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To: Retain Mike
Here is the bibliography I should have included.

Partial bibliography: A Soldier’s Story by Omar N. Bradley

Brave Men by Ernie Pyle (the quote named Tommy Clayton, but was generalized here because Ernie Pyle saw him as an example of the infantrymen he loved.)

Crusade in Europe by Dwight D. Eisenhower

The U.S. Infantryman in World War II by Robert S. Rush

Foot Soldier by Roscoe C. Blunt, Jr.

Links for Listings of United States Divisions during WW II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_divisions_during_World_War_II http://www.historyshots.com/usarmy/

Army Battle Casualties and Non-battle Deaths in World War II

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/Casualties/index.html

3rd 'Marne' Infantry Division

http://www.custermen.com/ItalyWW2/Units/Division3.htm

Total casualties greater than 34,000

National 4th Infantry (IVY) Division Association

http://www.4thinfantry.org/content/division-history Total casualties of 34,000

29th Infantry Division

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)

45th Infantry Division

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)

Remembering the Thunderbirds – Oklahoma’s 45th Infantry Division

http://www.baptistmessenger.com/remembering-the-thunderbirds-oklahomas-45th-infantry-division/ Total casualties of 62,640 When Gen. George S. Patton described the 45th Infantry Division, he said it was “one of the finest, if not the finest infantry division in this history of modern warfare.”

Churchill, Ike, & The "Epic Human Tragedy" Of The First Wave At Omaha

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-06/churchill-ike-epic-human-tragedy-first-wave-omaha

A D-Day Survivor Story

https://biggeekdad.com/2019/05/a-d-day-survivor-story/

2 posted on 05/08/2025 10:46:03 AM PDT by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: Retain Mike

You missed “Up Front” by Bill Mauldin.


9 posted on 05/08/2025 11:06:57 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Retain Mike

How about:

Citizen Soldiers: The U. S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany Paperback – September 24, 1998
by Stephen E. Ambrose (Author)


20 posted on 05/08/2025 1:26:17 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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