10 1 was established in August, 1942. Initially, 10 1 Airborne Division consisted of 1 Parachute Infantry Regiment (502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment), two glider Infantry Regiments (327th and 40th/Glider Infantry Regiments) and three artillery battalions (377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 32nd/kloc-0). In addition, there are 1 airborne engineering barracks, 1 communication company, 1 airborne medical company, 1 airborne quartermaster company. In June, 1942, 10 1 Airborne Division began strict training in Fort Breg, North Carolina. Throughout the autumn and winter, General Li devoted himself to establishing new airborne combat tactics. 1June, 943,10/airborne division accepted the second parachute infantry regiment-the 506th parachute infantry regiment. That summer, 10 1 airborne division proved that it had considerable combat capability in the mobile exercise of the second army.

During World War II, the division participated in the Normandy campaign for the first time. Subsequently, 10 1 division was incorporated into 1 airborne troops, and joined operation market garden on September 1944, taking on the task of seizing the bridge on the "road of death". Due to poor planning, the allied forces suffered heavy losses, among which 10 1 division suffered more than 4000 casualties in the battle. At the end of 1944, the division took part in the battle of the protruding part after adding troops, which played an important role and successfully resisted the attack of the German armored division on Bastogne. After Germany surrendered, the 10 1 division took part in the training for preparing to attack Japan, but later Japan surrendered and suspended the operation. 1945165438+1October 30th,10/division withdrew from the US Army.

1956, 10 1 airborne division regrouped and returned to the operational sequence. From 65438 to 0967, all divisions took part in the Vietnam War. * * * participated in 15 battles in the war, * * * 401/people were killed and 18259 people were injured, which was the third highest total number of American divisions killed. 1968 division was reorganized into an air mobile division under the condition of a large number of staff reductions, but it was later reorganized into an airborne (air assault) division. 19911October, 10 1 Division went to the Persian Gulf to participate in the Gulf War. The division's AH-64 helicopter gunships took part in the first air raid, destroying two radar positions in Iraq.