Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne operation in military history, was full of heroics, ineptitude, and bad luck. Envisioned and planned by the Allies to accelerate the defeat of Nazi Germany, Operation Market Garden fell short of its goal at the cost of thousands of casualties. The eight-day (September 17 to September 25) mission […]
101st Airborne Division
Chinook crew witness car crash, lands helicopter, and save driver’s life
On DutyLast month, an Army helicopter crew saved the life of German motorist who was involved in a car crash. On December 15, a CH-47F Chinook helicopter and its crew were flying back to base after a routine exercise in Germany, when they suddenly encountered a life-threatening situation. The crew chief spotted a puff of […]
