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.
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.
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.