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| 1 |  | 12th Armored Combat Chronicle 12th Armored Combat Chronicle unit assignments and attachments | ||
| 2 | | 12th Armored Division Combat Chronicle of the 12th Armored Division |
Owner of original: U.S. Army Center of Military History |
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| 3 | | 12th Armored Division liberator of Dachau 12th Armored Division liberator of Dachau on United States Holocaust Memorial Museum web site |
Owner of original: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
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| 4 | | 12th Armored Division liberator of Murnau Web site includes photos of 12th Armored Division liberator of Murnau and a few thanks to the 12th in the emails at the bottom of the page | ||
| 5 | | 12th Armored Division Museum Museum web site dedicated to the 12th Armored Division in World War II |
Owner of original: 12th Armored Division Museum |
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| 6 |  | 13th Air Force history 13th Air Force history, World War II patch shown under Operational History. | ||
| 7 | | 13th Air Force web site 13th Air Force was also known as the Jungle Air Force | ||
| 8 |  | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. |
Owner of original: US Holocaust Memorial Museum |
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| 9 |  | 320th Infantry Regiment 320th Regiment Lineage and Honors | ||
| 10 | | 325th Glider Infantry Regiment The 325th Glider Infantry Regiment's role in World War II - Salerno, Normandy D-Day+1, and the Battle of the Bulge | ||
| 11 |  | 5th Armored Division Historical Summary Historical Summary of the 5th Armored Division's role in World War II | ||
| 12 | | 5th Armored Division Mode of Operations 5th Armored Division Mode of Operations in World War II provided by Rick Stilley, webmaster of 5th Armored Division web site where you can also find the map of their trek through Europe. |
Owner of original: Rick Stilley |
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| 13 | | 5th Armored Division online Site includes Killed in Action List and several other interesting pages |
Owner of original: 5th Armored Division online |
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| 14 |  | 80th Infantry Division History The 80th Division trained with the British Third Army and joined forces on the front lines near the Artois sector with heavy action in the Somme Offensive of 1918 and in the Meuse-Argonne. | ||
| 15 |  | 83rd Division training synopsis The following is a synopsis of the 324th Field Artillery Battalion, 83rd Infantry Division training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana; Maneuvers in Tennessee; Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky; Camp Shanks, New York; His Majesty's Ship Orion; England and Wales | ||
| 16 | | 83rd Infantry Division This is the story of the 83rd Division. Specifically, it is the story of my father, Thomas D. Curry, and the men he served with in F Company, 331st Infantry Regiment. It is the story of men united as brothers in the bitter struggle against Nazi Germany | ||
| 17 | | 83rd Infantry Division Combat Chronicles 83rd Infantry Division Combat Chronicles on U.S. Military web site | ||
| 18 | | 83rd Infantry Division in Normandy The 83rd Infantry Division in Normandy as described on the site dedicated to Rolland Despres, another soldier in Co B, 331st Infantry Regiment | ||
| 19 |  | 83rd Infantry Division, 331st Infantry Regiment After Action Report for 12 July 1944 Extracted from the 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division, After Action Report for 12 July 1944 on the 83rd Infantry Division Document web site. | ||
| 20 | | 83rd Infantry Thunderbolt Division The Story of the 83rd Infantry Division, Through the Eyes of a Thunderbolt |
Owner of original: Kevin Harris |
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| 21 |  | 8th Armored Division (United States) Wikipedia article on the 8th Armored Division of the United States Army that served in the European Theater of World War II. |
Owner of original: Wikipedia |
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| 22 | | 8th Armored Division Combat Chronicles 8th Armored Division Combat Chronicles on U.S. Military web site | ||
| 23 | | 8th Armored Division, one of the concentration camp liberators Link to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum page on the 8th Armored Division |
Owner of original: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum |
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| 24 | | American Expeditionary Forces, 80th "Blue Ridge" Division National Army Division established by the War Department on 5 August 1917 to be established at Camp Lee, VA. Draftees were from Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Movement overseas commenced on 17 May 1918 and was completed by 9 June 1918. | ||
