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Old August 27th, 2007, 06:18 PM
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Default Re: History of the U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment
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Originally Posted by Skipper67 View Post
A very impressive curiculum. Just one thing: By reading some of the details, we are tempted to think that other units were not involved and that they did the job alone. For instance the Colmar pocket was not taken by the 30th infantry only. It does not take away any of the merit, but historically I think some facts should not be ommited. If you are interested I can get you some pictures there next week, as I will be going to Colmar and visit the Colmar pocket museum.
Thanks Skip. It definitely wasn't a one night job thats for sure...LOL.

However, I agree with you that it does seem like they did it alone but, this is the history of the U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment and not the History of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division. Granted there were indeed many other units fighting throughout history during the various conflicts the U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment has participated in. The various other units that are mentioned within the overall history, show that they were not alone by no measure of the imagination.

Granted the Colmar was not completely taken by U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment, the U.S. 15th Infantry Regiment was the other forward attacking regiment in the advance through the Colmar region but, the majority of the fighting did fall to the U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment's front.

If you could get some pictures of the the Colmar region I would love to see them...I'd love to see the Maison Rouge Bridge.

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