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Fort Gordon | The Augusta Chronicle

...of the first units to train at the camp was the 4th Infantry Division. Its soldiers were among the first to land on Utah Beach during the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. Also during World War II, German and Italian prisoners of war were housed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/topics/places/fort-gordon
Lloyd Glisson

...the Blue Tide. He left college to join the Army during World War II and served as a Staff Sergeant. He came ashore on Utah Beach in Normandy and fought in General Patton's Third Army across France and into Germany. In 1994 he returned to the beaches...

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New ways of war

...Months before the blood, salt and sand of Normandy's Utah Beach, the U.S. Army's 4th Motorized Infantry Division...20,000 men and 1,700 vehicles -- would land on Utah Beach under the command of Maj. Gen. Raymond O. Barton...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-06-05/new-ways-war
Fort Gordon

...of the first units to train at the camp was the 4th Infantry Division. Its soldiers were among the first to land on Utah Beach during the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. Also during World War II, German and Italian prisoners of war were housed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/12/27/com_504714.shtml
Fort Gordon

...of the first units to train at the camp was the 4th Infantry Division. Its soldiers were among the first to land on Utah Beach during the D-Day Invasion of Normandy. Also during World War II, German and Italian prisoners of war were housed...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/12/29/com_176792.shtml
Tale of two Italians shows interesting facet to a long-simmering debate

...adopted homeland during World War II. A member of the storied 4th Infantry Division, Tantillo made the initial landing on Utah beach on the early morning of June 6, 1944 - D-Day. On the evening of June 5, Tantillo shook hands with British Gen...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/05/06/let_127340.shtml
Letters | Augusta State University
Fort Gordon has been a show of might for decades

...Barton, who later became a well-known Augusta real estate executive, 4th infantrymen were the first to land on Utah Beach during the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II.Two other divisions, including an armored division with...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-04-06/fort-gordon-has-been-show-mig
Metro | Fort Gordon | Augusta Economy
We need their kind again

...his family's successful dairy business after he returned from the war - with Bronze and Silver stars after landing at Utah Beach - made his principal mark in public service: He sandwiched two terms as Augusta mayor, 1964-1970, between two stints...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/09/09/edi_328.shtml
Editorials
Georgians to see World War II Memorial

...the 101st Army Airborne division that parachuted over Utah Beach in Normandy during D-Day. Tech. Sgt. Hank Arnold...escape him. He remembers missing the landing targets at Utah Beach, along with many other Airborne paratroopers storming...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/05/25/met_416704.shtml
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Soldiers of the 4th Division

...4th Infantry Division Association historian - compiled more than 400 soldier stories into a book titled War Stories - Utah Beach to Pleiku. The book follows the 4th Infantry from World War II through Vietnam and the Cold War. Part of those stories...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/11/15/met_326671.shtml
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