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3ID Photos -  Active Division Society  2008
3rd Infantry Division Photos-Re-Enactors 

84th Annual 2003 Reunion Photos 
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86th Annual 2005 Reunion Photos
87th Annual 2006 Reunion Photos 

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1. Colored and Plus Sized Tee Shirts

Tee shirts are now available in Military Green, Navy Blue, Cardinal Red, and Black. Still available, are the White and Ash Gray tee shirts. Long sleeve tee shirts are available in Black and Navy for Men and Brown and Black in the Women's style. Plus size shirts now available.

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4. Hats, Caps, and More Caps

Boy have we got hats and caps and even Trucker caps! There are caps with three different 3rd Infantry Division Patches. White Tan and Black Caps and Trucker caps in Black/White and Blue/White. We can even put your 3ID Unit Patch or ID on the cap. If we have the patch we'll put it on the hat.

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Fifth Army Field Surgeon (Paperback)
by Dr. Paul & Edith Shafiroff (Author), Barbara Swann PhD (Editor), 49 photographs and maps (Illustrator)
List Price: $19.95
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The untold story of a surgeon who by a twist of fate found himself performing surgery behind enemy lines and how he and a team of Darby's Rangers brought out a German Intelligence Officer who held the secret to the German defense plans in Italy.

My wife and I recently completed a book called "Faces of Freedom" which profiles one fallen service member from each state who was killed in Iraq or Afghanistan.
100% of the proceeds go to Wounded Warrior and Fisher House.
One of the soldiers featured in the book, David Salie, was a member of the 3rd Infantry Division. As this is an all volunteer effort, we are trying to spread the word and would like to get information out about the book on your website or in your newsletter. Any help would be appreciated for this great book.
For more information about the book or to order a book through the printer, please go to:
www.rebeccapepin.com.
You can also reach me at (803) 318-4593 or at: derekpepin@yahoo.com .
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Sincerely,

Derek Pepin

 

Act 2: WWII
The Adventures of Bruce Monkman
1941-1945

A sheltered, naive, and undereducated young man, with few prospects and from a sleepy small town in southern California, had eye opening experiences entering the U.S. Army at the age of 20 in 1941. He served as a Battalion supply technician in the 3rd Infantry Division through the war until the ripe old age of 24 in 1945.

This adventure took him from California across the United States, to North Africa and into Europe, including the Anzio landing. He wasn't on the front lines thus this is not a war story of battles and generals although there are battles to recount and Patton does make an appearance. This is the story of a regular guy in a most irregular situation, whose tales clearly illustrate the daily reality of wartime in World War Two.

Bruce Monkman lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, Nancy. Since retiring from the Union Pacific Railroad, he spends his time gardening, visiting with friends, attending Army reunions, and writing his memoirs.

To Purchase: Contact Bruce Monkman at 818-343-3370, BruceMonkman@earthlink.net , or send a check for $17.50 (book cost plus shipping) to him at P.O. Box 37-1311, Reseda, CA, 91337-1311. Calif. residence please add Sales Tax

 


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This is not a chronicle of a brave and heroic soldier who rose several ranks to Captain or Colonel or Major, although he received a simple PFC to T-5 promotion along the way with a bunch of ‘other ‘guys’. This was an ordinary American boy, raised in a devout Catholic family by parents with strict principles, who was caught up in the conditions of a U.S. World War into which he was hurled as a teenager.
    All at once, he was clad in khaki and sent here and there on the European battlefields.  He was taking orders alongside his Army comrades, and serving  his time as prescribed by U.S. Army guidelines. It is not a profound look at the lofty pursuits of a hero, but the necessary obligations of Private Arthur B. Pranger. There are narratives and exhibits included but primarily this volume reflects ‘Art’s’ personal ‘spin’  on this memorable period in history - 2 Years - 2 Months and 29 Days with A Company, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion.
    The 86th CMB was an integral part of the war across Europe. The battalion's role with the 4.2. Mortar included being attached to a few dozen INFANTRY Regiments and Divisions across Europe - through Normandy,  Northern France - Belgium “Battle of the Bulge - Hurtgen Forest,” points in Germany - winding up in Czechoslovakia in 1945 leaving all this drama behind at Camp Campbell Kentucky to return to civilian life on November 6, 1945. This work includes humorous incidents - not usually associated with the serious business of warfare.

