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The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels" [1]) is a United States Army combined forces between air assault infantry and airborne forces based in Alaska.. Currently, this unit specializes in air assault and airborne operations, cold-weather warfare, combined arms, maneuver warfare, and urban warfare.
The brigade began its history as the 4th Infantry BCT (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division. But its higher headquarters was United States Army Alaska (redesignated 11th Airborne Division on 6 June 2022) not the 25th Infantry Division which is headquartered in Hawaii.
It formed the parachute infantry element of the 11th Airborne Division. The full history of the regiment is the subject of the book, When Angels Fall: From Toccoa to Tokyo, the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II (2019) [1] by author and historian Jeremy C. Holm whose grandfather served in the regiment's Company D during the war.
The 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment (1-320th FAR) is the field artillery battalion assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. The battalion has been assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, 11th Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division.
It was a part of the 11th Airborne Division during its entire existence. [1] The 188th Infantry Regiment was constituted on 12 November 1942 at Camp Mackall, North Carolina. [1] On 25 February 1943, the 188th was activated under the command of Colonel Robert H. Soule. It was designated a glider regiment, and assigned to the 11th Airborne Division.
The 377th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army.A parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, the regiment's 2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment is assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division.
Fort Campbell is home to many major military divisions, including the 101st Airborne Division, and has an active military population of more than 27,000 as of 2021, according to the military. The ...
The regional chapters of the 11th Airborne Division Association celebrate the raid and rescue with a Los Baños Commemoration Dinner on or about 23 February every year. The Hunters-ROTC Filipino guerrillas and other partisan units, who supported the 11th Airborne Division also commemorate the freeing of the prison camp.