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Pub. Date
c2007
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"The oldest continuously serving division in the U.S. Army, the "Fighting First" has consistently played a crucial role in America's foreign wars. The first American division to see combat and achieve victory in World War I, it set the standard for discipline, training, endurance, and tactical innovation. One of the few intact divisions between the wars, it was the first army unit to train for amphibious warfare. During World War II, the 1st Division...
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Pub. Date
c2004
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" ... This new edition features: Updated and expanded coverage of the fateful D-Day invasion; A timeline of WWII events and major land, sea, and air battles; The entire war from Hitler's rise to power and conquest of Europe, to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the decisive battles of Midway and D Day that turned the tide of the war, and the dropping of the atomic bombs"--Publisher description.
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Pub. Date
1989.
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"First Across the Rhine is the first-person narrative by the commander of the celebrated 291st Engineer Combat Battalion, one of the rough, hard-working U.S. Army engineer combat units that literally paved the way from Normandy to the Rhine and beyond. After it landed in Normandy shortly after D-Day, the 291st quickly acquired a reputation as a savvy, can-do engineer combat unit. During the race across France and Belgium in the summer of 1944, the...
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