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Marty & Cindy : 17th A/B Unpublished Photos 1945 Message #01 : Some of the photos I sent yesterday failed to be delivered. I will try again. Have a good day. Operation Varsity taken by Joe Summers of the 17th Airborne. Marty Cavanah Message #02 :...

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Cindy & Marty : 17th Abn Unpublished Photos 1945 Well I don't know what to say. Of course a great great thanks for the Worldwide Historian's Community as these photos were never published before and these are really interesting photos. Photos at about...

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Lili Marlene and Mickey Rooney 1945 (Never Published) Gunter, glad to see the photos put up on your web page and that you were glad to receive them. I have two more photos taken by Pvt Joe Summers of the 17th Airborne. I received these photos from his daughter...

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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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