Screaming Eagles: The 101st Airborne Division

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Formed at the beginning of World War II, the 101st Airborne Division has fought in almost nearly every major conflict in the world, front D-Day and Operation Market Garden, Vietnam and the Tet Offensive and Hamburger Hill, the Sinai, Kuwait and Iraq. With 4,000 troops and 281 Apache attack helicopters, this is the most versatile unit in today's armed forces with 3 battalions of elite troops forming a rapid deployment force prepared to go anywhere in the world within 36 hours. From parachute and glider infantry to today's air-assault force, this book takes the reader inside training, combat, and action on land, sea and air: a close-up, multi-faceted portrait of courage and skill as a fact of everyday life. With details of humanitarian relief operations in Rwanda, Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, and countries affected by the 2005 Tsunami this shows why the 101 st Airborne are regarded as the best in the world - the vanguard in it's field - and what they deserve their name "Screaming Eagles"!

Russ Bryantis a veteran of the 1st Ranger Battalion and F/51 Long-Range Surveillance. Following his service, Bryant attended Savannah College of Art and Design and received a bachelor's of fine art degree in photography. As a photographer, Bryant has traveled a great deal covering other, non-Ranger forces of the American military. His images have appeared the "Army Times," "Army Magazine," "New York Times," "Time Magazine," and at ArmyRanger.com. Bryant is the author/photographer of a number of other Zenith Press titles including "75th Rangers "and "USMC." Susan Bryant became associated with the special operations forces community when she married then-U.S. Army Ranger Russ Bryant. Since that time, she and Russ have lived in Germany and Savannah, Georgia. She was a significant researcher and contributor for photographer Russ Bryant's "To Be a U.S. Army Ranger" (MBI Publishing, 2003) and co-authored "75th Rangers "and "Weapons of the U.S. Army Rangers "(both MBI Publishing/Zenith Press, 2005). Susan holds a bachelor's degree from Furman University, and master of education and education specialist degrees from Georgia Southern University. Initially a special education teacher, she now spends her days as a public school psychologist and a writer for Savannah's monthly magazine, "Island Living."