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June 26, 2024
While Phil and his men prepared for an extended intensive training period, he wrote home.
June 23, 2024
From 23 Jun to 28 Jun 44. the 30th Infantry Regiment as part of the 3rd Infantry Division and the Seventh Army prepared for an extended […]
June 20, 2024
Sgt. Norman Mohar continues his letter home about the 3rd Division’s training at Pozzuoli, Italy, not far from Naples. [1]
June 19, 2024
Dad’s 3rd Infantry Division’s move from Rome was undertaken commencing June 19, 1944. All wheeled vehicles and personnel, except infantry foot elements moved overland to the […]
June 18, 2024
Sgt. Norman Mohar continues his letter home about the 3rd Division’s training at Pozzuoli, Italy.
June 17, 2024
Sgt. Norman Mohar wrote home about the 3rd Division’s moved to Pozzuoli, Italy.
June 16, 2024
During the summer of 1944, intensive amphibious training was again undertaken, and the division was soon brought to a new peak of combat efficiency under Major […]
June 15, 2024
The 3rd Infantry Division’s stay in Rome was short, less than ten days. Now Phil and his men were being told to gird themselves for their […]
June 14, 2024
Bill O’Bannon was one of Dad’s best friends growing up, and later served as best man in my mother and father’s wedding. The letter below is […]
June 13, 2024
Although few officers or men in the 3d Division knew it, our future part in the war had long been scheduled. Rome was merely a breathing […]