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Big Lift Highlighted in Second Armored Division History
Lee Terry recalls the 2nd Armored Division and Exercise Big Lift, the 16,000-man airlift from Texas to Europe, and wartime maneuvers in Africa Sicily and France. He praises morale, mobility, and the division’s drive that halted German panzers near the Ruhr before returning home to finish service with Gen. Marshall.
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2Nd
United States Armored Division
Texas
Europe
2Nd Armored Division
Tennessee
Louisiana
Carolina
Lee Terry
10Th Ave
2Nd Armored
Africa
Sicily
Terry
Huntsville
James Forrester
Hope
Jack Benny
Larry Adler
Martha Raye
Joe Louis
Anna Lee
Ames Cagney
Mitsa Mayfair
al Jolson
Arthur Murray
Ft. Benning, Ga
Island of
Liverpool
England
English Channel
France
Belgium
Germany
Ruhr River
Signal Corps
States
George Marshall
Army