The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) (“Screaming Eagles”)is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations.[3] The 101st is designed to plan, coordinate, and execute brigade-sized air assault operations that can be conducted in one period of darkness, at distances up to 500 nautical miles, to seize key terrain and hold it for up to 14 days.

“World War 2 soldiers” refers to the men and women who served in the military during World War II, with over 16 million Americans alone fighting in the conflict, often called “G.I.’s” in reference to the U.S. Army, and participating in major battles like Normandy, Midway, and Iwo Jima across various fronts in Europe and the Pacific