About the Author

Arthur B. Pranger
Born:  March 21, 1925 - Covington, Kentucky to Frank and Mary Pranger.
Siblings:  Ralph, 1928, Mary Joan, born 1930
Residence: Covington, Kentucky - 1925 - 1954 - Married November 25, 1954 - wife Rose - Residence - ERLANGER KENTUCKY Moved back to Pranger family home in Covington, from 1960 to present.
Children:
Gary, Patricia, Christopher, John, Mary Carole, Lawrence and Donna Jean
Education: Elementary - St. John Parochial, Commercial schooling  - St. Benedict Commercial, Covington, Ky.
New York Technical School - Cincinnati Ohio - on the GI BILL - 1948-1950 - RADIO AND TELEVISION
Employment: Kroger Grocery and Baking Company, Cincinnati, Ohio - 1942 - 1943 & 1946 - 1948
Drafted: The United States Army August 1943. Basic Training - Camp Swift, Texas. Served  in  Normandy, Huertgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge and Germany - June 28, 1944 until November 11, 1945
Self Employed: - TONEMASTERS TELEVISION SERVICE - Covington,  January 1950 to 1998. Part time employment TURFWAY PARK  Florence Kentucky until retirement in 2005.
NOTE:  The home where the author and wife Rose currently reside in COVINGTON KENTUCKY was built in 1878 and occupied the same year by the Pranger family on their arrival from Germany.

First to the Rhine:
The 6th Army Group in World War II (Hardcover)
by Harry Yeide (Author), Mark Stout (Author)

This is the story of the Allied forces--the U.S. 6th Army Group and French 1st Army--that landed in southern France on August 15th, 1944.
The book follows the action from the French beaches to the Vosges Mountains, where the first Allied penetration along the entire Western front reached the Rhine River. First to the Rhine covers the vicious fighting during the German Nordwind counteroffensive in January 1945
and the French-American offensive to clear the Colmar Pocket. It then pursues the forces of the Third Reich across the Rhine to their ultimate destruction.
 
Unlike the forces landing in Normandy, these American divisions were hard-bitten veterans of the war in Italy, and, in the case of the 3d Infantry Division, North Africa. The French units included many veterans of the Italian campaign and comprised Frenchmen and Africans in almost equal numbers. As the campaign went on, the French ranks were swelled by tens of thousands of Free French Forces of the Interior, the famous maquis. The German forces arrayed against the Allies included the famed 11th Panzer Division, an Eastern front veteran known as the “Ghost Division,” which would hit the Allied advance time and again only to slip away before it could be pinned and destroyed.
 
This is the harrowing story First to the Rhine tells, from the strategic plane-down through the corps, division, and regimental levels to the personal experience of the men in combat, including the likes of Audie Murphy, America’s most decorated infantryman of the war.  The book features little-known battles, including one at Montelimar, when an ad hoc American armored command and the 36th Infantry Division came within a hair’s breadth and several days of hard fighting of cutting off the entire German 19th Army. This is the first popular work in
English to explore the French role in the fighting and the relationship between the U.S. Army and the French forces fighting under American command.
 
"First to the Rhine draws heavily on official American and French after-action reports, other contemporary combat records such as highly detailed S-3 and G-3 journals, and interviews conducted by the Army with soldiers shortly after the actions occurred. It also features personal recollections written by key commanders in American, French, and German ranks, as well as illustrations from official U.S. Army photographers and filmmakers.

Authors Harry Yeide and Mark Stout draw heavily on official American and French after-action reports, other contemporary combat records such as highly detailed S-3 and G-3 operations journals, and interviews conducted by the U.S. Army with soldiers shortly after the actions
occurred. Also used are personal recollections written by key commanders in American, French, and German ranks. Illustrations come from official U.S. Army photographs and film. The result is the first popular English-language history that explores the French role in the fighting and the relationship between the U.S. Army and the French
forces that fought under American command—and at times also controlled American divisions.

