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1 of 31: “My Place is Here: The Ballad of Delbert Kuehl” This is the unforgettable story of a Chaplain under fire.#SundayMorning 2 of 31:We’ve observed some ugly leadership trends

1 of 12:Friday, September 22, 1944D+5 The landing of the @82ndABNDiv’s 325 Glider Infantry Regiment, scheduled to land near Overasselt on Sep 19th, was postponed, for the fourth time, due

1 of 20:Today we’ve described the airborne insertion of Market Garden from the perspective of the American and British paratroopers. #MarketGarden76 #OTD 2 of 20:But what of the view from

1 of 31:D-Day: Operation Market Garden 2 of 31: On 17 September 1944, with approval granted by General Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, OPERATION MARKET GARDEN

1 of 40:The Fifth Star: A Market Garden Story in 40 Tweets 2 of 40:It’s Tuesday! While we're not doing #TuesdayTrivia, as part of our Operation MARKET-GARDEN story, Tragic Ambition,

1 of 30:Unified Command: The Birth of the First Allied Airborne Army 2 of 30:May 1944: George Marshall (Chief of Staff of the Army & driving force behind the combined

1 of 45:We can’t let Aviation Week™, sponsored by the XVIII Airborne Corps, pass by without a special aviation-focused tweet thread. 2 of 45:Fortunately for you, dear reader, the story

THE FORGOTTEN AIRBORNE DIVISION1 of 56 2 of 56It's National Airborne Week (presented by XVIII Airborne Corps) and all week we're celebrating the American Paratrooper. 3 of 56America’s Airborne legacy

It was perhaps the most important civil right achievement in US history. On #TDIDCH: July 26 1948, POTUS Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981 ending discrimination in the military. 1

Chapter 9: The Expendables1 of 58 2 of 58So, if you’ve not read each chapter, this isn’t going to make much sense. Please go back and read from chapter 1.

CHAPTER 6: MAXWELL TAYLOR'S UNCERTAIN TRUMPET1 of 56: If you have not been following along with this story, please go back and read the first five chapters of “The Atomic

1 of XVIII: The atomic bomb did more than end WWII. It ushered in a new way of thinking about military force and state power. 2 of XVIII: And, in