With 102nd Infantry Division Through Germany 1stEd 1947
"With the 102nd Infantry Division Through Germany" edited by Allan H. Mick, published by Washington Infantry Journal Press, 1947. Stated "First Edition." Over hundred illustrations and maps.
Hard boards, original unvarnished buckram [some wear, sporadic fading: see photos]; large format: 8.3/4" x 11.1/4"; the endpapers are color maps; 541 pages including complete Honor Roll and Combat Roster, some foxing, very good condition.
The 102nd had to fight bitterly for in 1944-1945 and then act as an occupational force in Bavaria until sent home in 1946.The 102nd Infantry Division, under the command of Major General Frank A. Keating, arrived on the Western Front in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) at Cherbourg, France, 23 September 1944, and, after a short period of training near Valognes, moved to the German-Netherlands border. On 26 October, elements attached to other divisions entered combat and on 3 November the division assumed responsibility for the sector from the Wurm to Waurichen. The attack to the Roer jumped off, 29 November, and carried the division to the river through Welz, Flossdorf, and Linnich.
On 23 February 1945, the 102d attacked across the Roer (Operation Grenade), advanced toward Loevenich and Erkelenz, bypassed Moenchengladbach, took Krefeld, 3 March, and reached the Rhine. During March the division was on the defensive along the Rhine, its sector extending from Homburg south to D?sseldorf. Crossing the river on 9 April on pontoon bridge, the division attacked in the Wesergebirge, meeting stiff opposition. After 3 days and nights of terrific enemy resistance Wilsede and Hessisch-Oldendorf fell, 12 April 1945, and the 102d pushed on to the Elbe, meeting little resistance. Breitenfeld fell, 15 April, and the division outposted the Elbe River, 48 miles from Berlin, its advance halted on orders. Storkau experienced fighting on the 16th, EHRA on the 21st along with Fallersleben. On 3 May 1945, the 102nd shook hands with the Russian 156th Division just outside Berlin. The division patrolled and maintained defensive positions until the end of hostilities in Europe, then moved to Gotha for occupational duty.
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"With the 102nd Infantry Division Through Germany" edited by Allan H. Mick, published by Washington Infantry Journal Press, 1947. Stated "First Edition." Over hundred illustrations and maps.
Hard boards, original unvarnished buckram [some wear, sporadic fading: see photos]; large format: 8.3/4" x 11.1/4"; the endpapers are color maps; 541 pages including complete Honor Roll and Combat Roster, some foxing, very good condition.
The 102nd had to fight bitterly for in 1944-1945 and then act as an occupational force in Bavaria until sent home in 1946.The 102nd Infantry Division, under the command of Major General Frank A. Keating, arrived on the Western Front in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) at Cherbourg, France, 23 September 1944, and, after a short period of training near Valognes, moved to the German-Netherlands border. On 26 October, elements attached to other divisions entered combat and on 3 November the division assumed responsibility for the sector from the Wurm to Waurichen. The attack to the Roer jumped off, 29 November, and carried the division to the river through Welz, Flossdorf, and Linnich.
On 23 February 1945, the 102d attacked across the Roer (Operation Grenade), advanced toward Loevenich and Erkelenz, bypassed Moenchengladbach, took Krefeld, 3 March, and reached the Rhine. During March the division was on the defensive along the Rhine, its sector extending from Homburg south to D?sseldorf. Crossing the river on 9 April on pontoon bridge, the division attacked in the Wesergebirge, meeting stiff opposition. After 3 days and nights of terrific enemy resistance Wilsede and Hessisch-Oldendorf fell, 12 April 1945, and the 102d pushed on to the Elbe, meeting little resistance. Breitenfeld fell, 15 April, and the division outposted the Elbe River, 48 miles from Berlin, its advance halted on orders. Storkau experienced fighting on the 16th, EHRA on the 21st along with Fallersleben. On 3 May 1945, the 102nd shook hands with the Russian 156th Division just outside Berlin. The division patrolled and maintained defensive positions until the end of hostilities in Europe, then moved to Gotha for occupational duty.
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US: Media (c.4-8 days) ----------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) --- $55.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ---- $85.50
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