Once the relieve of the 100th Infantry Division was almost completed, the "Red Circle" maintained its defensive positions. Activity was confined to patrolling. Reconnaissance groups probed enemy positions and located
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Germany,
Siegfried Line,
71st Infantry Division,
71st Infantry Division WWII,
Rhine River
Toward the end of the stay at Camp Old Gold, General Eisenhower paid a brief visit to the division, and on March 6 the regiments boarded the disreputable old "40 and 8" cars at Yerville for the trip out. Bails of straw
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ww2,
71st Infantry Division,
71st Infantry Division WWII,
Skyline Drive
Activated on July 15th 1943 at Camp Carson, Colorado, its insignia appears as a blue “71” on a white circular background which is trimmed in red.
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Topics:
WWII,
71st Infantry Division,
Red Circle Division,
71st Infantry Division WWII,
5th Infantry Regiment WWII,
66th Infantry Regiment WWII,
14th Infantry Regiment WWII
“Places of memory, places of suffering and violence, confront us with the future as much as with the past”.
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Topics:
Nazi 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich,
France, Limousin, Oradour-sur-Glane massacre,
France, civilian Robert Hébras,
ww2
The Sotteville château The Sotteville Château Located 10.6 miles from Cherbourg, and 61.5 miles from Bayeux, the Sotteville château is a beautiful Norman building, nestled on the outskirts of the small village of
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WWII,
Sotteville Château,
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel,
France, Normandy, Sotteville
The Sotteville château The Sotteville Château Located 10.6 miles from Cherbourg, and 61.5 miles from Bayeux, the Sotteville château is a beautiful Norman building, nestled on the outskirts of the small village of
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Topics:
WWII,
Sotteville Château,
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel,
France, Normandy, Sotteville
After a 7-hours walk through the swamps behind Utah Beach on June 6th , the 1st Battalion of the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division reached finally “Road S9” also known as “Causeway 4” then spent the
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Topics:
WWII 4th Infantry Division,
France, Normandy, Crisbecq Battery,
Normandy,
ww2,
4th Infantry Division,
Utah beach
Located in the Manche County, the purpose of Utah Beach was to take Cherbourg and its harbor in deep-water. That was the job of the VII Corps under the command of General Joseph Collins. But before to take Cherbourg, a
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Topics:
4th Infantry Division,
Utah beach,
Operation Neptune
Among the stories we read or hear every day, some seem insignificant, boring, even irritating. Others leave you breathless, captivated, leaving you staring in admiration at the person telling you the story. Then, there
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Topics:
World War 2,
362nd Fighter Group,
379th Fighter Squadron,
France, Normandy, Villers-Bocage,
Captain George Rarey,
WWII pilot
England, the birthplace of Golf, is home to some of the world's most prestigious courses Among them, the Hesketh Golf Club In 1885, Southport, an English town located forty-five minutes' drive north of Liverpool, saw
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Topics:
World War 2,
WWII,
Golf,
Olympics,
Hesketh Golf Club