| 25 | | Appomattox Court House Appomattox Court House, Battle Summary provided by the American Battlefield Protection Program |
Owner of original: National Park Services |
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| 26 | | Battle of Mindoro after action report See 15 Dec 1944 from 0900 - 0930 for action of U.S.S. Moale in rescuing survivors of LST=738 | ||
| 27 | | Battle of Mindoro, Philippines Seaman 1st Class Lucien Shaw was aboard the LST-738 that was hit by a kamikaze pilot on 15 Dec 1944. | ||
| 28 |  | Captain Francis Sheehan in Ernie Pyle's Brave Men Description of Captain Francis Sheehan being wounded in Italy in Ernie Pyle's Brave Men |
Owner of original: Ernie Pyle's Brave Men |
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| 29 |  | Docite Nadeau flew on the following missions in World War II The list of the mission Docite Nadeau flew in World War II as posted on the Army Air Force Forum. Link provided by Peter Charron. If you click on the thumbnail at the bottom of the entry, you will see Docite's name on the Wall of the Missing. |
Owner of original: Army Air Force Forum |
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| 30 | | Docite Nadeau on the crew of the Lucky Ball Docite Nadeau on the crew of the Lucky Ball when it crashed in the North Sea |
Owner of original: Amry Air Force Forum |
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| 31 |  | Docite Nadeau on Wall of Missing Docite Nadeau on Wall of Missing in the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial site in England |
Owner of original: American Battle Monuments Commission |
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| 32 | | Experiences of the 83rd Infantry Division The Beginning of the Beginning: Experiences of the 83rd Division and Hedgerow Warfare by Col. James Shonak, Commander of the Anti-Tank Company | ||
| 33 |  | Fort Wagner, South Carolina Battle Summary by the American Battlefield Protection Program |
Owner of original: National Park Services |
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| 34 | | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. |
Owner of original: Stars & Stripes Date: 1944-1945 |
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| 35 | | Guadalcanal 7 August 1942-21 February 1943 Uncle Dick served on Guadalcanal and Fiji. Was he with the 182nd Infantry, the Americal Division? |
Owner of original: US Army Center of Military History |
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| 36 |  | Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 - February 1943 (External Link) In the six months between August 1942 and February 1943, the United States and its Pacific Allies fought a brutally hard air-sea-land campaign against the Japanese for possession of the previously-obscure island of Guadalcanal. |
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| 37 |  | History of 81st Tank Battalion If you do an Edit, Find on this Page for Martin, you will see a brief description on how he was killed in action. |
Owner of original: 81st Tank Battalion, 5th Armored Division |
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| 38 | | History of the 8th Armored Division History of the 8th Armored Division on the 8th Armored Division Association's web site |
Owner of original: 8th Armored Division Association |
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| 39 |  | Killed in Action Extracted from the Losses in Action appendix of the History of the 331st Infantry Regiment | ||
| 40 |  | LST-738 burning after she was hit by a Kamikaze off the Mindoro landing beaches Shaw, Lucien, a Seaman 1st Class was one of the survivors rescued by the U.S.S. Moale when the LST-738 was hit by a Kamikaze off the Mindoro landing beaches in the Philippines. Click on the picture to see a larger picture. |
Date: 15 Dec 1944 |
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| 41 | | Map of the 5th Armored's Trek Map of the 5th Armored's Trek from Normandy to the Seine River, which shows the location of Bonnetable where Lt. Onias gave his life for his country and his French ancestors |
Owner of original: Greg Smith/5th Armored Division Association |
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| 42 | | Maps of Appomattox Court House, Virginia (1865) Battle of Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865 |
Owner of original: Civil War Preservation Trust |
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| 43 | | Maps of Fort Wagner, South Carolina (1863) Maps of Fort Wagner, South Carolina (1863) Assault on Fort Wagner |
Owner of original: Civil War Preservation Trust |
