Airborne & Special Operations Museum Gallery Scavenger Hunt for 8 th Grade 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. Identify the person being described. 1. North Carolina politician who served in WWII, fighting in Italy, southern France, and Belgium 2. Father of the U.S. Army Special Forces 3. This former CG of the Special Warfare Center was responsible for having the Special Forces soldiers wear the Green Beret 4. Father of the Airborne; suffered a heart attack before D-Day and returned to Dunn, NC, to recuperate 5. His parachute caught on a church steeple in St. Mere Eglise 6. Killed in action in North Africa; the airborne training center near Fort Bragg was named for him Answer the following questions. 7. Identify the axis powers. 8. Where was the 82 nd Airborne Division s first combat airborne operation?
9. What type of airplane carried 82 nd Airborne Division paratroopers on D-Day? a. C-5 b. C-17 c. C-27 d. C-47 e. C-130 10. Which beaches did the American forces take on D-Day? a. Gold b. Juno c. Omaha d. Sword e. Utah 11. What was the first town liberated on D-Day? a. Caen b. Carentan c. Isigny d.les Forges e. St. Mere Eglise 12. On what date did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? 13. How many people could the CG-4A Waco Glider hold? a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20 e. 25 14. What was significant about the soldiers of the 555 th Parachute Infantry Battalion? 15. To which city did members of the 82 nd Airborne Division not deploy to uphold civil authority? a. Detroit b. Little Rock c. Oxford d. Washington D.C. 16. What type of prints did the boots worn by Special Forces soldiers in the Vietnam leave? 17. To which country were soldiers of the 82 nd Airborne Division sent in August 1990? a. Bosnia b. Iran c. Panama d. Saudi Arabia e. Somalia 18. In which mountains do the Special Forces conduct the Robin Sage exercise? a. Blue Ridge b. Iron c. Great Smoky d. Saura e. Uwharrie
Airborne & Special Operations Museum Gallery Scavenger Hunt for 8 th Grade 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. Identify the person being described. 1. North Carolina politician who served in WWII, fighting in Italy, southern France, and Belgium Terry Sanford Terry Sanford plaque outside gallery 2. Father of the U.S. Army Special Forces Aaron Bank Architects of the Legend 3. This former CG of the Special Warfare Center was responsible for having the Special Forces soldiers wear the Green Beret William Yarborough Architects of the Legend 4. Father of the Airborne; suffered a heart attack before D-Day and returned to Dunn, NC, to recuperate William Lee Architects of the Legend and Screaming Eagles Attack Fortress Europe 5. His parachute caught on a church steeple in St. Mere Eglise John Steele 82 nd Airborne Liberates St. Mere Eglise 6. Killed in action in North Africa; the airborne training center near Fort Bragg was named for him John Mackall North Africa Operation TORCH Answer the following questions.
7. Identify the axis powers. Japan, Germany, and Italy Major WWII Missions 8. Where was the 82 nd Airborne Division s first combat airborne operation? Sicily Sicily, 1943 9. What type of airplane carried 82 nd Airborne Division paratroopers on D-Day? a. C-5 b. C-17 c. C-27 d. C-47 e. C-130 U.S. Air Force Troop Carrier Operations 10. Which beaches did the American forces take on D-Day? a. Gold b. Juno c. Omaha d. Sword e. Utah D-Day: Operation NEPTUNE 11. What was the first town liberated on D-Day? a. Caen b. Carentan c. Isigny d.les Forges e. St. Mere Eglise 82 nd Airborne Liberates St. Mere Eglise 12. On what date did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? December 7, 1941 Day of Infamy 13. How many people could the CG-4A Waco Glider hold? a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20 e. 25 CG-4A Waco Glider 14. What was significant about the soldiers of the 555 th Parachute Infantry Battalion? First African American paratroopers Pioneers 15. To which city did members of the 82 nd Airborne Division not deploy to uphold civil authority? a. Detroit b. Little Rock c. Oxford d. Washington D.C. Supporting Civil Authority 16. What type of prints did the boots worn by Special Forces soldiers in the Vietnam leave? Barefoot LRRP 17. To which country were soldiers of the 82 nd Airborne Division sent in August 1990? a. Bosnia b. Iran c. Panama d. Saudi Arabia e. Somalia
The Whirlwind War 18. In which mountains do the Special Forces conduct the Robin Sage exercise? a. Blue Ridge b. Iron c. Great Smoky d. Saura e. Uwharrie Special Forces Training: Earning the Green Beret
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