The Big Red One

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The Big Red One

• In World War II

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Big Red One Headed To North Africa
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Timeline of Big Red One

• November 8, 1942 Big Red One landed on the coast
  of Algeria near Oran.
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  History.

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• May 9,1943 Afrika Korps surrenders and Big Red
  One ceases operations in North Africa.

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Patton (far left) Comes Ashore After The Big Red
One Saved the Beachhead At Sicily
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• June 6, 1944 Big Red One landed on Omaha Beach
  as part of the D-Day invasion at Normandy,
  France.
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  History

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Big Red One At Normandy
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• October 21, 1944 Big Red One forces German
  surrender at Aachen, Germany.
• December 16, 1944 Battle of the Bulge began.
• The Big Red one protected the outskirts of the
  Bulge by holding Bullingen.

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• January 15, 1945 Big Red One penetrated the
  Siegfried line and occupied the Remagen
  bridgehead.
• April 1, 1945 Big Red One marched 150 miles to
  the east of Siegen.
• April 8, 1945 Big Red One enters Czechoslovakia.

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• May 8, 1945 War in Europe ends.