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Quiet Birthday Observed As 90th Division Remembers Hero
The 90th Infantry Division marks its 9th birthday quietly under unusual wartime conditions. Pvt James McRacken of Red Springs NC died heroically in Mayenne France on Aug 5 1944 while saving a bridge crucial to Allied advance. The unit later fought across Normandy and into Czechoslovakia. The division remains active in the Army Reserve with roots dating to World War I.
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James McRacken
Red Springs
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Earl Rudder
McRacken
Mayenne
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Caldwell
Corpus Chiiati
Clevethur
Pampa
Rilo Grande City
Army Land
Dallas
Daingerfield
Fort San
Antonio
Sherman
San Mar
Worth
Freeport
George Cos
Sonora
Schulenberg
Tyler
Camp Travis
Tex
S0th
53Stown
Huntsville
Houston
Hart Linton
Taylor
Uvalde
Victoria
Lington
Waco
West Columbia
Amarillo
Beeville
Bry
Jasper
Junction
Kenedy
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Brownsville
Beaumont
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Longview
Lubbock
Marshall
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D-Day
Normandy
Nazi Germany
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Czechoslovakia