This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
US Army Divisions in Western Europe 1944 Landing Chronicles
An historic account traces the 4th Infantry Division and allied units as they arrived in France during the Cherbourg invasion. It highlights units including the 2d, 29th, 101st Airborne, Fightin’ First, and 82d Airborne, detailing earlier combat in North Africa and Sicily. The 1st and 29th Divisions faced heavy German fire on D Day landing beaches, with naval and air bombardment and German coastal defenses challenging their advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
States
France
Aisne- Marne
4Th
Camp Gordon
Cherbourg
Europe
Omar N. Bradley
U. S
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Twenty-first Army Group
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
District of Columbia
101St Airborne
9Th Division
Fort Bragg
N. C
Mediterranean
Fightin
82D Airborne
Oran
Gafsa
el Guettar
Mateur
Tunisia
Gela
Troina
Sicily
Salerno
U.S
382D
NLY
Gis