Reconnaissance Platoon 101st A/B Division
Can anyone help me with information on the 101st Airborne Division Reconnaissance Platoon? I'm trying to build a picture of the history of this platoon. I'm searching for operational information and...
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Anyone here correct me if i'm wrong PLEASE.From what I do remember concerning this platoon at Bastogne : they were asked to find a way out of the nearly surrounded town on december 20 or 21...so doing...
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Thanks, Pierre. It helps in finalizing the complete story. I knew the platoon was cut off in the initial phase of the Bastogne operation and rejoined the Division later. This helps bringing it into...
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Chris: I found my "notes" on Recon Pltn and some interesting facts/stories. I found a 15 Oct 1942 T/O & E for the then new Airborne Division(s) (source: Army Almanac, 1950). At that point in...
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Jim, thank you very much for this additional piece of history. I've found some documents mentioning the 82nd A/B Div Recon plt but they are from the period dec 1944 til may 1945. I'll keep searching....
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As a child I attended several reunions of the Recon Platoon held at the home of Lee Jack Curtis, Jr. (L.J.) I remember Jim Kennedy, Louis Rahn, and Ken Johnson, there were more, I just can't remember....
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