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As the American armies were progressing toward Brittany and to the Mayenne, the 315th Infantry Regiment was still on its way to the south. Lessay was under Division’s control, Germans were retreating, everything was
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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII, WWII 79th Infantry Division, Brittany, WWII 315 Infantry Regiment, Rat Race, Laval

After having left Fortress Cherbourg, the third and last regiment of the 79th Infantry division, 315th Infantry Regiment reached the village of Fierville-les-Mines. No need to tell men that they were about to launch a
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Topics: WWII 1st US Army, WWII 79th Infantry Division, France, Normandy, Cherbourg, WWII 315 Infantry Regiment, France, Normandy, Fierville-les-Mines

June 29th, 1944, while the last battles were taking place west (Cap de la Hague) and east (Cap Lévi) of Cherbourg, the 2nd Battalion of the 314th Infantry Regiment left its assembly area (south of Bricquebec) to take up
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Topics: World War 2, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, Infantry

The 79th Infantry Division as the other US Infantry Divisions engaged three Infantry Regiments into battle. You have already discovered the story of the 313th Infantry Regiment during the Cherbourg Campaign, now let’s
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Topics: World War 2, WWII 101st Airborne Division, WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, WWII Paratroopers, WWII 4th Infantry Division, Infantry

My friend Richard Bass just acquired the D-Day battle flag flown by the USS LCI(L) 489 and has done a little research about the ship, found several eye witness accounts, some of which are summarised here. The photos he
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Topics: WWII Atlantic Wall, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, England, US Coast Guards, Slapton Sands, Infantry, US Navy

Situated in Devon, England, Saunton Golf Club has a diverse and special landscape, ranging from the open, windswept high moors of Dartmoor and Exmoor, the rugged coastlines of rocky cliffs and sweeping bays, secluded
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Topics: World War 2, WWII 1st US Army Assault Training Center, World War Two, WWII 1st US Army, England, Croyde Cliffs, Woolacombe Beach, WWII England, Saunton Sands Beach

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