Airborne & Special Operations Museum
Gallery Scavenger Hunt for World History
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. Name the two countries with airborne capabilities in the 1930’s.
2. Identify the country invaded on September 1, 1939.
3. The 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion began Operation TORCH with a jump in
to which African country?
4. Which beaches did the U.S. Army take on D-Day? When was D-Day?
5. According to Franklin Roosevelt, when was the “date which will live in
infamy?” What happened on this day?
6. Name the Philippine prison camp that 11th Airborne Division paratroopers
seized on February 23, 1945.
7. How many Japanese soldiers did the men of the 503rd Regimental Combat
Team estimate there to be defending “the Rock?” What was the actual count?
8. Identify three factors that made war in the China-Burma-India Theater
difficult.
9.
How many gliders landed in Germany in just over an hour during Operation
VARSITY?
10. What was the Marshall Plan?
11. Why was NATO formed?
12. Which countries were at war with each other after one crossed the 38th
Parallel?
13. Why did Lyndon Johnson send U.S. Marines and Army paratroopers to the
Dominican Republic in 1965?
14. Which former French colony was divided into a communist North and an anticommunist South in 1954?
15. What activities did the Studies and Observations Groups (SOG) carry out in
Cambodia and Laos?
16. Why did Ronald Reagan order the 1983 intervention in Grenada?
17. Identify the leader removed from power during Operation JUST CAUSE.
18. In which country were spider holes used in 1991?
19. List three countries in which the Army has participated in peacekeeping
and/or humanitarian missions.
20. Name two animals used for transportation by soldiers fighting in Operation
ENDURING FREEDOM. Hint: Look at multiple panels.
Bonus: Why was Kurt Muse incarcerated in Panama’s Modelo Prison?
Airborne & Special Operations Museum
Gallery Scavenger Hunt for World History
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.
9. Name the two countries with airborne capabilities in the 1930’s.
Germany and the Soviet Union
“From Test Platoon to Airborne Command”
10. Identify the country invaded on September 1, 1939.
Poland
“The World Turned Upside Down”
11. The 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion began Operation TORCH with a jump in
to which African country?
Algeria
“North Africa – Operation TORCH” and “North Africa”
12. Which beaches did the U.S. Army take on D-Day? When was D-Day?
Utah and Omaha
June 6, 1944
“D-Day: Operation NEPTUNE”
13. According to Franklin Roosevelt, when was the “date which will live in
infamy?” What happened on this day?
December 7, 1941
“Day of Infamy”
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
14. Name the Philippine prison camp that 11th Airborne Division paratroopers
seized on February 23, 1945.
Los Banos in Luzon
“Counterattack in the Pacific”
15. How many Japanese soldiers did the men of the 503rd Regimental Combat
Team estimate there to be defending “the Rock?” What was the actual count?
Estimated: 850 Actual: over 5,000
“Return to Corregidor”
16. Identify three factors that made war in the China-Burma-India Theater
difficult.
Terrain, climate, disease, insects, and heat
“Special Operations in Burma”
9.
How many gliders landed in Germany in just over an hour during Operation
VARSITY?
1,348
“CG-4A Waco Glider”
10. What was the Marshall Plan?
The economic reconstruction of Europe
“Neither Peace Nor War”
11. Why was NATO formed?
For the defense of Europe
“Neither Peace Nor War”
12. Which countries were at war with each other after one crossed the 38th
Parallel?
North Korea and South Korea
“Airborne and Special Operations in Korea”
13. Why did Lyndon 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”
14. Which former French colony was divided into a communist North and an anticommunist South in 1954?
Vietnam, formerly Indochina
“Who Will Liberate the Third World?”
15. What activities did the Studies and Observations Groups (SOG) carry out in
Cambodia and Laos?
Secret missions for intelligence gathering, sabotage, psychological operations, and subversion
“Special Forces in Southeast Asia”
16. 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”
17. Identify the leader removed from power during Operation JUST CAUSE.
Panamanian President Manual Noriega
“Six Minutes to Freedom” or “Operation JUST CAUSE”
18. In which country were spider holes used in 1991?
Iraq
“Spider Hole”
19. List three countries in which the Army has participated in peacekeeping
and/or humanitarian missions.
Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia
“An Uncertain and Dangerous World”
20. Name two animals used for transportation by soldiers fighting in Operation
ENDURING FREEDOM. Hint: Look at multiple panels.
Horses and donkeys
“Weapon of Choice” and “Transporting ARSOF”
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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