Book/Printed Material The story of the Century.
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Image 1 of The story of the Century.- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 2 of The story of the Century. Name Date Enlisted Assigned to tooth Training Battle Actions 4 Citations c oss This is one of a series of G I Stories ot the Ground Air and Service Forces in the…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 3 of The story of the Century. allA4AA 14 JJ A A I The story this booklet tells is not yet complete Here you have only the first and second chapters of the story of the tooth Division the…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 4 of The story of the Century. attention because it was the first round to be fired by the tooth Infantry Division in World War IL That shell carried a special meaning to more than just the men of…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 5 of The story of the Century. tel to This procedure sulenly was changed when Sixth Army Group ordered one combat team to be ready to go into the line by Nov 1 Seventh Army and its three infantry…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 6 of The story of the Century. stride Part of the division still was in Marseille when the 399th went into the line near St Remy Nov 1 but on successive convoys the remainder of the outfit arrived in…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 7 of The story of the Century. ration for silencing a concealed machine gun under concen trated artillery and mortar shelling near St Remy Nov 4 Crawling within Jo yards of the enemy position the 399th Inf officer singlehandedly…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 8 of The story of the Century. center The 397th occupied Bertrichamps the first day then blasted through the dense woods mud and rain to capture Clairupt two days later Both teams struck a stone wall when they smacked…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 9 of The story of the Century. gradual incline 399th doughs crawled through brush and overhead fire toward the top By eliminating or temporarily silencing machine gun nests from the rear with hand grenades Co A reached the sum…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 10 of The story of the Century. During the action before RaonlEtape Col William A Ellis White Plains NY 397th CO since activation was killed Lt Col John M King Baltimore Md 1st En CO replaced him In January…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 11 of The story of the Century. OAHE MAGINOT LINE WITH the Vosges campaign over by Nov 26 except for mopping up and with American forces ready to spill out onto the Alsatian Plain the tooth was ordered north…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 12 of The story of the Century. to front lines attached to the 45th Inf Div while remaining troops stayed in Corps reserve for several days The entire division hit the line again Dec 3 with one of the…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 13 of The story of the Century. pushed ahead to take high ground surrounding the town Nazis fought doggedly under a fight to the last man order When znd Bn cut the LembergBitche road and railroad Dec 8 1st…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 14 of The story of the Century. A PATH TO BIT CHE THE famous town of Bitche into which the tooth was to drive nestled in a valley formed by a number of high hills A natural strongpoint the…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 15 of The story of the Century. in the path of 398th doughs trying to approach the larger fortress Because divisions in other sectors had been meeting only token resistance or none at all Gen Burress decided to drive…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 16 of The story of the Century. tor was to make them button up their portholes 0 that doughs could advance Because of the open ground surrounding the forts infantrymen were unable to get close enough to the emplacements…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 17 of The story of the Century. twin mounted 75mm guns The remainder of the pill boxes had cupolas and portholes through which 8omm mortars automatic weapons and antitank guns could be fired Moreover all blocks had tubes through…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 18 of The story of the Century. Bitche so it could move into the town after the 398th cap tured high ground to the north The Powderhorn men captured College de Bitche on the outskirts occupying it as a…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 19 of The story of the Century. MA GEN W A BURPESS ROTEIG FRANCE- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 20 of The story of the Century. EP S7 8ARSE 12skom ErePE vme4044 4 IJ1 ft MO yE wto L3711- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 21 of The story of the Century. 575m if Mom 8 Rohm MESEriii 4 BERG kohr LA fig wiNGEni t I II PeXTTE PIERRE elect sircme Flr 57 1 psrreNDEI C77 179Ra5 72AQC 000 76NAL CO SAveratm t4o5 01362ATELIRS…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 22 of The story of the Century. WELCOME AT SENORES I 0 4 ARTILLERY ON PILLBOXES NEAR BITCHE- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 23 of The story of the Century. AO HOLDS THE COUNTER OFFENSIVE THE week of relaxation was abruptly ended at oots New Years Day when the German counter offensive crashed the Seventh Army front with the brunt aimed directly…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 24 of The story of the Century. N N f The 397th position had been made precarious five days before when the 44th Inf Div on the left flank withdrew because of German attacks near Gros Rederching With the…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 25 of The story of the Century. msterdam NY Working on Sgt Myers target instruc tions Outlaw squeezed off amazingly accurate automatic fire during the heavy shellings and at ranges up to 800 yatds accounted for more than Ioo…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 26 of The story of the Century. 1 440 144J 4 _ 4 It 011 1 N V 4 o4 es 4 s a 1 2nd Bd skillfully veiling its operation withdrew just south of Rimling A Nazi attack…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 27 of The story of the Century. a tremendous part in stemming the fide of attack by superior enemy numbers In the area of Rirnling you successfully repulsed enemy attempts to penetrate your lines your great accomplishment forced the…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 28 of The story of the Century. 36 7¼11 TO CHANGE HISTORY ON March 55 5945 the division launched a history shattering operation which ended its threemonth non offensive stand As part of the Seventh Army Centurymen jumped off…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 29 of The story of the Century. the winter months and were not buried Engineers cleared heavy road blocks and filled in huge craters along the approach routes Next day the 398th climaxed the powerhouse play by marching into…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 30 of The story of the Century. and at Bitche constructed the strongest layout in the southern chain of the system This fortress held off the German invaders in 1940 until the French armistice THE Century Divisions occupation of…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 31 of The story of the Century. entanglements Against these defenses and thick concrete pillboxes housing elevating artillery pieces the order stated the battalion reduced the fortifications after the artillery barrage preceding the attack The fighting agressiveness courage and…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 32 of The story of the Century. drove south of the city to get the first glimpse of the Rhine at Altripp In the tank infantry move each of the outfits three companies claim theirs was the first to…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 33 of The story of the Century. ON Nov 15 1942 approximately 2000 officers and men stood in formation as the division flag passed into the hands of Gen Burress The division had officially entered the birth list of…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 34 of The story of the Century. men and for the new arrivals their first taste of Army life The iooth looked good at the end of its basic training period XII Corps said the results of its training…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 35 of The story of the Century. fell before the slants of Shaw Fields George Turbeville former PhiHies pitcher The division however nosed out its persistent post rival the 106th Inf Div for second place Centurymen had a fling…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 36 of The story of the Century. PAST A JOB WE DONE FUTURE FINAL Nov 15 1943 exactly a year after it was born the tooths last truck pulled out of Ft Jackson for its first big time training…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 37 of The story of the Century. One phase of the program combined infantryartillei assault problems employing live ammunition was so unusual that it attracted the attention of the War Depart ment Among those who came to witness the…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 38 of The story of the Century. F marched along Fifth Avenue Lower Broadway and at various rallies about the city during a twoweek period The same month Col Richard G Prather Hickman Ky joined the division as chief…- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 39 of The story of the Century.- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
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Image 40 of The story of the Century. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS- Contributor: United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
- Date: 1945-01-01
About this Item
Title
- The story of the Century.
Names
- United States. Army. European Theater of Operations.
Created / Published
- [n.p., 1945]
Headings
- - United States.--Army.--Infantry Division, 100th
- - World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France
- - World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States
Notes
- - "One of a series of G.I. stories of the ground, air, and service forces in the European theater of operations, issued by the Orientation Section, Information and Education Division, ETOUSA."
- - "Story of the 100th inf. div."-p. 1.
- - Cover title.
Medium
- 30, [2] p. illus., 3 pl. (incl. port., double map) on 2 l. 14 x 11 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- D769.3 100th .A5
- Microfilm 2133 reel4 D.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 45036257
Online Format
- image
- online text