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Old December 21st, 2007, 02:01 AM
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Default Re: Help with finding his division
Fairly easy:

This little item tells us what we want to know:

Comb. Inf. Badge 9051 HQ.338 Inf. 8 Sep 44

He was awarded a Combat Infantryman Badge by Headquarters, 338th Infantry Regiment on 8 Sept 44.

That puts him in the 85th Infantry Division, 338th Infantry Regiment at the time. The history of this division is consistant with what you know about his service. It landed in North Africa where it staged for Italy. From there it was sent to the Rome area via Anzio after the breakout and then fought in Italy through the end of the war ending up in Southern Germany.
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