[BluH2o]

... enlisted in the Army and in early 1942 was shipped to North Africa as part of the Third Infantry Division.

US troops (Operation Torch) didn't arrive in North Africa until November of 1942. Early 1942?

[SES1066]

US troops (Operation Torch) didn't arrive in North Africa until November of 1942.

Like my Dad (45th ID), this bit about North Africa is misleading. Operation Torch was from 8 November 1942 to mid-May 1943 at which time the battle had moved east to Tunis.

The 3rd was there (Algeria) to train and stage for Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily in July 1943. In January 1943, Murphy was processed through Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, and he arrived at Casablanca, in French Morocco on February 20. From Don Graham's "No Name on the Bullet" - 1989.