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Chronology


February 25, 1943Reactivated at Camp Swift, TX
Fall and winter 1943-1944Louisiana Maneuvers
February 1944Moved to Fort Leonard Wood, MO
July 1944Moved to Camp San Luis Obispo, CA for amphibious training
September 1944Moved to Camp Cooke, CA
February 1945Leaves for East Coast to embark for Europe
February 13, 1945Arrives at Camp Kilmer, NJ
February 19, 1945Depart from New York for Europe
March 1, 1945Arrive Le Harve, France, proceeds to Camp Lucky Strike
March 27, 1945Leaves Camp Lucky Strike
March 28, 1945Crosses German border, passes thru Aachen
April 7, 1945386th crosses Sieg river
April 9, 1945303rd enters Siegburg
April 10, 1945303rd, G co attacks Glockner Works at Troisdorf near Siegburg
April 12, 1945386th, C co attacks Drabenderhohe
April 14, 1945303rd passes thru Leverkusen, takes I G Farben Industry chemical plant
April 16, 1945303rd, 386th, 387th cross Wupper River, 303rd passes thru Hilden to outskirts of Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf surrenders
April 17, 1945386th captures Solingen
April 23, 1945Division opens it's command post at Wunsiedel, Germany
April ?, 1945Flossenburg concentration camp discovered
March 31, 1946Division deactivated in Japan

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