Timeline
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March 10 1941
The Provisional Parachute Group -
July 1st 1941
Creation of the 502nd PIB -
July 10 1941
The Parachute School settles in Fort Benning -
August 11 1941
First overseas combat jump exercise -
August 21 1941
Creation of the 503rd PIB -
September 15 1941
Simulate war -
October 5 1941
Creation of the 504th PIB
March 15 1945
101st Airborne receives a citation
On 15 March 1945, the 101st Airborne Division assembled at Mourmelon near Reims to receive General Eisenhower’s Presidential Unit Citation for its heroic defence of the town of Bastogne.
