonstrate Parachute Infantry to Eisenhower.

[generaldandan]

R.I.P - Richard Winters - 02/01/2011 , the big comander!

[faynilla1]

All I have to say is...all the units during WW2 did their duty and im damn proud of all of them for what they did because if it wasnt for them I WOULDNT be here! I was born in Mexico but i've been here LEGALLY since I was 4 and I fell damn proud to say that im American not Mexican.God bless the U.S.A. and let it outlive any other before it!!

[BlodSnowify]

The 101st airborn sucked.. big time. So over-rated.

[marlows30]

@BlodSnowify You have no respect for the men and women that died for you. You don't even deserve freedom.

[BlodSnowify]

@marlows30 Died for me?? How much have hollywood fucked your brain up dude?? Do you still believe that Hitler wanted to take over the world.. and that bogus made up story about everybody in Germany should have blue eyes and blonde hair?? HAHAHAHAHAHA You are correct. I have no respect for those people.. just look at the mess whe are in right now thanks to gullible americans..

[QuiteAce]

@BlodSnowify You my friend are a asshole

[007m160]

@BlodSnowify I think we should show respect for those who died there I live in Europe and i respect and always will respect the americans, canadians, british, ... for what they did here. Thousands of them lay down their lives here for that smaal but so meanfull word: freedom... So I dont understand that you have that opinion..

I really respect you america, you have done bad things in history but you gave a lot of people their freedom back...

R.I.P to all the soldiers who are burried here...

[BlodSnowify]

@007m160 freedom?? What are you talking about?

[007m160]

@BlodSnowify You actually now what happened here in europe

Go to wikipedia and search hitler and after u did that u will understand...

I hope...

[tymax96]

@BlodSnowify what's your evidence to back that statement up

[presvanz29]

CURAHEEEeee.......

[WolfE1114555]

to all of the 18 people that hit the dislike button WTF,you hav no idea wot all the men and women frm the 2nd world war done for us,

[germanlad4u]

Thank-you to all the posters who had relatives in the 101st. My Father was in the 1st infantry. (Big Red One) He had nothing but respect for them. Called them the braves bunch oof soldiers he had ever seen.

[CoDMan1O1]

My father was 101st/506 WWII. I am very proud of my citizen soldier father.

[DVA5212]

Rest in peace Major Winters

[thegunnydog]

God Bless Major Winters and the men of Easy Co. God bless the greatest generation.

[1944themike]

GOD BLESS AMERICA'S EASY COMPANY

AND THE MEN IN IT(Dick Winters, Bill Garneirre,Bull Ranamen, Shifty powers,lewis nixon, Donald malarky and all the rest

[iamlovedbysomeone]

R.I.P. Richard Winters

What a man. Him and the rest of his company, division, were all incredible men. I salute them all. God Bless

[docroe100]

@iamlovedbysomeone richard died? omg i never thought he would im sad please reply if he really did

[Starwarsfreak101st]

@docroe100 I'm afraid he did

[docroe100]

@Starwarsfreak101st when? thats sad i used to know about every easy co member i never thought he would die

[AnnapurnaNepal]

Thanks to you guys I did not have to grow up screaming Heil and eating Sauerkraut.

Thank you from Austria, Europe.

:)

[chinquecfro44]

Richard Winters from E company at 1:16

[drobkins1010]

Great video ;)

By the way, 6:26 isn't that guy third from the left the Donald Burgett ?

[libralady1010]

God Bless Our Military!!...and get this " screaming asshole" out of the White House and all his madam mao michelles' and all the frau eva pelosi'. Oh yes: let's not forget madam mao waters!

THE 101ST-THE BEST EVER. The 18 thumbs down? Get the f**k out of here!!-if you LIVE here and take that narcissist "death panels" smoking boy president with you!! Even Biden would be better...not by much but anything's better than the hope and chump change gang we have now!

[TheRapper10000]

GOD BLESS THE 101st AIRBORNE.

[jebstuart34]

@TheRapper10000 HALLELUJAH!!

