The 101st Airborne in Normandy, June 1944

“A condensed ‘ Band of Brothers ’ with profiles of Richard Winters and Easy company as well as the German and American Generals . . . 5 stars ” ( Army Rumour Service ). 101st Airborne Division was activated in August 1942 in Louisiana, and its first combat mission was Operation Overlord. On D-Day—June 6, 1944—101st and 82nd Airborne dropped onto the Cotentin Peninsula hours before the landings, tasked with capturing bridges and positions, taking out German strongpoints and batteries, and securin