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History Of The Third Infantry Division In World War II

CONTENTS PREFACE xxi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxiii I. PREPARATION FOR WAR "Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before"; We Prepare for the Showdown 3 II. CASABLANCA We Storm the Beaches of North Africa and Capture a White- Walled City 13 III. NORTH AFRICAN INTERLUDE We Learn the "Truscott Trot" and Prepare to Invade Sicily 37 IV. SICILY "In Which We Carve Our Name" 51 V. SOUTHERN ITALY We Battle in the Craggy Apennines 79 VI. ANZIO 1. The First Battle of Cisterna di Littoria 105 2. The Tide of Battle Turns 121 3. The Big War of Little Battles 139 VII. THE PUSH TO ROME 1. The Second Battle of Cisterna di Littoria 153 2. Cisterna— Rome Operation: 26 May to 5 June 173 3. Interlude: Rome 189 VIII. SOUTHERN FRANCE From the Riviera to the Vosges in Thirty Days 199 IX. THROUGH THE VOSGES The Summer War Gives Way to Bitter Combat in the Forests of France's "Impassable" Mountains 237 X. THE COLMAR POCKET We Move in the Lead Again to Crack the "Frozen Crust" 283 XL GERMANY The Long Trail from the Rugged Shores of Morocco Ends Deep in the Hartland 327 Appendix DECORATIONS AND AWARDS Medal of Honor 378 Distinguished Service Cross 389 Silver Star 389 Legion of Merit 403 Soldier's Medal 404 Bronze Star 405

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