 

Society of the 3rd Infantry Division
Quartermaster, Bruce Monkman

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3rd Division Flag 3'x5' 
 $6.50 plus $2.00 Mailing


Magnet, 3rd Division 2"x2"

License Plate Frame Metal Printing and Logo in Blue
Price $7.00 plus $3.25 Mailing

"Kilroy Was Here" Bookmark
Price $1.00 each plus $0.50 Mailing

 

Books of Interest for the 3rd Infantry Division

History of the Third Infantry Division
in World War II

First printed in 1947 and reprinted in 1987
Donald G. Taggart / Hardcover / Available 12/1/99
Price: $59.95 plus $4.00 S&H from:
  The Battery Press
P.O. Box 198885
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone/Fax:615-298-1401
email: batterybooks@aol.com

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History of the Third Infantry Division in World War II

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My Son My Hero A Mothers Journal:
Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith MEDAL OF HONOR War on Terrorism
by J.P.

Our price: $16.95
Format: Paperback
Size : 6 x 9
Pages: 180
ISBN: 0-595-37085-3
Published: Oct-2005
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To date there have been over 1,836 deaths as a result of the war in Iraq. That means that there are now over 1,836 parents trying to deal with the loss of a child, I am one of those parents; this is my journey.
This journal is one mother's two-year journey after her son died in the hot dessert of Iraq, were the sand drank his blood and cost an entire family their loved one's legacy. This book will take the reader to cities all across the country for recognitions her son received for his valor. You will accompany her to New York City, to Ground Zero, where it all began.

Other Formats:  Hard Cover  |  Adobe eBook

 

Under the Wire : The World War II Adventures of a
Legendary Escape Artist and "Cooler King"

(Hardcover)
by William Ash, Brendan Foley

I'm a London-based author and spent the last few years helping one of North America's greatest unsung heroes of WWII, William Ash, put together his wartime autobiography UNDER THE WIRE, which has just been published in USA and Canada.

Bill, who just celebrated his 88th birthday, is probably the greatest living US prisoner of war escape-artist of WWII. Born in Texas, he joined the RCAF in 1940 and flew Spitfires until shot down in 1942. He then became a serial escape artist, attempting 13 PoW-camp escapes - cutting through the barbed wire, climbing over it, or tunneling under it before finally escaping for good.

When the book came out in the UK a few months ago, it became an instant best-seller, but somehow it has been almost completely ignored so far by the media in North America. The only thing we can do to get Bill and his book the recognition they deserve in the US and Canada is to turn to the internet and people who care about WWII and the people who fought it for us. So I would be very grateful if you would forward this note to anyone who you think might like the book or help to spread the word that it is out there, available at most good bookshops or online at Amazon.

http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=55041358&srchTerms=Under+the+Wire&mediaType=1&srchType=Keyword
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The Mortarmen
by Michael Connelly

http://www.trafford.com/04-2710

A heroic and heretofore untold story of the men of the 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion and their 326 days of combat in Europe during World War II.

 I thought you might find this of interest. I have written a book, that has recently been released, about my father's WW II unit, the 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion. One of the Chapters, "The Final Push" deals with the battalion's support of the 3rd ID in March of 1945 as the division attacked toward the Siegfried line.
Regards,
Michael Connelly

290 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #04-2710; ISBN 1-4120-4902-4; US$24.95, C$31.00, EUR20.15, £13.96

 

Heavy Metal: A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad
New book provides unique and controversial insights into the war in Iraq 


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About the authors:
Capt. Jason Conroy, a 14-year veteran of the U.S. Army, is now stationed with the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command in Huntsville, Ala.

 

Ron Martz writes on defense issues for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was named writer of the year by the Atlanta Press Club and Cox Newspapers and finished second to the staff of Time Magazine in the National Headliner awards for his coverage of the war in Iraq. He is the co-author of three previous books on military history. Ron is a member of Outpost 60 of the Society of the 3ID.

Product Details:
ISBN: 1574888560
Format: Hardcover, 288pp
Pub. Date: February 2005
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
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Cold Ground's Been My Bed : A Korean War Memoir
by Daniel Wolfe (Outpost 52)

Available at amazon.com List Price: $22.95

Dan Wolfe was a Bronx, New York, teenager whose passions were baseball, fooling around in school, and hanging out at the candy store in the 1940s. Three years out of high school, he was drafted and sent to Korea. Cold Ground’s Been My Bed is his no-holds-barred memoir of the experience, from his physical to deployment into a frontline platoon.