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| 44 | | Marine Fighting Squadron 451 (VMF-451) Marine Fighting Squadron 451 (VMF-451) squadron moved on board USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) on 24 January 1945, along with VF-84 and VMF-221. This was the first fast-carrier deployment with three Corsair squadrons. As a new member of CVG-84, collectively known as the "Wolf Gang", CV-17 sailed westward across the Pacific. | ||
| 45 | | Memorial to Lt Onias Martin Memorial to Lt Onias Martin by the people of Bonnétable |
Owner of original: Geneanet 48.1791, 0.4257 |
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| 46 |  | Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) on Docite Nadeau page 2 Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) on Docite Nadeau page 2 as found on Footnote.com |
Owner of original: Fold3 / National Archives Date: Dec 1943 |
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| 47 |  | Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) on Docite Nadeau page 8 Missing Air Crew Report (MACR) on Docite Nadeau page 8 Casualty Report on Docite Nadeau from Footnote.com |
Owner of original: Fold3 / National Archives Date: Dec 1943 |
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| 48 |  | Naval Warfare article on U.S.S. Savannah Blog article on Naval Warfare featuring the U.S.S. Savannah | ||
| 49 |  | Normandy Campaign on American Battle Monuments Commission web site Follow the Normandy Campaign from D-Day through the Liberation of Paris. |
Owner of original: American Battle Monuments Commission |
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| 50 | | Photos of gliders Photos of gliders in Glide for Glory |
Owner of original: Martin Litton |
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| 51 |  | S.S. George Washington The U.S. Army Transport, was the S.S. George Washington re-fitted with oil-burning engines in 1943 and became a troop carrier between New York and England | ||
| 52 | | Saint-Lo (7 July - 19 July 1944) St-Lo is the story of a corps in the First Army during the bitter July battle that led up to and made possible the great breakthrough from the Normandy beachheads. This was the period of the most intense hedgerow fighting. XIX Corps' part in it has been chosen to illustrate this type of combat. The record of other First Army units in this operation have been covered only in outline. | ||
| 53 |  | Speed is the Password: The Story of the 12th Armored Division Speed is the Password: The Story of the 12th Armored Division is a small booklet covering the history of the 12th Armored Division. This booklet is one of the series of G.I. Stories published by the Stars & Stripes in Paris in 1944-1945. |
Owner of original: Lone Sentry Date: 1945 |
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| 54 | | The Operational Narrative of the Lucky Ball The Operational Narrative of the Lucky Ball when it crashed in the North Sea. Docite Nadeau drowned and was never recovered. |
Owner of original: 351st Bomb Group |
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| 55 |  | The Road to Germany: The Story of the 5th Armored Division "The Road to Germany: The Story of the 5th Armored Division" is a small booklet covering the history of the 5th Armored Division. This booklet is one of the series of G.I. Stories published by the Stars & Stripes in Paris in 1944-1945. |
Owner of original: Stars & Stripes Date: 1944-1945 |
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| 56 |  | Tornado! The Story of the 8th Armored Division "Tornado! The Story of the 8th Armored Division" is a small booklet covering the history of the 8th Armored Division. This booklet is one of the series of G.I. Stories published by the Stars & Stripes in Paris in 1944-1945. |
Owner of original: Lone Sentry |
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| 57 |  | U.S.S. Bougainville Rosaire Morneault served on the USS Bougainville (CVE-100) which was an Casablanca class escort carrier of the United States Navy, built and used during World War II. | ||
| 58 | | U.S.S. Savannah Navy photo archive of U.S.S. Savannah | ||
| 59 | | U.S.S. Savannah USS Savannah (CL-42), 1938-1960 -- Damaged by German Bomb, 11 September 1943 | ||
| 60 | | U.S.S. Savannah (CL-42) Official Navy photographs of the U.S.S. Savannah (CL-42) | ||
| 61 | | USS LST-738 (1944-1944) USS LST-738, a 2366-ton LST-511 class tank landing ship, was built at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was commissioned in May 1944 and sent to the Pacific for war service. LST-738 participated in the Leyte invasion in October 1944 and the Mindoro invasion in December. On 15 December 1944, while off Mindoro, she was hit by a Japanese Kamikaze plane and set ablaze. After attempts to control the fires were unsuccessful, LST-738 was sunk by the guns of other ships of the invasion fleet. | ||
| 62 | | USS Savannah (CL-42) USS Savannah (CL-42) brief history on Wikipedia |
