Tagged: 101st Airborne Division

08/26/2025

Boot Memorial Remembrance 8K Run, Walk or Roll

The Boot Memorial Run is back on Historic Ford Island. Remembering the names and faces we honor of over 9000 Fallen Service Members on boots About this event I created this event while stationed with my husband in Hawaii a few years after his deployment with the 101st Airborne Division. Upon returning from deployment, I found that many of our… Read more

08/06/2019

National Airborne Day

National Airborne Day August 16, 1940 marked the first official Army parachute jump, validating the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute. On August 14, 2002 President George W. Bush issued the following proclamation: The history of airborne forces began after World War I, when Brigadier General William Mitchell first conceived the… Read more

08/06/2019

National Airborne Day

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08/16/2017

National Airborne Day – August 16th, 2017

August 16, 1940 marked the first official Army parachute jump, validating the innovative concept of inserting United States ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute. On August 14, 2002 President George W. Bush issued the following proclamation: The history of airborne forces began after World War I, when Brigadier General William Mitchell first conceived the idea of parachuting… Read more

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08/15/2016

National Airborne Day August 16th, 2016

04/19/2013

Gordon H. Mansfield Veteran Small Business Award

While serving as a company commander with the 101st Airborne Division was wounded during the Tet Offensive on February 4, 1968, spending the next 45 years in a wheelchair as a result of spinal injuries. For his actions while his unit was under fire he was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross. His other combat decorations include the Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts, the… Read more

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