125th Army-Navy game: Uniforms pay tribute to 101st Airborne, ‘Jolly Rogers’
The 101st was tasked with defending Bastogne — which is printed under the right shoulder pad on Army’s jersey — the Belgian town where Germany’s siege began on Dec. 16, 1944. Encircled by Nazi forces, the “Screaming Eagles” endured three weeks of relentless close combat in freezing weather.