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<blockquote data-quote="Bob" data-source="post: 2727227" data-attributes="member: 1831"><p>75 years ago, my Dad and his buddies in the 90th Division, also known as the Tough Ombres were on their way to Utah Beach.</p><p></p><p>They suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any Division in the European campaign, close to 20,000 men killed or wounded. Starting with Normandy, they fought for 59 straight days pushing the Nazis back through the hedgerows. </p><p></p><p>Despite the many horrors of war, in 1945 they experienced something even more horrific, and absolutely evil, when they liberated the survivors of the Flossenburg Death Camp.</p><p></p><p>Here is a link to their WWII history</p><p><a href="http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/90thinfantry/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/90thinfantry/index.html</a></p><p></p><p>As the years roll by, may future generations never forget these brave men.</p><p></p><p>By the way, they trained over by Abilene at Camp Barkeley which you can still visit.</p><p><img src="http://www.fortwiki.com/images/thumb/0/0e/Camp_Barkeley_Marker.jpg/800px-Camp_Barkeley_Marker.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob, post: 2727227, member: 1831"] 75 years ago, my Dad and his buddies in the 90th Division, also known as the Tough Ombres were on their way to Utah Beach. They suffered one of the highest casualty rates of any Division in the European campaign, close to 20,000 men killed or wounded. Starting with Normandy, they fought for 59 straight days pushing the Nazis back through the hedgerows. Despite the many horrors of war, in 1945 they experienced something even more horrific, and absolutely evil, when they liberated the survivors of the Flossenburg Death Camp. Here is a link to their WWII history [URL]http://www.lonesentry.com/gi_stories_booklets/90thinfantry/index.html[/URL] As the years roll by, may future generations never forget these brave men. By the way, they trained over by Abilene at Camp Barkeley which you can still visit. [IMG]http://www.fortwiki.com/images/thumb/0/0e/Camp_Barkeley_Marker.jpg/800px-Camp_Barkeley_Marker.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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