The 101st Engineer Battalion, the 101st Field Artillery Regiment, the 181st Infantry Regiment, and the 182nd Infantry Regiment trace their lineage to the North, South and East Regiments which were formed by legislative act of the Massachusetts Bay General Court on that date.

The claim that the National Guard is older than the nation itself, with over three and a half centuries of service, is based on the claim that the modern-day 101st Field Artillery Regiment, 182nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Engineer Battalion and 181st Infantry Regiment of the Massachusetts Army National Guard are directly descended from Massachusetts Bay Colony regiments formed over 375 years ago.

Nine Army National Guard units ( 101st Eng Bn, 101st FA, 113th Inf 116 Inf, 125th QM Co, 175th Inf, 181st Inf, 198th Sig Bn and 211 MP Bn ) and one active Regular Army Field Artillery battalion ( 1-5th FA ) are derived from American units that participated in the Battle of Monmouth.

The division's Armored Field Artillery Battalions ( the 412th, 413th, and 414th ), with elements of the 33rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, moved up to the west bank of the Rhine River to support the 101st Airborne Division near Delhoven, Germany, and the 82nd Airborne Division across the river from Hitdorf, Germany.

While working as a bank clerk, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and served as a private with the 101st Field Artillery Regiment in France during World War I.

1976 204 ( Tyneside Scottish ) Field Battery, 101st ( Northumbrian ) Field Regiment, RA

* 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment ( Red Knights ) 3rd BCT, 101st Airborne Division ( OCT 2007-NOV 2008 )

** S / P Field Artillery Brigade ( 101st )

In 1967 he served there with the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, in 1969 with C Company ( Ranger ), 75th Infantry ( Airborne ), First Field Force Vietnam, in 1970 as an Adviser to the Vietnamese Rangers, and in 1971 as an Adviser to the Royal Cambodian Army.

Also in 1948, the two remaining battalions were converted to artillery, forming the 101st and 102nd Field Regiments, Royal Artillery.

Based in the Central Highlands, The I Field Force comprised some of the most aggressive American formations in Vietnam, including the 1st Cavalry Division, 101st Airborne Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade.

It also adopted 1st of the 320th FAR ( Field Artillery Regiment ), the 526th BSB ( Brigade Support Battalion, consisting of a number of logistical and maintenance personnel ), and the 2nd of the 101st Brigade Special Troops Battalion.

Eight current Army National Guard units ( 101st Eng Bn, 103rd Eng Bn, A / 1-104th Cav, 111th Inf, 125th QM Co, 175th Inf, 181st Inf and 198th Sig Bn ) and one currently-active Regular Army Artillery battalion ( 1-5th FA ) are derived from American units that participated in the Battle of Princeton.

Brigadier General McAuliffe was serving as Commander of Division Artillery of the 101st Airborne Division when he parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and when he entered by glider into Holland during Operation Market Garden.

Eight current Army National Guard units ( 101st Eng Bn, 103rd Eng Bn, A / 1-104th Cav, 111th Inf, 125th QM Co, 175th Inf, 181st Inf and 198th Sig Bn ) and one currently-active Regular Army Artillery battalion ( 1-5th FA ) are derived from American units that participated in the Battle of Trenton.

The 101st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group's B Battery ( B / GADA101 ) was assigned to defend the Fresinet Peninsula, a long, narrow piece of land running from Moody Brook to form the northern arm of Stanley, when their troops came under attack at 11 p. m.

As of 2010, the Tyneside Scottish title is maintained by 204 ( Tyneside Scottish ) Battery, 101st ( Northumbrian ) Regiment Royal Artillery ( Volunteers )

In 1974, the title was adopted by 204 Battery of 101st ( Northumbrian ) Regiment Royal Artillery ( Volunteers ).

The Battery currently serves as a Surveillance and Target Acquisition Battery within 101st ( Northumbrian ) Regiment Royal Artillery ( Volunteers ).

** 8 S / P Artillery Brigades ( 101st, 103rd, 105th, 107th, 109th, 111th, 113th, 115th )

In the event it actually equipped UK regular regiments in direct support of infantry brigades until after the end of the Cold War, and only replaced the L118 light gun in two TA regiments, 100th ( Yeomanry ) Regiment Royal Artillery and 101st ( Northumbrian ) Regiment Royal Artillery ( Volunteers ) from 1992 to 1999.

