Booklet "The Thunderbolt Division"

Story of the Eighty Third Infantry Division

This is a small Unit History booklet of the 83rd Infantry Division nicknamed "Thunderbolt Division". The booklet was printed for all the members of the 83rd Division. The foreword is written by Major General Robert C. Macon, United States Army Commanding.

This copy once belonged to a soldier who was with G Company, 331st Infantry Regiment and it's signed by 38 members of G/331.

This Booklet came togheter with a lot of eleven issues of newspapers from the 83rd Infantry Division. All are dated 1945. The lot includes: 83rd Spearhead Newspapers for March 3, 1945 and March 10, 1945. 83rd Thunderbolt Newspapers for May 5, 1945, May 19, 1945 and June 16, 1945. TTF Newspapers for January 27, 1945, March 10, 1945, March 24, 1945, April 29, 1945, May 27, 1945 and June, 17 1945

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The Names & The Research

They were 38 young men. Some had come in all the way from Normandy, and made their way through France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany, others arrived later, as replacements, to replacing those who had been killed, missing or wounded in action. But on one day, they decided to write their names in this 83rd booklet. A souvenir that was now marked with their names.