Chronology of the Third Armored Division in World War II
April 15, 1941 |
Activation at Camp Beauregard, LA |
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June 14, 1941 |
Transfer to Camp Polk |
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July 1942 |
Majave Desert, California |
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October 1942 |
Camp Pickett, Virginia |
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January 1943 |
Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania |
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September 5, 1943 |
Board ships for Europe |
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September 15, 1943 |
Arrive in Liverpool and Bristol |
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June 24, 1944 |
Omaha Beach, Normandy |
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June 29, 1944 |
Villiers-Fossard |
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August 5-8, 1944 |
Battle of Mortain |
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September 3, 1944 |
Capture of Mons |
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September 8, 1944 |
Leige taken |
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September 21, 1944 |
Reached Stolberg |
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December 19, 1944 |
Battle of the Bulge/Ardennes |
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January 16, 1945 |
Battle of the Bulge ends |
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March 5-7, 1945 |
Cologne |
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March 21, 1945 |
Rhine Crossing at Honnef |
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March 30, 1945 |
Death of General Rose |
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March 31, 1945 |
Paderborn |
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April 11, 1945 |
Nordhausen |
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April 21-23, 1945 |
Dessau |
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May 8, 1945 |
VE Day |
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September, 1945 |
First units return to New York |