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Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2011

...in the U.S. but best known as a Kennedy in-law. Jan. 18. Ed Mauser, 94. The oldest living member of a 101st Airborne Division company that became known as the "Band of Brothers" and fought some of the fiercest battles of World War II...

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Emily's Used Books tranforms former beer cave by BIR

...served in the military to be part of a wall display honoring veterans. A photo of McGregor's Dale Wayrynen, 101st Airborne Division and decorated with the Congressional Medal of Honor, is the first on the wall. Wayrynen gave his life to save...

http://brainerddispatch.com/business/2011-12-23/emilys-used-books-tranforms-form
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian lied about serving in Vietnam

...deferments," Feeney said. When Ellis told Feeney about his duty in 1965 as a platoon leader and paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division, "I thought, oh that's interesting. But I had no reason to doubt what he said," Feeney said. Ellis also...

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Marines find papers, guns at abandoned compound

...think he's up there," Mulholland said. In other developments, Clarke said about 200 members of the Army's 101st Airborne Division arrived at Kandahar airport. The Army soldiers are the vanguard of a larger force that will replace the approximately...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/010302/nne_0103020061.shtml
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Chief of bin Laden's terror training camps brought to Marine base

...000, most of them Afghans. The Marines, who will soon be handing over the airport to the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, have been increasing patrols outside the grounds "day and night" to stretch their area of control and improve...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/010502/wne_0105020009.shtml
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U.S. forces questioning al-Qaida financial official who turned himself in

...said that one of the 30 prisoners was sedated because he expressed a fear of flying. Soldiers of the Army's 101st Airborne Division, which eventually is to take over the Kandahar base from the Marines, began their first patrols Wednesday...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/011602/wne_0116020080.shtml
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Marines hand over Kandahar base to 101st Airborne

...was accomplished without a formal ceremony. The switch has been under way for a few days, with troops from the 101st Airborne Division relieving Marines from bunkers along the perimeter of the base established at Kandahar's airport. Although...

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Sixteen U.S. soldiers injured in helicopter mishap

...Arabia, Yemen and Algeria, he said. The helicopter accident occurred when 24 members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division were landing at a Marine Corps encampment Monday near the town of Khost, an area hit repeatedly by U.S. air...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/012902/wne_0129020057.shtml
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U.S. squeezes in on hard core of al-Qaida fighters

...Frank Wiercinski, a brigade commander in the 101st Airborne Division. U.S. officers say 500 to 600 al-Qaida and...Pentagon is sending about 200 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., equipped with 16 Apache...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/030802/nne_0308020019.shtml
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U.S., Afghan troops seize control of valley

...time that American conventional forces -- the 101st Airborne Division and the 10th Mountain Division -- were engaged...Frank Wiercinski, brigade commander of the 101st Airborne Division, said at Bagram air base north of Kabul. "We...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/031302/wne_0313020012.shtml
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