The first time I went there, I met this one-star general named Mark Milley, who was with 101st Airborne. Now, he's chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
After the capsule parachuted into the ocean at around 15 miles per hour, a far cry from the 17,500 miles per hour it was traveling at, just before re-entering earth's atmosphere.
At the time, the division's first commanding general said, though it had no history, the 101st had a rendezvous with destiny and the paratroopers have served in every corner of the world since then.