Description
The 4th Infantry Division’s 8th Infantry Regiment souvenir volume is an original 1945 publication — available as a high-quality PDF digital download — capturing the unit’s journey from the sands of Utah Beach on D-Day through the liberation of France, Belgium, and the bloody fighting of the Hürtgen Forest. Packed with photographs, rosters, and the names of the men who fought, it is an irreplaceable primary source for researchers, historians, and families tracing their WWII heritage.
210 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.
Contents
- Commanding General’s Dedication — Major General H. W. Blakeley
- Division Commander and Assistant Division Commander portraits and biographies
- Headquarters Staff — names with ranks and home addresses
- Special Staff — Signal, Chaplain, Judge Advocate, Engineer, Surgeon, Ordnance, Finance, and more
- Campaign Map — Normandy through Germany
- Division History — D-Day at Utah Beach through the end of the war
- Medal of Honor Citations — including Lt. Col. George L. Mabry, Jr. and Staff Sgt. Macario Garcia
- Commanding Generals chronology
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company — names with pictures
- Service Company — names with pictures
- Antitank Company — names with pictures
- Cannon Company — names with pictures
- First Battalion — names with pictures
- Second Battalion — names with pictures
- Third Battalion — names with pictures
- Headquarters Company, First Battalion — names with pictures
- Headquarters Company, Second Battalion — names with pictures
- Headquarters Company, Third Battalion — names with pictures
- Partial Roster of Former Members