Dan tells the story with unflinching honesty and humor amid the tragedies that befell his company.

Feeling inadequate about handling the Browning Automatic Rifle in basic training, he expressed his doubts to a cadre man, who assured him, “You don’t have to worry about it, kid. It’s given to the biggest men in the squad.” The day he arrived on the front line, Dan, five-foot-seven and 133 pounds, was assigned the twenty-pound BAR.
When his platoon was ambushed, Dan crawled over fire-swept terrain to retrieve the body of his sergeant. Decades later he learned that he’d been cited for the Silver Star, but the Jeep carrying the papers was blown up by mortar rounds.
When a GI was killed by negligent “friendly fire,” the victim’s buddy carried out a revenge murder.
In recounting his story, Dan never pretends to be more than he was, a young man being shocked and shaped by the reality of war.

An Oklahoma Soldier : A Ride in One Man's Saddle
by Barbara L. Nielsen

Of interest to whet your taste is a newspaper article on my father concerning his actions while with the Third. What maybe of more interest is a book my sister wrote on his life. Some of your followers may find it of interest of a different life and time of a boy to man story before, during and after WW 2. 

An Oklahoma Soldier
A Ride in One Man's Saddle
by Barbara L. Nielsen
 
available thru www.iuniverse.com
http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?&isbn=0-595-35044-5
Our price: $12.95
Format: Paperback
Size : 6 x 9
Pages: 106
ISBN: 0-595-35044-5
Published: Apr-2005
1-800-288-4677 

 



The Not Forgotten War
by Nicholas Dick Jr, Janet Dailey

Price: $13.95 & Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.
Availability: Usually ships within 11 to 14 days from Amazon.com

THE NOT FORGOTTEN WAR chronicles the experiences of Private Nicholas Dick who served in a machine gun crew during the last few months of the Korean conflict. Those last months were among some of the bloodiest as both sides fought to claim as much territory as possible prior to reaching a cease-fire agreement. For years after his discharge, Nick was never able to talk about his horrific experiences and never mentioned the frequent nightmares he suffered. After a job injury forced him to take early retirement, he suddenly found himself becoming a victim of Post Traumatic Stress syndrome. Here is one GI's story of war and its aftermath.
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Letters Home
From 9/11 to Operation Iraqi Freedom A Military Mom
Shares Her Family's Story of Patriotism, Courage and Love

by
Mary Ward

"Mary Ward takes us on an amazing journey, from the terrors of the battlefield to the tenderness of a mother's heart. Her "Letters Home" should inspire us all to be brave in adversity, and 'choose the harder right over the easier wrong'."
Donna Gregory
MSNBC News Correspondent

A memoir of war from a mother's perspective. The book includes letters her son wrote home from basic training through to his last letter home from a war zone. It sells for $15 + $3.95 for shipping for a total of $18.95. I give five percent of the sale of each book to the Wounded Warrior Project. As of 12/13/04 $186.94 has been raised for our Wounded Warriors.

Letters Home could be any family's war story. There are thousands of families deeply affected, some with more compelling stories some with less, all with fears they never dreamed existed. There are some thoughts that are never far from your heart and mind. This is one family's journey as told through the words of a soldier's mother and her son's letters home.

Ward's son, Sean, enlisted in the infantry after the attacks on 9/11. He was driven to take up arms for his country and has not looked back since. Sean's letters home from basic training to the last letter home from Iraq range from joy to intensely reflective. He serves with the 3rd Infantry Division (mechanized) and was machine gunner on a Bradley during the first phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Ward shares with the reader how it felt to read his letters and the life challenges they faced while her son was in the most dangerous place in the world.
Click or go to
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The Secret Journal of Benny Travis, is now available for sale or rental at First Look Video Rentals.

The journal of an American Soldier is discovered to be part of the items sold at an estate sale. Using archive film footage and digital photographs, the unique story of Benny Travis is recounted for the first time in almost sixty years.

