Description

273d Infantry Regiment
69th Infantry Division • World War II •

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Document Overview
Written by Sgt. Albert H. Duncan with assistants T/5 Nelson N. Roseman and Pfc. Frank Mankiewicz, this is the pictorial history of the 273d Infantry Regiment, 69th Infantry Division, covering its arrival in England, entry into the Siegfried Line, the battle for Leipzig, and the Regiment’s historic first American contact with the Soviet Army at the Elbe River near Torgau. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime booklet.

Campaigns: Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland, and Central Europe — including the breach of the Siegfried Line, the Rhine crossing, the Battle of Leipzig, and the historic Elbe River link-up with Soviet forces at Torgau, the first American-Soviet contact of the war.

Commanders: Colonel Charles M. Adams, Regimental Commander. Patrol leaders credited with the Elbe River contact: Lt. Albert L. Kotzebue, Lt. William D. Robertson, and Major Fred W. Craig.

Division newspaper: The Fighting 69th Sentinel

Table of Contents
Foreword
Our Colleagues
Introduction
In the Siegfried Line — and Out
Battle of Leipzig
East Meets West
Wurzen — Prison Town

“You have fought gloriously against one powerful foe and have laid him prostrate at your feet.”
— Colonel Charles M. Adams, Commanding