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3rd Infantry Division

The 3rd Infantry Division was activated 23 November 1917. The 3rd Infantry Division was one of the few Divisions to fight in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and France.

World War II

In World War II, the Division was part of the Western Task Force that landed in North Africa on 8 November 1942 as part of Operation Torch. In July of 1943 they landed on Sicily. By September they were in Italy. In January of 1944 they landed at Anzio.

Following the breakout of the beachhead at Anzio in May the 3rd ID moved on Rome. In August they landed in the invasion of Southern France opon which they advances through the Rhone Valley and Vosges Mountains reaching the Rhine river in November 1944.

The 3rd Division continued across the Rhine and eventually captured Augsburg and Munich and was near Salzburg when the World War II Europe ended in May of 1945.


3rd Infantry Division Patch

Nickname: Rock of the Marne Division

Motto: "Nous Resterons Là", We Shall Remain


  3rd Infantry Division in Western Europe


Combat Reels salutes the veterans of the 3rd Infantry Division of World War II and their valuable contribution to U.S. military history.

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3rd Infantry Division in Western Europe DVD $34.99

3rd Infantry Division
Liberation of Western Europe
Western Europe
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3rd Division WWII Campaigns

  • Algeria-French
  • Morocco (with arrowhead)
  • Tunisia
  • Sicily (with arrowhead)
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Anzio (with arrowhead)
  • Rome-Arno
  • Southern France (with arrowhead)
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe

    • 3rd Division WWII Units

  • 7th Infantry
  • 15th Infantry
  • 30th Infantry
  • 3d Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)
  • 10th Engineer Combat Battalion
  • 3d Medical Battalion
  • 10th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
  • 39th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
  • 41st Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer)
  • 9th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)
  • 703d Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
  • 3d Quartermaster Company
  • 3d Signal Company
  • Military Police Platoon
  • Headquarters Company
  • Band

    • Combat Reels salutes the veterans of the 3rd Infantry Division of World War II and their valuable contribution to U.S. military history.

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