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Constituted as a unit of the United
States Army on June 23, 1942.
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Activated
at Camp (now Fort) Polk, Louisiana on August 15, 1942.
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Commenced
training in October of 1942.
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Began
training period at Texas-Louisiana Maneuver Area on June 24, 1943.
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Transferred
to Camp Barkeley, Texas for additional training on September 5, 1943.
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Moved
to Camp Ibis, California and began training period at Nevada-Califomia-Arizona
Maneuver Area on October 29, 1943.
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Stationed
at Camp Cooke (now VAFB), California on February 11, 1944.
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Departed
for Port of Embarkation, New York on September 10, 1944.
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Staged
at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey on September 16, 1944.
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Departed
from New York on September 29, 1944.
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Arrived
in Southampton, England and moved to Allied Staging Area on Salisbury Plain
for additional training on October 12, 1944.
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Embarked
from Southampton for Cherbourg, France on December 15, 1944.
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Headed
south to contain enemy at St. Nazaire/Lorient on December 17, 1944.
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Ordered
to turn north towards Reims, to march to the Meuse River and to defend a
30-mile sector from Givet to Sedan on December 20, 1944.
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Arrived
at combat zone after 500-mile break-neck march on December 23, 1944.
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Entered
Belgium and advanced north to Neufchateau on December 29, 1944.
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Attacked
northeast from Neufchateau toward Houffalize and defended the highway to
Bastogne against strong enemy opposition on December 30, 1944.
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Attacked
Chenogne and Acul on December 31, 1944.
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Attacked
Rechrival and captured Senonchamps on January 1-2, 1945.
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Attacked
north and enveloped Bertogne on January 13, 1945.
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Pushed
toward Velleroux on January 15, 1945.
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Made
historic juncture with the First Army at Houffalize on January 16, 1945.
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Assumed
responsibility for the Hardigny-Bourcy line on January 18, 1945.
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Began
advancing in the wake of German withdrawals on January 20, 1945.
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Crossed
into Luxembourg near Hachiville on January 22, 1945.
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Crossed
into Germany on February 5, 1945 and cracked Siegfeid Line that month.
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Crossed
the Prum River on March 4, 1945 and the Kyll River on March 7, 1945.
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Swept
east to the Rhine River on March 9, 1945.
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Swung
southward to clear the Saar-Moselle-Rhine pocket, crossed the Moselle River
at Bullay, and captured the Worms airport on March 21, 1945.
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Crossed
the Rhine Rive at Oppenheim on March 28, 1945.
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Took
Hanau and Fulda, thundered toward the Thuringian Forest, and reached Oberhof
on April 3, 1945.
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Captured
Coburg on April 10, 1945 and Bayreuth on April 14, 1945.
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Crossed
the Regen River and overran Grafenau and Freyung on Apri1 24, 1945.
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Crossed
into Austria on April 26, 1945.
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Entered Linz and liberated the
Mauthausen Concentration Camp on May 5, 1945.
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Made contact with the Red Army at
Amstettin on May 8, 1945.
