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==== Composition ==== [[File:SUPPLY BY AIR 2.jpg|thumb|right|101st Airborne troops retrieving air dropped supplies during the [[Battle of Bastogne|siege of Bastogne]].]] The division was composed of the following units:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/101ABN-ETO.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225225913/http://www.history.army.mil/documents/ETO-OB/101ABN-ETO.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 December 2007 |title=Order of Battle of the US Army - WWII - ETO - 101st Airborne Division |website=US Army Center of Military History |access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> * 327th Glider Infantry Regiment * 401st Glider Infantry Regiment (disbanded 1 March 1945, 1st Battalion became the 3rd Battalion, 327th GIR, while the 2nd Battalion became the 3rd Battalion, [[325th Glider Infantry Regiment|325th GIR]], [[82nd Airborne Division]]) * 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment * 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (attached 15 September 1943 to 1 March 1945, thereafter assigned) * 81st Airborne Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion * 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion * 101st Parachute Maintenance Company (assigned 1 March 45) * [[326th Medical Battalion (United States)|326th Airborne Medical Company]] * 101st Airborne Division Artillery ** [[321st Field Artillery Regiment (United States)|321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion]] (75 mm) ** [[377th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)|377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion]] (75 mm) ** 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75 mm) (assigned 1 March 1945) ** 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75 mm) * Special Troops (Headquarters activated 1 Mar 45) ** Headquarters Company, 101st Airborne Division ** 101st Airborne Signal Company ** 426th Airborne Quartermaster Company ** 801st Airborne Ordnance Company ** Reconnaissance Platoon (assigned 1 March 45) ** Military Police Platoon ** Band (assigned 1 March 45) Attached paratrooper units: * 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (attached January 1944 β past 9 May 1945)
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