Production Company Site
DVD-R (NTSC), The Good Fight Digital Motion Pictures, 2003, 28 minutes.
Written and directed by Dean Augustin.
Starring Anthony Maru-DeSerio
Production Company Site


Festivals and Awards: 2003 Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival - Plantinum Remi Award, 2004 International Festival of Cinema and Technology, 2003 Frederick Festival of the Arts, 2003 Philadelphia Video Festival, 2003 Edgeworks Film Festival

A 20% discount for warfoto.com users. Use the discount code, FLRTRL074 when checking out.
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“LOOKING BACK”
One of 3rd Division’s Own
Memoirs of Terry Lloyd Tennant
(Outpost 13)


"LOOKING BACK" author Terry L. Tennant is available at
www.1stbooks.com/bookview/21357
 or Toll Free at 1-888 280 7715       
 Paperback (6x9) $ 15.50
 Electronic Book Size is 14567K $ 4.95

At last someone has written about the long overlooked story, of the critical part played (in December 1950) by the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division, in the vicious battle fought at Huksu-ri and Sachang-ni, southwest of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. The book contains 329 pages of real life adventure, humor, suspense, excitement, worry, disappointment, heartbreak, death, sadness, depression, recovery, happiness, and a multitude of historic facts.

His life beginning in an upstairs flat in Detroit, Michigan, this is the story of Terry Lloyd Tennant, born into poverty during the great depression in the 1930’s, his experiences growing up in the inner city; then (at age 18) leaving home and enlisting in the United States Army.

Known intimately only by those who were there and survived, it is the authors hope this book will be read by many of the 3rd Division men, so they will know and perhaps appreciate why we who were their are so proud of this special chapter in the long and glorious history of the 3rd Infantry Division U.S. Army - the “Rock of the Marne!”

I Remember
by
John Shirley
(Outpost 54)

A collection of stories that first appeared in the
Watch on the Rhine, the magazine of the
Society of the 3rd Infantry Division

$15.00 plus $2.50 S&H

"Your book arrived on Wednesday, so I stayed up half the night to read it, as I couldn't put it down. Very fine writing and you never left anything out, good or bad." Charles King, Editor, Watch on the Rhine, and veteran of the 15th Inf. Reg., 3ID, WWII

"One does not have to know you to be spell-bound by I Remember. Knowing you, having cared for many 3ID wounded, and having trod the same soil in the same war makes it most memorable.All Marne men will relive every step with you as they read your fine book."
June Wandrey, Author, Bedpan Commando, and Army Nurse from North Africa to end of WWII.

"The stories are very well written, devoid of pretension or self-promotion, but reflected a sincere and doubtless accurate self image".
Hugh Scott, author of Blue and White Devils, Former Third Infantry Division G-2 (Intelligence Officer) WWII

"Your book is wonderful."
David Mertes, Former Chancellor of the California Community College System, and Marine Veteran

Copies can be ordered from the author at:
John Shirley
4218Drake Way
Livermore, CA 94550-4914
Phone: 1-925-447-2256
Fax: 1-925-447-8835
email: jbshirley@comcast.net

 

Dogface Soldiers

The Story of B Company, 15th Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
From Fedala to Salzburg: Audie Murphy and His Brothers in Arms

by Daniel R. Champagne
A Merriam Press Original Publication
Monograph 40


Click  on book or Logo to order
Merriam Press
218 Beech Street
Bennington VT 05201
USA
802-447-0313
Soft cover $19.95
#M40-S
ISBN 1-57638-309-1
CD-ROM $6.95

Hard Cover
ISBN 1-57638-307-5
$34.95

Tell them you saw the book mentioned on the
Society of the 3rd Division Website, when you order.
http://www.merriam-press.com/mono_050/m_040.htm

 


'Janey: A Little Plane in a Big War'
by Alfred W. Schultz, Kirk Neff
Hardcover (May 1998)

Available from:
WAR BOOKS FROM
SOUTHFARM PRESS

SOUTHFARM PRESS, Publisher
P.O. Box 1296
Middletown, CT 06457
Click here to order "Janey" from amazon.com
Photos courtesy
Copyright Haan Graphic Publishing Services, Ltd., 1998 -- 2002

For more photos of "Janey" and
Dutch Schultz go to
 
"The Wild Blue Yonder"

http://www.warfoto.com/wild_blue_yonder.htm

 

Click here to order "Janey" from amazon.com
Photos courtesy
Copyright Haan Graphic Publishing Services, Ltd., 1998 -- 2002

