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  • Military Reactivates Historic 101st Airborne 'Band of Brothers' Unit for Iraq Deployment

    10/13/2005 7:09:33 PM PDT · by rip033 · 33 replies · 1,201+ views
    Fox News ^ | 10-13-05 | Associated Press
    FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — The 101st Airborne Division (search) on Thursday reactivated a historic unit whose actions during World War II and Vietnam were the subject of the book "Band of Brothers." (search) The 506th Regimental Combat Team — also known as the "Currahees," a Cherokee Indian word meaning "stands alone" — returned to the division just as its soldiers were completing final preparations to return to Iraq.