** 2 x SOFMA 155mm L33 Guns airlifted from May 15 ( from the 101st Artillery Group ) ( Stanley ).

Eisenhower with U. S. paratroopers of the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division on June 5, 1944

The operation was carried out by elements of the United States 10th Mountain Division, 101st Airborne Division, the U. S. special forces groups TF 11, TF Bowie, and TF Dagger, British Royal Marines, the Norwegian Forsvarets Spesialkommando ( FSK ), Hærens Jegerkommando and Marinejegerkommandoen, Canada's 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, Canada's Joint Task Force 2, the Afghan National Army, the German KSK, and elements of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment and of the New Zealand Special Air Service.

He learns that the fourth son, Private First Class James Francis Ryan of Baker Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division is missing in action somewhere in Normandy.

The forces used, consisting of the 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (" Rakkasans "), led by Colonel Frank Wiercinski, and soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division, led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul LaCamera, to secure these blocking positions.

The operation was composed of elements of the United States 10th Mountain Division, 101st Airborne Division, TF Rakkasan, B Co. 159th Avn Rgt, 75th Ranger Regiment, the US Special Operation Forces groups to include elements of forces from USSOCOM, JSOC and CIA's Special Activities Division, TF 11, TF Bowie, and TF Dagger, British Royal Marines, Canada's 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and Joint Task Force 2, the Afghan National Army, the German KSK, the Turkish Maroon Berets, the Norwegian FSK and Marinejegerkommandoen, and elements of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, the New Zealand Special Air Service and Danish special forces from Jægerkorpset and the Danish Frogman Corps.

Troops from the 327th Infantry Regiment | 327th Regiment, 101st Airborne escorting the Little Rock Nine African-American students up the steps of Central High.

Eisenhower speaks with U. S. paratroops of the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division on the evening of June 5, 1944.

The term grenadier was retained or adopted by various elite infantry units, including Potsdam Grenadiers, the Granatieri di Sardegna ( Grenadiers of Sardinia ) in Italy, the Foot Grenadiers, Fusilier-Grenadiers, Tirailleur-Grenadiers and Horse Grenadiers of the French Imperial Guard, the Imperial Russian Grenadier Leib Guards Regiment, Britain's Grenadier Guards and the 101st Grenadiers.

Battleground is a 1949 American war film that tells the story of a company in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division trying to cope with the Siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

In mid-December 1944, Jim Layton ( Marshall Thompson ) and his buddy, William J. Hooper, replacements fresh from the United States, are assigned to separate companies in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.

Thus " the 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon of Item Company, 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division ," did not exist at the time of the Ardennes campaign.

As a result of the crash of a C-47 killing its company commander, Thomas Meehan III, command of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division devolved to the company executive officer, 1st Lt. Richard Winters.

Gen Eisenhower speaks with 1st Lt. Wallace C. Strobel and men of E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment ( United States ) | Company E of the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division on the evening of 5 June 1944.

At 1645 Lt. Boggess shook hands with 2nd Lt. Webster of the 326th Engineers, 101st Airborne Division and in twenty-five minutes Lt. Col.

* Donald Malarkey, World War II U. S. Army soldier of the 101st Airborne Division was portrayed in the TV series Band of Brothers.

When Faubus balked, the president placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal control and sent in the 101st Airborne Division.

Monument on the market square commemorating the 1944 liberation by the US 101st Airborne Division and the British XXX Corps ( United Kingdom ) | 30th Corps.

Large-scale air raids in World War II, including the preliminary bombing during Operation Market Garden to aid the US 101st Airborne Division paratroopers in securing the bridges in and around the town on 18 September 1944, destroyed large parts of the city.

Elements of the German 164th Light Division and Italian 101st Motorised Division Trieste arrived to plug the gap torn in the Axis defences.

* 1944 – American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan.

* 1965 – Vietnam War: the first 4, 000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.

* 2003 – Members of 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay's 14-year old son, and a bodyguard.

Riefenstahl celebrated her 101st birthday on August 22, 2003 and married Horst Kettner.

The fourth one eventually officially proved the chemical identification of the 101st element, mendelevium.

Passwords in military use evolved to include not just a password, but a password and a counterpassword ; for example in the opening days of the Battle of Normandy, paratroopers of the U. S. 101st Airborne Division used a password — flash — which was presented as a challenge, and answered with the correct response — thunder.

* 1970 – Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: the United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.

* 1957 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

On the outskirts of Neuville they meet a platoon from the 101st.