For more photos of "Janey" and
Dutch Schultz go to
 
"The Wild Blue Yonder"

http://www.warfoto.com/wild_blue_yonder.htm

 

"Thunder Run:  The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad"
at Amazon.com
by David Zucchino
Read an interview with the author at:
http://www.leanwrite.com/military/040406-thunderrun.html
 

Every war has images that are burned into the public's mind.  Operation Iraqi Freedom has several....the blinding sandstorms, or the photos of Iraqis and GIs tearing down statues and paintings of Saddam.  The other memorable event of the war for many was the sight of American armor racing into the heart of Baghdad, despite the daily assurances from Iraq's Information Minister that the Allies were nowhere near the city.  

The armor was from the US Army's 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), and Los Angeles Times reporter David Zucchino was embedded with them for their drive up into Iraq, and then on their daring "Thunder Runs" into the city.  A year later, he has released a book about the division's remarkable armor thrusts into Baghdad and the savage fights on a major highway to the west of the city as the division sought to re-supply the armored force.  "Thunder Run:  The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad"  promises to cement this amazing story into the annals of American military accomplishments with hundreds of first-hand accounts of what happened in the first week of April 2003, so far from Fort Stewart, Georgia. 


General contributions may be made to:
3ID Fallen Soldiers Fund
Attn:  Susan Wilder
Army Community Services
Building 470, 76 Lindquist Rd.
Fort Stewart, GA  31314

(web site for Ft. Stewart Army Community Services)

 

AT LEAST NOBODY'S SHOOTING AT ME

Just found your website and think you have done a good job capturing the war we fought.
My name is ED KLEIN (Outpost 5) and I served in HQ CO 3rd BN of 30th from Africa through to Germany.
Only in recent years years did I find some of my old friends, some of whom have already gone.

I spent my entire life publishing weekly newspapers in New York State as well as radio announcer and involved in cable TV. 
I have published a book "At Least Nobody's Shooting at Me", and would like to offer it free to anyone who served in the 30th during WWII.

My phone number is: 1- 845-986-3680
and address is:

Ed Klein
29 JONES ROAD,
WARWICK NY 10990

From Fedala to Berchtesgaden

A History of the Seventh United States Infantry
 in World War II
by Nathan William White
Tell them you saw the book mentioned on the
 Society of the 3rd Division Website, when you order.

This title in the Military Reference Library series is available only as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file on CD-ROM disk (it is not available in printed format from the Merriam Press).

The complete history of the U.S. 7th Infantry Regiment in World War II.

Possibly the most extensive and complete history of a U.S. regiment in World War II ever produced.
Originally published in 1947 as a hardcover book.

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The Crash of Ruin  

American Combat Soldiers in Europe
During World War II 

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Riflemen
On the Cutting Edge of World War II
by Earl A. Reitan
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The United States 15th Infantry Regiment
in China, 1912–1938
Alfred Emile Cornebise


ISBN 0-7864-1988-1
photographs & illustrations, notes, bibliography, index
283pp. softcover 2004
$45
Available for immediate shipment
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We are writing to introduce you to our recently published
The United States Fifteenth Infantry Regiment in China, 1912–1938
 by Alfred Emile Cornebise

Links to this title and to some of our other military history-related works have been included for you below. In addition, please find an attachment with information on our specialty line discount program here for your consideration.
Please let us know if you have questions. We appreciate your time and hope to hear from you soon!

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Camp Croft Friends

You may have already heard about the new book I worked on with the Spartanburg County Historical Association entitled "When the Soldiers Came to Town," the story of Spartanburg's W.W.I and W.W.II army training camps. While the chapters on Camp Wadsworth (W.W.I) and the Spartanburg Memorial Airport (W.W.II) are very interesting, it may be the section that would best appeal to you is the bulk of the book dedicated to the former US Army Infantry Replacement Training Center, Camp Croft. We collected many unique pictures, several of which appear in print for the first time. The book also includes personal interviews and articles by Croft veterans, local citizens, and historians ... 228 pages and over 200 images.

