*CD File Combat History 79th Infantry Division 10 Lorraine Cross Newspapers PDF

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Digital document: Combat History of the 79th Infantry Division Lorraine Cross PDF 206 pages + 10 Lorraine Cross Newspapers - all in PDF format.
Combat History of the 79th Infantry Division Lorraine Cross PDF - 206 pages
10 full issues of the Lorraine Cross newspaper scanned in high resolution.
List of issues:
Lorraine Cross 1945 06 19 nr 01
Lorraine Cross 1945 06 22 nr 02
Lorraine Cross 1945 06 26 nr 03
Lorraine Cross 1945 06 29 nr 04
Lorraine Cross 1945 07 07 nr 06
Lorraine Cross 1945 07 14 nr 08
Lorraine Cross 1945 07 18 nr 09
Lorraine Cross 1945 07 25 nr 10
Lorraine Cross 1945 08 13 nr 12
Lorraine Cross 1945 08 27 nr 14
The "Lorraine Cross" was published twice weekly (Tuesday and Friday) under the supervision of the Public Relation Section, office of the A.C. of S. G-2, Hq 79th Infantry Division ... Editors: T/4 Sam B. Lyons, T/4 C. Holmes Wolfe, Jr., Pvt Vincent P. Thillen ... Unit Correspondents: Sgt. Bill O'Rourke, 313th Infantry, Pfc Raymond Hutchison, 314th Infantry; S/Sgt William D. Leahon, 315th Infantry ... Printed by the State Printing Office, Cheb, Czechoslovakia
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Headlines:
Lorraine Cross 1945 06 19 Vol.1 No.1
New Leader: Brig. Gen. Leroy H. Watson, formerly Assistant Division Commander of the 29th Division ... Hatten, Rittershoffen Engagements Related by UP Correspondent ... Normandy to Czechoslovakia: 2800-Mile Dash Across France and Germany Features 79th's Crack Combat Record in ETO ... Newshawk Finds Rhine Crossing Mild After Terrific Shellfire and Saturation Bombardment; by Clinton B. Conger ... Extracts from Chief Division Citations; Major General L.T. Wyche ... Wehrmacht Deserts Hagenau as Division Paces Alsace Drive ... Krauts Caught Napping When 79th Forged Seine Bridgehead ... The Beginning ... La Haye Du Puits and Lessay ... VE Day Finds Division Occupying Valley
Lorraine Cross 1945 06 22 Vol.1 No.2
Foret de Parroy, three 79th Doughs after heavy fighting East of Luneville ... Div Arty's Guns Sparked Rhine River Crossing ... 79th MP Platoon Had Rugged Role in ETO Rat race; by Pvt. Vincent Thillen: Lt. Lewis G. Rountree, of Okemah, Okla, commander of the 79th MP platoon ... Iwo Flag Raiser Goes Back for Moore: Pfc. Ira H. Hayes ... Division's Sudetenland Sector Early Victim of German Greed; by T/4 C. Holmes Wolfe, Jr. ... Correspondent Mc Cardell Recalls 313th's Saga; Regiment's Deeds at Seine, Belgium Border ... Buck Pvts in Pickett are Capts in Combat; by PFC Raymond C. Hutchison ... Battle Song Composed On Eve of Rhine Fight by Two Division Doughs: PFC William Packer from Portlandville, N.Y. and PFC Earl Gayhart of Canton, O. ... John Kelly Won Posthumous CMH in Fort Action ... Normandy Briefing: General Eisenhower, Bradley, Wyche and Greer discuss La Haye du Puits attack plans ... Persuasive Colonel Argues 2000 Krauts Into Division Cage: Colonel "Mac"
Lorraine Cross 1945 07 07 Vol.1 No.6
Mines, Bridges and Roads Keynoted Drive of 304th Engineer Battalion Across France, Alsace and Germany; by Pvt. Peter D. Marchant ... On photo: Sgt. Hugo Tretola working on Division's communications near Maeseyck, Belgium ... 79th Signal Company Laid 3,775 Mi. of Wire in Maintaining Perfect Div Communications System During Combat; by Pfc Henry John Henryk ... Another DIv 'First' Unveiled As Circus Performs for G.I.'s; first division in ETO to sponsor a circus for troops ... Division Engineers, Always with Forward Assault Elements, Swept Beaucoup Mines Constructed 59 Bridges in Alsace Alone ... Czech and Div Troops in July Fourth Parade ... Comic Male Call by Caniff ... Sig CO's SCR 399 in Action; T/5 James Reddington, Port Allegany, Pa., T/5 Willard Booth, Meriden, Ill., T/3 Ivan A. Hoover, Lykens, Pa.
Lorraine Cross 1945 07 14 Vol.1 No.8
Move and Counter Move: Mike Company of the 314th Infantry in Schiebenhardt ... One Year Ago at Ay River ... Three Interrogators Processed Over 35,000 Kraut Cage Customers; by T/4 Sam B. Lyons: First Lieutenant Richard H. Paepcke, of Brooklyn,N.Y., T/3 Lothar L. Weinberg, of New York, N.Y., and T/5 Eric H. Bondy, of Lenox, Mass ... Metternich's Palatial Summer Home Houses 315th Regiment's Latest CP ... How we got this patch: story of the Croix de Lorraine ... Death of a village: Czech town of Lidice ... Operation Flashpoint, Rhine river crossing ... Comic Male Call by Caniff ... Crack Kraut 16th Infantry Annihilated Before Vosges by Division's 313th Regiment ... Two Joes, One Tanker Hit Jerry Mortarmen: S/Sgt L.D. Fish of 717th Tank Battalion of Omaha, Neb. and Pvt James T. Alexander, of Porlagsville, Mo take on Germans with a blazing tank
Lorraine Cross 1945 08 27 Vol.1 No.14
Div Returns to Occupation: Category Unchanged; To Police Areas Now Held By 99th & 6th; CP moved to Kitzingen, south of Wuerzburg --- Lt. Col Scott is 314th's New Executive Officer --- 75-Plus Pointers Transfer Homeward As Policy Changes --- XV Corps Commander Recalls DIv's Role In Seine Crossing; Robertson, Maj Gen --- More about that Atomic Bomb; Hanford Engineer Works, near Pasco, Washington --- Units given another big pass quota for Paris and England --- 79th granted first GI passes for Rome; Six to make journey: Jerome J. Healy, Michael Fratangelo, Ralph A. Mele, Virgil N. Rennuli, Jacob Heimbinger, Anthony J. Spina --- Sports: How Pete Gray fields a ground ball --- 79th's tennis aces do OK at Wimbledon: Sgt John Woods and Sgt Marion Shane --- New Movies include a couple of bingos --- Miss Lace in television debut --- Male Call by Caniff --- more --- 4 pages --- Format: 35.7 x 28cm or 13 7/8 x 11 inches
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