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1 Airborne & Special Operations Museum Gallery Scavenger Hunt for JROTC Cadets Explore the gallery to discover facts about the history of the airborne and special operations forces of the U.S. Army. Search the panels, reader-rails, captions, and maps for answers. 1. Identify the Father of the Airborne. 2. The 509 th Parachute Infantry Battalion began Operation TORCH with a jump in to which African country? 3. What was the mission of the Jedburghs? 4. Which beaches did the U.S. Army take on D-Day? When was D-Day? 5. How did the hedgerows cause problems for the Allied soldiers in Normandy? 6. According to Franklin D. Roosevelt, when was the date which will live in infamy? What happened on this day? 7. Identify three factors that made war in the China-Burma-India Theater difficult. 8. How many gliders landed in Germany in just over an hour during Operation VARSITY? 9. What was significant about the soldiers of the 555 th Parachute Infantry Battalion? 10. Why did the Japanese refer to the 187 th Regimental Combat Team as the Rakkasans? 11. How was military free-fall (HALO) used during the Vietnam War?

2 12. Name one possible function of a Special Forces A Detachment. 13. What was the role of the 101 st Airborne Division in the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas? 14. Why did Lyndon B. Johnson send U.S. Marines and Army paratroopers to the Dominican Republic in 1965? 15. Explain why Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol teams were used in Vietnam. 16. Why did John F. Kennedy order the expansion and reorientation of Special Forces in 1961? 17. What activities did the Studies and Observation Group (SOG) teams carry out in Cambodia and Laos? 18. Identify the event that led to the rebuilding of special operations forces in Name three operations in which the 160 th Special Operations Aviation Regiment has participated. 20. Why did Ronald Reagan order the 1983 intervention in Grenada? 21. How is a hide site or spider hole used? 22. List three countries in which the Army has participated in peacekeeping and/or humanitarian missions. 23. Name two animals used for transportation by soldiers fighting in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan. Hint: Look at multiple panels. 24. Identify two possible activities carried out by deployed Civil Affairs soldiers. 25. What is the purpose of Psychological Operations (PSYOP)? What electronic devices did PSYOP soldiers give Iraqis in 2003? Bonus: Why was Kurt Muse incarcerated in Panama s Modelo Prison?

3 Airborne & Special Operations Museum Gallery Scavenger Hunt for JROTC Cadets Answer Key Explore the gallery to discover facts about the history of the airborne and special operations forces of the U.S. Army. Search the panels, reader-rails, captions, and maps for answers. Answers appear in red. The areas in which the answers are found appear in quotation marks ( closest panel ). 1. Identify the Father of the Airborne. Bill Lee The Legend Continues, Historical Milestones, or From Test Platoon to Airborne Command 2. The 509 th Parachute Infantry Battalion began Operation TORCH with a jump in to which African country? Algeria North Africa Operation TORCH or North Africa 3. What was the mission of the Jedburghs? To parachute in to France, keep radio communications between the French Resistance and Allied Headquarters, coordinate partisan operations, arrange delivery of supplies, and help partisans conduct guerilla warfare Special Operations in Europe or Jedburgh Operations in France 4. Which beaches did the U.S. Army take on D-Day? When was D-Day? Omaha and Utah June 6, 1944 D-Day: Operation NEPTUNE 5. How did the hedgerows cause problems for the Allied soldiers in Normandy? It provided a natural defensive position for the Germans Battle of the Hedgerows 6. According to Franklin D. Roosevelt, when was the date which will live in infamy? What happened on this day? December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Day of Infamy 7. Identify three factors that made war in the China-Burma-India Theater difficult. Terrain, climate, disease, insects, and heat Special Operations in Burma 8. How many gliders landed in Germany in just over an hour during Operation VARSITY? 1,348 CG-4A Waco Glider

4 9. What was significant about the soldiers of the 555 th Parachute Infantry Battalion? First African American paratroopers Pioneers 10. Why did the Japanese refer to the 187 th Regimental Combat Team as the Rakkasans? Rakkasan is Japanese for falling down umbrella The Rakkasans in Korea 11. How was military free-fall (HALO) used during the Vietnam War? Air infiltration for strategic reconnaissance, surveillance or special operations teams in areas controlled by an enemy force HALO 12. Name one possible function of a Special Forces A Detachment. Assist friendly governments in counterinsurgency operations, recruit, train, supply, and direct guerilla forces in unconventional warfare Special Forces A Detachment 13. What was the role of the 101 st Airborne Division in the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas? To ensure that the court-ordered desegregation was fully carried out by guarding the students Supporting Civil Authority 14. Why did Lyndon B. Johnson send U.S. Marines and Army paratroopers to the Dominican Republic in 1965? To protect American lives, restore order, and prevent a communist seizure of power Operation POWER PACK 15. Explain why Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol teams were used in Vietnam? There was not a front line, enemy locations were frequently unknown, and the terrain hid staging areas, base camps, and supply routes. LRRP 16. Why did John F. Kennedy order the expansion and reorientation of Special Forces in 1961? To meet the challenge of unconventional warfare and to counter the Soviet Union s Wars of National Liberation Special Forces in Southeast Asia 17. What activities did the Studies and Observation Group (SOG) teams carry out in Cambodia and Laos? Secret missions for intelligence gathering, sabotage, psychological operations, and subversion Special Forces in Southeast Asia 18. Identify the event that led to the rebuilding of special operations forces in The failure of Operation Eagle Claw at Desert One ARSOF at the Crossroads 19. Name three operations in which the 160 th Special Operations Aviation Regiment has participated.

5 URGENT FURY, EARNEST WILL, JUST CAUSE, DESERT SHIELD, DESERT STORM, Somalia, Haiti, Balkans, IRAQI FREEDOM, ENDURING FREEDOM 160 th SOAR Global Operations 20. Why did Ronald Reagan order the 1983 intervention in Grenada? The possibility of a Soviet client-state in such a strategic location was unacceptable Operation URGENT FURY 21. How is a hide site or spider hole used? To observe enemy troops and/or supply movements Spider Hole 22. List three countries in which the Army has participated in peacekeeping and/or humanitarian missions. Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia An Uncertain and Dangerous World 23. Name two animals used for transportation by soldiers fighting in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan. HINT: Look at multiple panels. Horses and donkeys Weapon of Choice and Transporting ARSOF 24. Identify two possible activities carried out by deployed Civil Affairs soldiers. Infrastructure repair, medical care, school rebuilding, food, and support for local governments MedCap Civil Affairs Around the Globe 25. What is the purpose of Psychological Operations (PSYOP)? What electronic devices did PSYOP soldiers give Iraqis in 2003? To undermine the enemy s will to fight AM/FM radios Psychological Operations and Winning Heart and Minds in Afghanistan and Iraq Bonus: Why was Kurt Muse incarcerated in Panama s Modelo Prison? For transmitting clandestine anti-noriega radio messages Six Minutes to Freedom

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