34th Infantry Division (United States)
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The 34th Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army, part of the National Guard, that participated in World War I, World War II and multiple current conflicts. It was the first American division deployed to Europe in World War II, where it fought with great distinction in the Italian Campaign.
34th ID Soldiers at Camp Cody, NM on 18 August 1918.
A monument dedicated to the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division at Fort Snelling National Cemetery near Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Acting intelligence officer Rudolph von Ripper c. 1942 wearing red bull shoulder badge
The Red Bull in the Winter Line of Pantano, Italy – 29 November to 3 December 1943.
Italian campaign (World War II)
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The Italian campaign of World War II, also called the Liberation of Italy following the German occupation in September 1943, consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945. The joint Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) was operationally responsible for all Allied land forces in the Mediterranean theatre and it planned and led the invasion of Sicily in July 1943, followed in September by the invasion of the Italian mainland and the campaign in Italy until the surrender of the German Armed Forces in Italy in May 1945.
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Image: Troops from 51st Highland Division unloading stores from tank landing craft on the opening day of the Allied invasion of Sicily, 10 July 1943. A17916
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 101I 577 1917 08, Monte Cassino, Fallschirmjäger mit Granatwerfer
Artillery being landed during the invasion of mainland Italy at Salerno, September 1943