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HISTORY OF THE 157th Infantry Regiment

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45th Infantry Division · World War II

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Document Overview

This digital download is a 210-page scanned copy of the informal narrative history of the 157th Infantry Regiment (Rifle) of the 45th “Thunderbird” Division during World War II, covering its journey from training in the United States through the campaigns of North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Southern France, the Vosges Mountains, Alsace, and Germany, culminating in the liberation of Dachau and the end of the war in Munich. Written by fighting infantrymen, the history traces the regiment’s combat experience from June 1943 through V-E Day, paying tribute to the men who fought in some of the war’s most grueling campaigns.

Campaigns: North Africa, Sicily, Italy (Salerno, Anzio), Southern France, Vosges, Alsace, Germany

Commanders: Col. Walter P. O’Brien; Brig. Gen. Charles M. Ankorn; Gen. John H. Church; Lt. Col. Chester James; Lt. Col. Lawrence C. Brown

Unit paper: unknown

Table of Contents

Africa Bound
Baptism in Sicily
Salerno
Winter Line
Anzio
Stalemate
Road to Rome
Vive la France!
The Vosges
Alsace
Interlude
The Siegfried — The Rhine
Aschaffenburg
Nurnberg
Dachau
Munich
Appendix: Epilogue
Appendix: Battle Honors
Appendix: Early History of the 157th
Appendix: History of the History

“And may they remind you, too, of the horrible thing that is war.”  — Foreword, History of the 157th Infantry