[TheUSMarine5]

My grandfather was in the 101st Airborne G company 506th PiR 3rd battalion Cpl. Burton Warboy GO SCREAMING EAGLES

[kjsh987]

best tribute i ever saw.congratulations from argentina

[bikepeddlar6]

the most elite then and now. i don't know what it is about the eagle patch. but when a soldier puts it on there uniform. they become an elite warrior. best of the best. i hope to wear the patch one day

[amdg55]

these are the men who bought freedom

[lmademlis]

Congratulations! Amazing video

[PaladinHludwig]

The music is unmatched, its beautiful! Look at those heroic young men, I am humbled.

this November 11, remember all of our heroes. The living and most of all the dead.

[Sw3dishSanta]

OH MY GOD YOU USED THE MOST EPIC SONG EVER!

[charliehaick]

Bravo Company 3/502. I will always Rember 1st Sgt Harrison a true ranger, leader and a Man whom great respect is due. RIP

[mangokiller111]

the picture in 6:07 are marines at the battle of chosin reservoir.

[CoverandFire1993]

@mangokiller111 That's impossible. Weren't all the Marines concentrated in the Pacific? Fighting off the Japs?

[mangokiller111]

@CoverandFire1993 that picture was in a different war the Korean war. i know this because my company commander had the same picture near his desk.

[MrDanielWebster]

Its funny because Im 12, and yet I still know the Screaming Eagles, and the 101st 2nd battalion parachute infantry regiment of the fighting first, Easy Company

[ninjax105]

@MrDanielWebster I won't be surprised. Because many airborne tactics came out from the 101st, the best during WW2. Many elite units are doing what they are doing. Just imagine, without the 101st, many elite units will still be scratching their heads and butts on many things.

[MrPelhambay]

101st airborne 187th inf rakkasans 3rd brigade charlie company battling the Taliban in Afghanistan, return home safe guys.

[Scharfuhrer]

I spent four great years in the 101st.  Being in the 101st was something I had wanted to do since seeing the Longest Day in 1962 with my dad. 159th AV and 1-101 AV.

[Garrett10124]

2/320th fa "Balls Of The Eagle"

[ingo1234100]

I love the line in band of brothers where before they go to Bastogne a soldier says to captain winters "looks like you guys are gonna be surronded" and he answers with "were airborne we're supposed to be" best series ever utmost respect to these guys

[HOLLYWOODSMIKEDUP]

EASY COMPANY ALL THE WAY!

[Tkosk24]

my uncle was in battle of the bulge so he might hav been in this divison not sur.

another uncle (my dad's side) was on the bataan death march.

i dont no why but ive fell in love with divison (proboly moh) at the time of this comment. go screaming eagles! HOOAH!

[itawest]

I am proud to have served my country as a soldier of the 101st Airbourne Division (Air Assault) . We dont jumped from airplanes anymore, but rappel from helicopters.

But it's still cool as S**T!! Wings of Destiny!! Hooah!!

[walkingdead7]

If i would of not joined the Marine Corps,I would of been proud to wear the "Screaming Eagle" patch.One of America's elite.

[Bronk0Nagurski]

I am so proud to have been part of this unit.

[TheUSMarine5]

My Grandfather was in the 506th 101st Airborne I company. He is my alltime hero just what they did is beyond words. I wish i could go back in time and fight with the best and become a great hero like them. 101st Airborne forever R.I.P Bert Warboy

[Micaiah2004]

Only 2 things fall from the sky

[bikepeddlar6]

k i think my mind is made up. after watching this video and crying. i've decided i wanna be a paratrooper. i'd like to be a screaming eagle but i guess 82nd is cool to

[Pichacu1]

I cry everitime i listen and see this tribute RESPECT FOR THE HEROES OF THE WW2

[gravity5]

when you want something done, call the 82nd; when you want something done RIGHT, call the 101st

[jonchrysostom]

My dad was in the 101st in WW II. I have a picture of him sitting at a table in front of the fireplace in Hitler's Eagle's Nest. The fireplace had yet to have pieces chipped out of it for souviners. Check Khelsteinhaus on the internet for images. You will notice the fireplace has pieces chipped out of the arch.

[Pichacu1]

@jonchrysostom Can you give mi his autograf plz all of the eagles are My heroes

[jonchrysostom]

@Pichacu1 Got your message late.Have not read messageas in a long time. Sorry I can't get his autograph. He has been with Jesus since 1971. 