Some of the folks in the book include:

William Harner - interview; "Mutt" McCord - interview and captions; George Kreger - interview; Phil & Betty Cacavalle - interview; Philip Plotkin - captions and photos ; Joseph Jones - caption and map; Joe Hudock - photo; Frank Bailey - captions; Harley Henderson - photos ; Joseph Pizzimenti - multiple photos; Stephen Piazza- multiple photos ; Don Koos - caption; Walter and Evelyn Vieth - photos ; Paul and Emily Grubb - interview; Ron Croft - interview ; "Nic" Imbiraco - interview; Aubrey Escoffery - interview; Robert Taitt - interview; Bill Fowler - caption; Carl Barrea - photos; John Isom - photos; Gerhard Ritters - interview; Al Prendergast - interview; Arthur Guarrielo - photos; Walter Gostowski - photo

If you are interesting in a copy you can send a check, $19.95 plus $5.00 to cover shipping = $24.95, to my address below and I will send it to you immediately. If you want more than one, please contact me first to get a quote for shipping costs.

Ronald W. Crawley
PO Box 56
Gramling, SC 29348-0056
(864) 472-2069
roncrawley@direcway.com

 

AUTOBAHN TO BERCHTESGADEN
by Lt Col (Sgt in WWII)
Sherman W. Pratt (Outpost 7)

Anyone with relatives or friends now serving with the Third Infantry Division and wanting to learn more about its distinctive, heroic and astonishing history would do well to not delay in obtaining a copy of this book while limited supplies last.
The book in hard back was listed at $34.95 - current paper back lists $24.95.
Copies can be ordered from the author direct for $14.95 plus $3 for p&h.
Send orders to:


Pratt Pursuits,
1512 So. 20th St,
Arlington VA 22202.

We Called It War!
by
Denzil Batson

This is a book about a 3rd Infantry Division rifle platoon's front line action during the Korean War. Written by the Platoon Sgt.
Send $15.95 plus $2.50 S&H to:
Denzil Batson
158 Brooks St.
Republic, MO 65738
(417) 732-7423
email: batsonDenz@aol.com

That Body of Brave Men
The U.S. Regular Infantry and The Civil War In The West
Mark W. Johnson


Hardcover
US $45.00
CAN $70.00
UK £33.99
0306812460
Published by Da Capo Press
http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/dacapo/
book_detail.jsp?
isbn=0306812460
author's email: mjohnson1@uamail.albany.edu


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Audie Murphy

To Hell and Back (DVD/VHS)

Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in WWII, plays himself in this 1955 film version of his military career, which culminates in his receiving the Medal of Honor. With David Janssen. (1955) (Historian: Kenneth Jackson, Professor of History, Columbia University.)
[TV PG] 

        

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His 1949 autobiography To Hell And Back was a best seller. Murphy starred as himself in a film biography released by Universal-International in 1955 with the same title. The movie, To Hell and Back, held the record as Universal's highest grossing picture until 1975 when it was finally surpassed by the movie Jaws.

In the mid-60s the studios switched from contract players to hiring actors on a picture-by-picture basis. Consequently, when his contract expired in 1965 Universal did not renew. This gave him the opportunity to
work with other studios and independent film producers. In the 25 years that Audie spent in Hollywood, he made a total of 44 feature films.

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AMERICAN HERO. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF AUDIE MURPHY

is now available in the USA.  Below are links to the book on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.



ISBN: 0953867706
Format: Hardcover, 256pp
Pub. Date: October 2000
Publisher: ESKDALE PUBLISHING

AMAZON.COM - direct link to the book -
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Through clips from his films, newsreel footage and the memories of those who knew him including his sister the heroic but tragic tale of Audie Murphy comes to life.
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3rd Infantry Division, Volume II
ISBN: 1-56311-060-1
Price: $39.95

Description: The 75th Anniversary volume celebrates the "Rock of the Marne" Division. It covers the Division's illustrious history from WWI to the present day by looking at major actions of individual units. An all-new history of the society of the 3rd Infantry Division is included, along with a memorial roster of those who gave their lives while serving. Incredible photographs tell the story along with biographies of 3rd Infantry veterans.
http://www.turnerpublishing.com/detail.aspx?ID=120
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A Volume I is also available.
Vol. II, 120 pages, 9" x 12"
Hardbound

