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Marty & Cindy : Unpublished Photos 17th A/B 1945 Bombed out bridge along the Rhine River with a pontoon bridge in the background. This was taken near Duisburg, Germany or near the Krupps plant that the 17th guarded after the war ended. Kenny Cavanah...

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Marty & Cindy : Unpublished Photos 17th A/B 1945 Unexploded bomb near concentration camp Kenny Cavanah photo taken in Germany or France by a professional photographer Near Duisburg, Germany Unexploded bomb. Kenny Cavanah on right....

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Marty & Cindy : Unpublished Photos 1945 The German civilians would come over during the day and tend to their gardens. They would also wash the soldiers clothes for them. Notice the wooden shoes. Photo of Red Cross mobile serving 17th...

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102nd Infantry Division 44-45

Category : 102nd Inf Div, Order of Battle US

180px-102_INF_DIV_SSI.svgThe 102nd Infantry Division was activated on September 15 1942 at Camp Maxey, Texas and moved on September 16 1943 to the 3rd Army #4 Louisiana Maneuvers. It was then transferred to Camp Swift, Texas on November 18 1943, arrived at Fort Dix, New Jersey, June 23rd 1944, staged at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, September 6 1944 until departed the New York Port of Embarkation on September 12th 1944.
The 102nd Infantry Division arrived in France on September 23rd 1944, crossed into Belgium on October 31st; crossed into Holland the same day and entered, finally, Germany on November 29th 1944.
When war was over, the 102nd Infantry Division returned to the New York POE on March 11th 1946. It was inactivated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, on March 12th 1946.

Campaigns : Rhineland, Central Europe
August 1945 Location : Gardelegen (Hannover) Germany
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99th Infantry Division (Medical) 1944-1945

Category : 099th-ID, 324th-MED, Battle of the Bulge

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HEADQUARTERS, 99TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Office of the Division Surgeon
A.P.O. 449, c/o Postmaster
New York, New York

28 January 1945

SUBJECT : Medical History, 99th Infantry Division.
TO : The Surgeon General, US Army, Washington, DC
(Through Technical Channels).
The Medical History of the 99th Infantry Division for the calendar year 1944 is submitted in compliance with instructions in paragraph 6, AR 40-1005, Circular Letter No. 168, 1942, No. 81, 1943, Office of the Surgeon General, and Circular Letter No. 143, 1944, Office of the Chief Surgeon, ETO, United States Army.

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99th Infantry Division (OOB-WW-2)

Category : 099th Inf Div, Order of Battle US

US_99th_Infantry_DivisionThe 99th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II. It played a strategic role in the Battle of the Bulge when its inexperienced troops held fast on the northern shoulder of the German advance, refusing them access to the vital northern road network that led into Belgium.
The 99th Infantry Division, also named Checkerboard Division or the Battle Babies Division, was activated on Nov 15 1942 at Camp Van Dorn, Missouri. On Sep 16 1943, the Division moved for the Third Army #4 Louisiana Maneuvers and two months later, on Nov 19 1943, the 99th Infantry Division moved to Camp Maxey, Texas then staged at Camp Myles Standish Massachusetts from Sep 13 1944 until departed Boston Port of Embarkation for England and arrived there on Oct 10 1944. Finally, the 99th Infantry Division landed in France on November 3 1944. The 99th arrived in Belgium and was involved in the Battle of the Bulge. In February 1945, the 99th started to advance into Germany till the Inn River and Giesenhausen when hostilities were declared ended on May 7 1945.

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