[kentucky9000]

O. M. G. Gentelemen. Eye is on nic9845gh.

[gogdansk]

Is 101 Airborne the same army unit that commited atrocites in Iraq killing and raping innocent civilians ? Correct me if I'm wrong. Your responses are much appreciated.

[Garrett10124]

B 2/320th FA OIF 1 Forever 101st

[police01040]

Easy Company

[danishconsumer]

My grand pa was a screaming eagle

[Pichacu1]

@danishconsumer Your grand pa is my hero man

[clericboy289]

I'm the descendant of a 101st airborne >:D

[michael3005]

at 5:00 is Dead Man's Corner...

[thebich2man5421]

All of you guys do know that the 101st don't jump out of planes anymore, only in training. They are now known as air assault. Helicopters have been more effective. But special operations, soldiers jump out of planes but only in groups of 6 or 7

[amdg55]

Studs, every last one of them.

[JessesWarMovies]

Awesome video. Can't wait to reenact these guys. Major Richard Winters at 1:16

[endwargamefreak]

if i go and enlist in the army i want to be airborne i want to be with the 101st or the 82nd they are he elite of the elite airborne troops.

[LIANGE1011]

i can truthfully say that these men are the only people to this day that have my full fledged respect along with everyone else who fought in this unforgetable war.

[MegaPATTON1]

AMEN SALUTE go airborne! go 101st TY major Winters for leading easy company!

[dima1996marius]

RESPECT from Romanian

[squzzie71]

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ¸¸.•*¨*♥ Never Forget Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ¸¸.•*¨*♥

[101caliber]

Awesome. My grandfather was in the 101st during WW2. From Normandy to Bastogne to Berchtesgaden. He was a paratrooper but I think was in one of the Glider regiments (327th/1-401st). It's ashame such a good division was deactivated after the war.

[MYSTERYSKATER285]

wags1894, the 101st airborne has no history? what about ww2

[RodgieTvTube]

the movie BAND OF BROTHERS touches my heart! i love you all even im a pilipino and the us helped our country to fight in the times of ww2 I REALLY LOVE WW2 MOVIES!

[jesterzlaf]

My proudest time in the military was serving with the 101st as a Screaming Eagle! Always First!

[bk5223]

I heard Obama is deploying the whole 101st to Afghanistan next year.

[MegaPATTON1]

@bk5223 WHAT! the 101st is going out! omg this war is going 2 end so fast go eagles! my dad was a eagle

[Wags182494]

"The 101st has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny."

HOOAH!

[bmxerfromarmthorpe]

these guys deserve all the respect they there given

[azdevildogaz]

no we wouldnt be speaking german the japansse would have taken us over but these men did do alot and i have a hell of alot respect those men

[MegaPATTON1]

@azdevildogaz Ur r a great guy

[bmxerfromarmthorpe]

if it werent for these guys wed be speakin german

[MegaPATTON1]

@bmxerfromarmthorpe germans would of killed us all

[quest8899]

the US had the best soldiers of ww2

[pablopere22]

wasnt that about hill 30 like matt baker and all of them

[gregmaster517]

@pablopere22 dude, bia is semi-fictional, which means not all real.

[elmatadorCZ]

6:31-6:39 , i think thats Richard Winters from Easy Company, but i am not sure...

[gregmaster517]

@elmatadorCZ i believe it is..

[thirteenthairborne]

God Bless America, and the 101st airborne .

A great big thank you to my fathers generation for saving the world from Nazism and fascism.

[thirteenthairborne]

God Bless America, and the 101st Airborne !!!

A great big thank you to my fathers generation for a job well done .

[uriedlfkdhkhr]

in 2;25 they all have mohawsz LOL wtf >??? us army suks i hatee americaa they are all a bunch of pussies its alll about russia[;

[HaZmAt8104]

funny, who won the cold war?

[immorebeastthanyou]

@uriedlfkdhkhr what u sayin over the keybord,come out here and talk,..90266 mb, ca.. fuck off comi

[jesterzlaf]

@uriedlfkdhkhr So um, hows that wall in East Berlin doin for ya?

[MegaPATTON1]

@uriedlfkdhkhr russians r killing themselves all day and night atleast americans don't exacute their people an let them freezy 2 death

[MrIHateAmerica]

The best in the us army.... Respect...

[replayke]

RESPECT for the Bastogne division!!

