With the 88th Division, Italy
MTOUSA (Mediterranean Theater of Operations United States Army), Information and Education Section, 1945. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Pamphlet. 95, [1] pages. Illustrations. Maps including of Po Valley. Drawings. DORNBUSCH 1653. Approximately 4.75 inches by 6.75 inches. Cover has some wear and soiling. Cover says: We Were There: From Gruber to the Brenner Pass. Front Cover is illustrated. Rear Cover has a poem entitled Wotan's Call by Pfc. Frank Kennegot, Headquarters Company, 349th Infantry. Statement at bottom of title page "Material in this story has been passed by the U.S. censor and may be mailed home". This pamphlet was given to troops of the 88th. As is typical with such 'in theater' publications, there are some pages which have some variation in printing but pages are legible. There are a couple of minor ink stains noted. The 88th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army that saw service in both World War I and World War II. It was one of the first of the Organized Reserve divisions to be called into federal service, created nearly "from scratch" after the implementation of the draft in 1940. Previous divisions were composed of either Regular Army or National Guard personnel. Much of the experience in reactivating it was used in the subsequent expansion of the U.S. Army. By the end of World War II the 88th Infantry fought its way to the northernmost extreme of Italy. In early May 1945 troops of its 349th Infantry Regiment joined the 103d Infantry Division of the VI Corps of the U.S. Seventh Army, part of the 6th Army Group, which had raced south through Bavaria into Innsbruck, Austria, in Vipiteno in the Italian Alps. Condition: Good.
Keywords: 88th Infantry Division, Eighty-Eighth Infantry Division, Volterra, Arno, Camp Gruber, Brenner Pass, John Sloan, Paul Kendall, Military Training, 351st Combat Team, 313th Engineers, Hill 706, 913th Field Artillery, 349th, Lyman Lemnitzer, 350th, Anzio
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