Repository description, 1942-1981.

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Repository description, 1942-1981.

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The Sink Library has a computer printout listing members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division sent to combat in South Vietnam in 1967; scrapbooks about the post's libraries; and a vertical file containing newclippings about Fort Campbell and the surrounding area.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Guide Project Office

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SNAC Resource ID: 6959970

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R. F. Sink Memorial Library.

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Acquisitions policy: The library does not solicit materials. From the description of Repository description, 1942-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191915359 ...

United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st

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Historical note: The First Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division was sent to Vietnam in 1965. It was the third United States Army unit to arrive. In December of 1967, the remainder of the division was deployed to Bien Hoa, South Vietnam in Operation Eagle Thrust. The 101st was the only army division ever airlifted directly into combat. C-141 aircraft carried 10,356 paratroopers and 5,118 tons of equipment directly into the war zone. From the description of Deployment record, 1967. (...