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Chronology
| February 25, 1943 | Reactivated at Camp Swift, TX |
| Fall and winter 1943-1944 | Louisiana Maneuvers |
| February 1944 | Moved to Fort Leonard Wood, MO |
| July 1944 | Moved to Camp San Luis Obispo, CA for amphibious training |
| September 1944 | Moved to Camp Cooke, CA |
| February 1945 | Leaves for East Coast to embark for Europe |
| February 13, 1945 | Arrives at Camp Kilmer, NJ |
| February 19, 1945 | Depart from New York for Europe |
| March 1, 1945 | Arrive Le Harve, France, proceeds to Camp Lucky Strike |
| March 27, 1945 | Leaves Camp Lucky Strike |
| March 28, 1945 | Crosses German border, passes thru Aachen |
| April 7, 1945 | 386th crosses Sieg river |
| April 9, 1945 | 303rd enters Siegburg |
| April 10, 1945 | 303rd, G co attacks Glockner Works at Troisdorf near
Siegburg |
| April 12, 1945 | 386th, C co attacks Drabenderhohe |
| April 14, 1945 | 303rd passes thru Leverkusen, takes I G Farben Industry
chemical plant |
| April 16, 1945 | 303rd, 386th, 387th cross Wupper River, 303rd passes
thru Hilden to outskirts of Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf surrenders |
| April 17, 1945 | 386th captures Solingen |
| April 23, 1945 | Division opens it's command post at Wunsiedel, Germany |
| April ?, 1945 | Flossenburg concentration camp discovered |
| March 31, 1946 | Division deactivated in Japan |
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