Pictorial History of the 75 Infantry Division, 1944-1945 Campaigns ... Volume One
- Item sets
- World War II Regimental Histories
- Title
- Pictorial History of the 75 Infantry Division, 1944-1945 Campaigns ... Volume One
- Alternative Title
- Photographic Cavalcade: Pictorial History of the 75th Infantry Division, 1944-1945
- Publisher
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana : Army and Navy Publishing Company, [1946]
- Date
- 1946
- Description
- Preface: It was Christmas, 1944, when we met for the first time on the torn, frozen fields of battle. Gold braid no more. If there were any sharply creased, olive drab uniforms, they were crammed with sweaters, field jackets, and every article of clothing available, issue or otherwise. In place of polished, ox-blood boots, there were outside-in combat shoes, for the green sloping fields of an American army camp. There were rocky, shell torn patches of soil, and always the uneasy, restless noises of things happening ... We are fortunate who read this, for we do not have to share the loneliness of those left behind never to forget the suddenness and violence with which they were forced to rest. Call it a dedication if you like, or a hero's epitaph, but let us not forget their sacrifice in order that we might enjoy what they lay down their lives to make possible. The whole world is their tomb, and in far off places, where only history declares it, there is enshrined in every breast, not with words or pictures, but with what is in the heart, a eulogy for them.
- Subject
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 75th--History
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front
- World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories
- Type
- Regimental histories
- Format
- 448 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
- Language
- English
- Is Part Of
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Note
- Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe, Colmar, Volume One. European theatre of operations, England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany.
- Production: Photography, John S. Rowe; Narrative, Willard Zitin; Illustration (lettering), Albert L. Barrett; Layout design (illustration topics), William Rath; Production manager, John S. Rowe.
- This photo-heavy book tracks the 75th Infantry Division's activities through Europe, showcasing Europe's scenic beauty and architecture, and scenes of war-torn devastation and military life. This book does not contain a roster of soldiers or officers.
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