If you're wondering about the blog title, it says 101 Airborne all the way. Right? So who is the 101st Airborne? I'm glad you asked me that.
The 101st Airborne Division is known as the Screaming Eagles. Because their symbol is an Eagle with its mouth open. Get it? Screaming Eagle? Don't get it? Never mind.
So anyway. I think the image uploading thingum isn't working so I'll tell you more about the 101st Airborne first. It was the second Airborne Division to be created by the Army after its more illustrious and more experienced counterpart, the 82nd Airborne Division. It missed out on Sicily because they were still training but got Normandy (D-Day if you don't remember), Operation Market Garden and was made famous during the Battle of the Bulge by holding out around the small town of Bastogne. In case I've never told you this was the time that Gen. McAuliffe, acting commander of the 101st, said something rather rude to the Germans who wanted them to surrender. What did he say? "NUTS!"
His officer who brought the message back to the Germans had to explain that it mean "Go to h*ll". (I don't know if swear words are allowed so I'll just put an asterix there.)
So for their heroic stand they got some presidential unit citation and world fame and came to be known as the Battered Bast***ds of Bastogne.
Yay 101 airborne.