Don F. Pratt Museum-101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Don F. Pratt Museum-101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) The official museum for the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell, KY.
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02/28/2025

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On this day in 1981, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) received its first two Sikorsky UH-60A Blackhawk helicopt...
01/22/2025

On this day in 1981, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) received its first two Sikorsky UH-60A Blackhawk helicopters, numbered 100 and 101.

On this day in 1978, Headquarters, Department of the Army approved the Air Assault qualification badge for wear througho...
01/20/2025

On this day in 1978, Headquarters, Department of the Army approved the Air Assault qualification badge for wear throughout the United States Army. At Air Assault School, Soldiers learn the skills needed to assault the battlefield by helicopter.

C-Rations, K-Rations, and MREs...these have all been used to feed Soldiers in the field. Which have you sampled in your...
01/20/2025

C-Rations, K-Rations, and MREs...these have all been used to feed Soldiers in the field. Which have you sampled in your careers? Any stories to share about eating in the field?

This ration exhibit was created by our former Museum Technician, John Foley, who has since retired.

On this day in 1945, the Screaming Eagles were reassigned to the Seventh Army front in Alsace, France. Tankers of 11th ...
01/18/2025

On this day in 1945, the Screaming Eagles were reassigned to the Seventh Army front in Alsace, France. Tankers of 11th Armored Division sequentially relieved the paratroopers defensive positions around Bastogne, and VIII Corps commander, MG Middleton signed a hand-receipt and presented medals in a ceremony at the town square.

On this day in 1991, Apaches from Task Force Normandy kicked off the Operation DESERT STORM air war, attacking two Iraqi...
01/17/2025

On this day in 1991, Apaches from Task Force Normandy kicked off the Operation DESERT STORM air war, attacking two Iraqi early warning radar sites under the cover of darkness. Using hellfire missiles, the 1-101 attack helicopters achieved complete destruction of the radar network within minutes, enabling nearly 100 allied aircraft to safely enter Iraqi airspace and begin bombing.

On this day in 1964, the Brigadier General Don F. Pratt Museum re-opened at a new location on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. ...
01/14/2025

On this day in 1964, the Brigadier General Don F. Pratt Museum re-opened at a new location on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The facility was a culmination of a year-long effort led by BG Patrick Cassidy and his Museum Advisory Council. This was the museum's second location. The third and current location is at Wickham Hall, outside of which is a placard that explains where the museum has been located on post. Later this year, we are excited about moving into our fourth location on Fort Campbell Blvd as the new "Wings of Liberty Museum."

On this day in 1944, the 14th Armored Division began arriving at its new home at Camp Campbell, KY. It spent the next t...
01/13/2025

On this day in 1944, the 14th Armored Division began arriving at its new home at Camp Campbell, KY. It spent the next ten months training for combat in Europe before deployment to France on 13 October, 1944.

Long before the 101st arrived in 1956, Camp Campbell was originally created in 1942 to train Armored Divisions for the E...
01/13/2025

Long before the 101st arrived in 1956, Camp Campbell was originally created in 1942 to train Armored Divisions for the European Theater of World War 2. Made from real barracks wood, this exhibit gives you a hint of what it was like to live in the "bachelor city" of Camp Campbell in the 1940s. There is only one WW2-era barracks still standing at Fort Campbell today, Building 723.

On this day in 1966, 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne Division repositioned from Phan Rang to Tuy Hoa, Republic of...
01/10/2025

On this day in 1966, 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne Division repositioned from Phan Rang to Tuy Hoa, Republic of Vietnam to begin Operation VAN BUREN. Augmented by ARVN units and a brigade of Korean Marines, the operation was planned to deny the Viet Cong access to rice crops growing in the coastal region of Phu Yen Province.

William C. Lee, who was an active part bringing Airborne tactics to the U.S. Army and who became the first Commanding Ge...
01/06/2025

William C. Lee, who was an active part bringing Airborne tactics to the U.S. Army and who became the first Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division, said that the Division had "a rendezvous with destiny," which became one of the mottos of the 101st Airborne Division. His bronzed boots are part of the collection of the Pratt Museum.

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5702 Tennessee Avenue
Fort Campbell, KY
42223

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+12707983215

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