3rd Infantry Division, Vol. I
ISBN: 0-938021-65-6
Price: $39.95

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The 75th Anniversary volume celebrates the "Rock of the Marne" Division. It covers the Division's illustrious history from WWI to the present day by looking at major actions of individual units. An all-new history of the society of the 3rd Infantry Division is included, along with a memorial roster of those who gave their lives while serving. Incredible photographs tell the story along with biographies of 3rd Infantry veterans.
Click Here for more information http://www.turnerpublishing.com/SearchResult.aspx
A Volume II is also available.
Vol. I, 112 pages, 9" x 12"
Hardbound

3rd Infantry Division in Korea
ISBN: 1-56311-437-2
Price: $55.00



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An inside look at the trials and tribulations of the Third Infantry division in Korea, beginning with a brisk overlook of the command and staff, followed by the beginning of the saga, leading through the road back, condition red, counterattack and the second winter. Concluding with awards and citations of the men who risked their lives in Korea.
432 pages, 8 1/2"x11"
Hardbound

 

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My name is Scott Meier and I am painting a series of limited edition prints depicting Operation Iraqi Freedom and the units involved. I have completed the print for the 3rd Infantry Division. This may be something that visitors to your site may be interested in.
My web site is www.meierart.com
Thank you
Scott Meier

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1. Inside Rear Window Decal with Society’s Logo-
2 ½ inches, round, Blue & White, Silk Screened, Self-Clinging,
and Easy to Remove.

2. General All Purpose Decal with Society’s Logo-
3 ¼ inches, round, Blue and White
Vinyl, & it has a Permanent Adhesive. It can be used on bumpers, books, suitcases, etc.


Donations accepted, and will go to our new Scholarship Foundation.
Donor’s names will be listed in The Watch on the Rhine.

Make checks payable to:

The Society of the 3rd Infantry Division.
Send a #10 (large) self-addressed envelope to:
Carl Q. Topie, 27 Apple Lane, Milford, OH 45150

 7th/15th Infantry Regiment Associations
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You can contact the QM at:
MilitaryHonors@bellsouth.net 
or at 1-803-541-3015 after 6:00 est.

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ATTENTION ALL 3RD DIVISION VETERANS:

Won't you please help us? To benefit military veterans hospitalized in VA hospitals with a little "R & R" the non-profit Kitchen Table Gang Trust has just published the 12th Annual Veteran's Celebrity Cook Book. This is their annual fund-raiser. It's really quite a unique and useful book. Please see for yourself, details are at http://www.kitchentablegang.org/cookbook

We hope you deem them worthy of your support! Thanks for caring!

Charlie Taliaferro

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Saddam's "arms of victory" monument in Baghdad has been transformed on canvas, into a bold vision that honors the U.S. Army's 3rd ID mounted warriors and their tremendous contribution to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
20" x 21"
Series of 2000 - Signed & Numbered $50.00
Series of 200 - Artist Proofs $80.00

I thought the Society might be interested in this...
I'm the artist, and did print signings for this at Forts Benning and Stewart last fall.
Its available on my website, link below...
Thanks!
Jody
Jody Harmon's Military Art
http://www.armorart.com

 

The Fort Stewart Museum Foundation Presents
the Official 3rd Infantry Division
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
Limited Edition Print

by
James Dietz
750 Military Edition Prints (Limited Edition, Signed and Numbered) are available for $125.00.

The Rock of the Marne…Tigris and Euphrates” captures the might and firepower of the 3rd Infantry Division in its historic drive to Baghdad and the eventual overthrow of the Hussein Regime. Known as the Marne Division, the 3rd Infantry Division added a new chapter to its rich history by moving farther and faster than any combat operation in history.

Key to the success of the Division was the seizure of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which allowed for the freedom of movement not only for the Division, but for the entire coalition forces. This limited edition print by artist James Dietz depicts not only the strength of the Division, but also reflects the bravery of the men and women who pushed over 750 kilometers into enemy territory and soundly defeated the Iraqi forces in every engagement of every battle.
Contact the Fort Stewart Museum, 912-767-7885 or
email jefferson.reed@stewart.army.mil  for information or to purchase.
Shipping to US addresses please add $10.00.
Make check payable to “Fort Stewart Museum Foundation.”
Fort Stewart Museum Foundation
2022 Frank Cochran Drive
Fort Stewart, GA 31314
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