CONTENTS
PREFACE xxi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxiii
I. PREPARATION FOR WAR
"Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before"; We Prepare for the Showdown 3
II. CASABLANCA
We Storm the Beaches of North Africa and Capture a White- Walled City 13
III. NORTH AFRICAN INTERLUDE
We Learn the "Truscott Trot" and Prepare to Invade Sicily 37
IV. SICILY
"In Which We Carve Our Name" 51
V. SOUTHERN ITALY
We Battle in the Craggy Apennines 79
VI. ANZIO
1. The First Battle of Cisterna di Littoria 105
2. The Tide of Battle Turns 121
3. The Big War of Little Battles 139
VII. THE PUSH TO ROME
1. The Second Battle of Cisterna di Littoria 153
2. Cisterna— Rome Operation: 26 May to 5 June 173
3. Interlude: Rome 189
VIII. SOUTHERN FRANCE
From the Riviera to the Vosges in Thirty Days 199
IX. THROUGH THE VOSGES
The Summer War Gives Way to Bitter Combat in the Forests of France's "Impassable" Mountains 237
X. THE COLMAR POCKET
We Move in the Lead Again to Crack the "Frozen Crust" 283
XL GERMANY
The Long Trail from the Rugged Shores of Morocco Ends Deep in the Hartland 327
Appendix
DECORATIONS AND AWARDS
Medal of Honor 378
Distinguished Service Cross 389
Silver Star 389
Legion of Merit 403
Soldier's Medal 404
Bronze Star 405
Distinguished Unit Citations 431
Meritorious Service Unit Plaque 435
Battle Credits, 3d Infantry Division 437
THIRD (REGULAR ARMY) DIVISION, WORLD WAR I 438
ROSTERS OF PERSONNEL, WORLD WAR II
Commanders and Staff 442
Headquarters & Headquarters Company 443
7th Infantry Regiment 446
15th Infantry Regiment 478
30th Infantry Regiment 507
3d Infantry Division Artillery 534
9th Field Artillery Battalion 536
10th Field Artillery Battalion 539
39th Field Artillery Battalion 542
41st Field Artillery Battalion 545
3d Reconnaissance Troop 548
10th Engineer Combat Battalion 550
3d Medical Battalion 554
3d Signal Company 556
3d Quartermaster Company 558
703d Ordnance Company 560
3d Infantry Division Band 561
441st Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion 562
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion 566
756th Tank Battalion 571
"THE DOGFACE SOLDIER" 575
Maps
Fedala to Casablanca 20
3d Division in North African Theater 47
D-day Objectives and Landing Beaches 5 5
Sicily: 10 July to 18 August 1943 62
Battle of San Fratello 67
Battle of Acerno 82
Southern Italy: 18 September to 18 November 1943 84
Crossing the Volturno 89
Approaching the Winter Line 98
Attack on the Flank: 22 January 1944 106
Landing Area and D-day Objectives, Anzio 107
Attack Against Cisterna di Littoria 114
3d Division Positions: 31 January 1944 118
Enemy Attack Against 3d Division Line: 16 February 1944 129
Enemy Attack Against 3d Division: 29 February- 3 March 1944 134
Anzio-Rome: 22 January-6 June 1944 141
Operation "Mister Black": Development of Attack 145
Area Seized in 3d Division Limited Objective Attacks 147
Plan of Attack Against Cisterna 155
Breakout at Cisterna to Highway 6 172
Landing Area and D-day Objectives, Southern France 203
Southern France: 15 August to 12 September 1944 204
Battle of Brignoles 215
Advance Against Montelimar 222
Attack Against Besancon 227
Advance in the Vosges Mountains 246
Reaching the Meurthe River 254
The Advance to Strasbourg 267
Cracking the Winter Line 27$
Crossing the 111 and Fecht Rivers 304
The Colmar Pocket 306
Crossing the Colmar Canal 314
Isolation and Fall of Neuf Brisach 319
Smashing the Siegfried Line 335
Germany-Austria: 15 March to 8 May 1945 340
Crossing the Rhine 344
Battle of Nurnberg 355
3d Infantry Division Positions at the End of Active Hostilities 371

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