Otto -

I'd have suggested North Africa, Italy, Mediterranean as a rational clumping; they shared, from the beginning, an enduring thread of overall command.

The Allied invasion of Southern France in August '44 was essentially a 'pulling out' of Mediterranean Forces, assigning them to the ETO, so that forum splinter is may best be given to Europe.

I can think of only one unit that concurrently served the MTO and Southern France - the 1st Military Railway Service - and only one unit that returned to the Med - the 442nd Infantry Regiment.

- Pat