The Snapshots in Time Collection

Major General William C. Lee and Brigadier General Don F. Pratt with Officers, 101st Airborne Division Training Ground

Major General William C. Lee and Brigadier General Don F. Pratt with Officers, 101st Airborne Division Training Ground

Officers of the 101st Airborne Division confer on the training grounds of Fort Bragg or nearby Camp Mackall, North Carolina, identified in the collection as including Major General William C. Lee, founder of the division, and Brigadier General Don F. Pratt, its assistant division commander. Lee shaped American airborne doctrine from the ground up; Pratt would later become the highest-ranking American officer killed during the Normandy invasion, dying in a glider crash on D-Day. Project: 218668