It was on the 1st of June 1944 when the 79th Reconnaissance Troop left Marbury Hall Tent Camp N°2 in England to “Galloping
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During the early days of the month of August 1944, the 9th Infantry Division was
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More than one month and a half after D-Day, the American
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