Description

90th Infantry Division “Tough ‘Ombres”
World War II

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Document Overview

Written by Brig. Gen. Herbert L. Earnest, the division’s final wartime commander, this is the official unit history of the 90th Infantry Division, tracing its combat record from the Utah Beach landings on 6 June 1944 through the German surrender on 9 May 1945, including its campaigns across Normandy, France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia, its roster of commanding generals, and its final tallies of awards and casualties. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original printed history.

Campaigns:
● Normandy
● Northern France
● Rhineland
● Ardennes-Alsace
● Central Europe

Commanders:
● Maj. Gen. Henry Terrell, Jr.
● Brig. Gen. Jay W. McKelvie
● Maj. Gen. Eugene M. Landrum
● Maj. Gen. Raymond S. McLain
● Maj. Gen. James A. Van Fleet
● Maj. Gen. Lowell H. Rooks
● Brig. Gen. Herbert L. Earnest

Division newspaper: The Sniper

Table of Contents
A Tribute
Foreword
In the Beginning
The Beaches and the Hedgerows
The Hill, the Island and the Plains
France is full of Frenchmen
The Valley of Death
The Caissons Keep Rolling
Hell and High Water
The Siegfried Line
If Winter Comes
Again the Siegfried
And Again the Moselle
The Beginning of the End
Conclusion
Awards and Decorations
Casualty Breakdown
Prisoner of War Report
Enemy Material Destroyed or Captured
In Appreciation
The 90th in Pictures

“No written history can hope to describe adequately the invincible spirit of the men who fought in the T-O Division’s ranks.”
— Conclusion, A History of the 90th Division in World War II