Greetz from Belgium

[motleyphuckincrue]

My grandad was a 101st AB Paratrooper & faught in the Battle Of The Bulge. This was an excellent video! He also carried an M1A1 for those who know what that is.

[Arizonasnipe]

To IHATEAMERICA

You idiot the men in this video are the 1o1st and to themselfs they almost won WWII

And when the army was desperate fr a solution in the Battle of The Bulge they sent in the Airborne and by themsefls with thompsons m1 garand and carbine and 1or two Bazookas the fought and stood strait up and Pushed Stoped a 500000 men offensive that was equiped with tanks snow equipement and good guns.

The airborne had summer uniforms but they fought bravely and won

now shut up

[GOD3062]

This is to IHATEAMERICA

The americans are naming one of there aircraft carrier after 'WINSTON CHURCHILL'.Do you know that winston Churchill was a big supporter of NATO not the warsaw pact you suck up to and thank god was winston churchill smart to do business with the americans to beat the Germans not Stallin who couldn't make his mind up on which side of the fench he was going to sit on.Right wing Euroepe don't share ur thoughts on Putin.

[lck19940125]

@ UnleashedKane第101空降不是一個特別部隊，他們­是精英的常客。

[UnleashedKane]

Ick 他们甚至没有精英的常客， 他们只是常客

[icermorskic]

geronimoooooooooo

[simonswesea]

Someone will surely call me crazy for this, but I don´t care; Everytime I se an eagle in the sky I get shivers down my spine.

It reminds me of the screaming eagles.

[GenGeogeSPatton]

they were the best in the army to hold the jerrys in bastonge wasnt easy .logn life to the fallen heroes in 101

[MrIHateAmerica]

Cannon fodder, cannon fodder fucking undertrained terroist cannon fodder......

us of gay.....

[adrianhonumber7]

mate in ww2 tht 101st divison was the greatest elite troop ever

[1313motley1313]

@adrianhonumber7 in ww2? i think u mean EVER!!!! 101ST AIRBORNE THE SCREAMING EAGLES!!!!

[NervMichNoed]

@adrianhonumber7 So what about the Fighting First?

[Killjoy174]

@adrianhonumber7

[leebone98]

@adrianhonumber7 hey dude i agree but dont think they were alone. the british red devils and the 1st and 2nd ranger battalions were fine soldiers too

[MrErasmie]

is it operation "market garden" in the biginning?

[joerover22]

does the parachute ever.. not open? something go wrong

[13Razzo13]

Yes they can sometimes do that. But not very often ;)

[UnleashedKane]

Im not from the states so i was asking if US Airbourne Divisions are considered Elite over there. I dont wanna put down regular infantry or marines but the Paratroopers appear to be harder, especially passing selection. they also seem somewhat underrated compared to some other divisions in the military. btw i know there is a difference between any soldier/marine who is parachute qualified and a Full Member Paratrooper of an Airbourne Corps

[anpe1001]

@UnleashedKane The 101st Airborne is not a special force, they're Elite Regulars.

[UnleashedKane]

@anpe1001 OK thanks. Btw, what does someone have to go through in the US Army in order to become a member of the 101st or 82nd Airbourne. Because in the UK the Parachute Regiment carry out the same role as the US Army Rangers and go through similar selection and training.

[sv1164]

@UnleashedKane 101st is just a regular division like every other divison. And to be a paratrooper, you just go to the schooling and complete it. They are not elite regular, they are just regular soldiers, being a ranger is considered elite regular, then above that is special forces, then the best of the best is delta force. Also, 101st no longer parachute, they repell out of helicopters, it is 82nd that does parachuting.

[UnleashedKane]

thanks sv1164 , finally you're the 1st person that explained to me "clearly" what the US airbourne divisions are. I'd always wondered how they are trained compared to other units in the US military. But now I know they are very similar to other regular infantry in the US Army but with added Airbourne/Air assault training.

[blues9934]

acually they were elite infantry somewhat like the rangers they recieved very intense trainiing much more hardened then regular infantry

[xXCutePuppy666Xx]

@blues9934 yea they're training was wayy harder than the regular infantry training and harder than the rangers , Marines , Everybody , they were the Elite of the Elite and only the finest could make it through , now in modern day they're training is not as hard and is equivalent to a regular infantry's unit