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20 hours ago · The 10th Mountain Division was awarded two campaign streamers in World War II, one campaign streamer for Somalia, and four campaign streamers in the War on Terrorism for a total of seven campaign streamers and three unit decorations in its operational history.
5 days ago · Battle for Castle Itter, World War II military engagement in which U.S. soldiers joined forces with renegade German troops to turn back a Waffen- SS assault on a stronghold in Tirol, Austria, where elite French political figures were being held prisoner by the Nazis.
4 days ago · During World War II, as major and then lieutenant colonel, he commanded the 37th Tank Battalion in the 4th Armored Division, participating in the Normandy Invasion and the sweep of Gen. George Patton’s Third Army across western Europe.
5 days ago · For new landings in Sicily, Italy, and numerous Pacific islands men were needed – men trained in armored warfare. New armored divisions numbered from 9 to 14 absorbed most of the 10,833 cadre personnel processed through the 8th Armored Division during this period.
20 hours ago · Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944.
- 17–27 September 1944
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4 days ago · All told, the battalion knocked out three Mark IV tanks, one truck, two 150mm guns, twelve anti-tank guns (six 88s and six 20mm guns), took 512 prisoners and killed at least' 350 of the enemy, crushing the last core of enemy resistance in the area and capturing Rheinberg.
3 days ago · The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") [1] is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations. [2] . It can plan, coordinate, and execute multiple battalion -size air assault operations to seize terrain.
