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75 years ago, US soldiers spent their first days in Europe fighting 'the other Battle of the Bulge'
three times the normal frontage for a regiment in defense, according to the "42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division Combat History of WWII." Facing the Americans were elements of a German tank division ...
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Soldiers from across New York join 'Warfighter' training
More than 1,300 New York Army National Guard Soldiers from the 42nd Infantry Division and other units across New York, headed to Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, on Friday, ...
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Midlands soldier will be laid to rest after being found nearly 80 years later
In March 1945, Crossland was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division in the European Theater during World War II. The German attack surged through ...
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After 80 years, WWII remains in France identified as Columbia’s Arthur Crossland Jr. He's coming home
The organization said that Crossland Jr. was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division in the European theater when he died during a major German ...