In his first address to his soldiers, Major General William C. Lee of the 101st Airborne Division declared prophetically in General Order Number 5 dated August 19, 1942 that "the 101st Airborne Division which was activated on August 16, 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, has no history, but it has a rendezvous with destiny." Thus begins the storied history of one of the United States Army's finest combat divisions...
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