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Burns saved this article until his death in 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/fbb30d41-035a-452b-9783-29889bb3cbe9/IMG_0241.jpg Photos - The Athlete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/622fbf26-dba9-4ebd-a714-484abfe07d64/IMG_0242.jpg Photos - The Athlete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/819723e8-7272-43c1-8f88-7bc6445d7ef7/IMG_0243.jpg Photos - The Athlete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/a9ea0b52-588e-4f38-b9a3-e6782b7e48e1/IMG_9237.jpg Photos - The Athlete https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/b2ad5241-2c76-4c06-89a3-244312589f60/Oct+2%2C+1945+Screaming+Eagle+Magazine+game+photo+506nd+vs.+502nd+%28506+won+13-0%29.png Photos - The Athlete The 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment "Screaming Eagles" playing in France in 1945. Lieutenant Bob Burns came up with the nickname for the 502nd PIR boxing and football teams in 1943 as the 101st Airborne Division Athletic Officer. The 101st Airborne Division later adopted the "Screaming Eagles" as its nickname. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/a09a4640-92c1-4a26-b0e3-0a15a13da6ac/20260117_144349.jpg Photos - The Athlete The 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) "Screaming Eagles" before their game against the 506th PIR "Sky Train" in Reading, England in the spring of 1944. Lt. Bob Burns is #19. 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The Knights defeated the Yankton Bucks to win the first ever South Dakota Class AAA State High School Football Championship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/1767124829616-Y1O86TTNNM9D5OJASLJ2/515a8ede-5993-4928-9bb4-08352f2c1e65-burns.5.webp Photos - The Coach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/0f3d4ce7-d817-40f7-8ee4-140b814f72a6/IMG_1027.jpg Photos - The Coach Coach Burns (right) and an assistant coach being carried off the filed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota after defeating North Dakota State University in 1959. They went on to win the North Central Conference Championship (NCC) that year. 1959 was the last time Augustana won the NCC Championship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/52aafcd0-f44b-4eac-8925-d62cfcf6d7d2/att.fuTO_Ssm6y7cJtoklmvCMTmC9BOOTj-1osUizeBCEe0.JPG Photos - The Coach Burns and one of his Augustana College players. https://www.thegreatburns.com/photos/soldier monthly 0.5 2025-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/dfcd60d5-1635-43c8-9b84-6cbfd4dfb131/20250419_155145.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/1767124845400-7Y9IJLREX40Q19PFBU9G/BB+Market+Garden+copy.jpg Photos - The Soldier chutist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/75a0ffef-ca5f-43e9-8f33-7d430feb3957/IMG_9062.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/71724a83-7abb-4155-abcd-88a1d8c0d85a/IMG_0239.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/e8b65235-5dc3-4ec8-8831-aaf198371408/502+Officers+in+Holland.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/f027e52d-f02c-4c48-8227-e7f1963b61b9/IMG_0760.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/b85b769a-5134-4031-965a-a800fb74ddb2/20250521_203257.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/33717446-469e-4fdb-b651-a9cc75ddcdb5/IMG_9238.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/6d0d3b22-427b-490a-b632-8a82a2f5244d/1000029934.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/44cdbcb7-00a0-4c25-ba0b-9a38e88e44b4/att.dJWASfhLlcrZWSgM6xWGQPy0wCfmAjzLbzOVF5espps.JPG Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/f625697c-cabc-4f61-8b28-a1f509c053dd/att.J8SQ8EpOCJh2s2rosCt-Rfso5fKU3EE38Dz54KrERq0.JPG Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/b1975f9d-4bc4-4dfb-898a-1af07325fa02/IMG_0820.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/0df4a1a3-cb28-468e-badb-28bde1480b22/IMG_8990.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/a2f52e07-61f1-42f3-9641-8ae92f0057a5/IMG_0249.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/836b0ed2-2350-49fb-af06-a06faf956952/IMG_0250.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/6cbf414e-8243-4e04-aed8-b99480f61afa/IMG_8827.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/57c6cb5d-602f-4d0d-b596-fbe923aa1238/IMG_8923.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/7beef089-15f9-4bd0-997d-05b3422fb7c7/IMG_8962.jpg Photos - The Soldier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6930a6f7baeab14262d88c27/85242e3b-6acc-4e4f-b284-5fa9eb1b2ab2/IMG_9071.jpg Photos - The Soldier