To: E. Pluribus Unum
Good ole 45th Division. “ It was General George S. Patton, Jr. who said, “The 45th is one of the best, if not actually the best division in the history of American Arms.”
29 posted on
05/05/2015 12:52:26 PM PDT by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: righttackle44
wasn’t the 45th a National Guard division from the Midwest?
The 40th is California’s NG division, or was.
32 posted on
05/05/2015 1:19:45 PM PDT by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: righttackle44; colorado tanker
I'm pretty sure that some elements of the 45th were involved in the relief of Bastogne, during the Battle of the Bulge, a few months earlier. It was then that the massacre of some 100 GIs at Malmedy. I have no doubt that while what they saw at Dachau was horrific, knowing what the Germans had just done to their fellow GIs was instrumental in their actions.
The post war world would have been fascinating had Patton lived.
34 posted on
05/05/2015 1:30:28 PM PDT by
ken5050
(If Hillary is elected president, what role will Huma Abedin have in the White House? Scary, eh?)
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