KB
04-11-2011, 09:27 PM
They parachuted behind German lines during World War II's invasion of Normandy, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge at Bastogne. Now their heroics have found a freezing mountaintop in the most remote, forsaken reaches of Afghanistan.
The 101st Airborne Division is one of the most decorated divisions of the U.S. Army. Today, a stack of stars and hearts – medals in silver, bronze, and purple – were pinned on the chests of 20 soldiers by their commander, General David Petraeus. Rarely, if ever, have so many medals been given to a single unit for a single battle in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The U.S. troops from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 327th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) came to a Taliban hideout in Kunar province -- a hornets' nest along the treacherous Afghanistan-Pakistan border -- to take the battle to them.
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/afghanistan-gen-petraeus-honors-fallen-battle-kunar-province/story?id=13351201
The 101st Airborne Division is one of the most decorated divisions of the U.S. Army. Today, a stack of stars and hearts – medals in silver, bronze, and purple – were pinned on the chests of 20 soldiers by their commander, General David Petraeus. Rarely, if ever, have so many medals been given to a single unit for a single battle in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The U.S. troops from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 327th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) came to a Taliban hideout in Kunar province -- a hornets' nest along the treacherous Afghanistan-Pakistan border -- to take the battle to them.
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/afghanistan-gen-petraeus-honors-fallen-battle-kunar-province/story?id=13351201