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  • General Walker's Story of the Rapido Crossing

    05/05/2006 3:18:04 PM PDT · by robowombat · 2 replies · 556+ views
    36th Division Association ^ | FRED. WALKER, Major General, U. S. Army
    General Walker's Story of the Rapido Crossing Sent to the editor by Joe F. Presnall Joe Presnall thinks he received this manuscript (original) in 1946 at the 36th Reunion in Brownwood and would like to see it in the Quarterly. The story has been around for many years and deserves a place in the series. The veterans of the 36th (Texas) Division, which I commanded in World War II, will never forget the Rapido River crossing. In that operation in January 1944, more than 2,100 of their comrades were killed, wounded, or missing in a heroic and needless sacrifice. After...