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83rd Infantry Division Association
World War II's 83rd Infantry Division To Recreate at Reunion in Pennsylvania Their 1945 'Rag Tag Circus' Dash Toward Berlin
August 15th, 2008
The Army's 83rd Infantry Division of World War II, renowned as the Thunderbolt Division, will recreate its most famous lightning-fast maneuver when it holds its 62nd annual reunion July 30-Aug. 3 at the Hotel Carlisle. World War II veterans of the 83rd and many descendents and friends of Division members will recreate what war correspondents described as the "Rag Tag Circus." After receiving orders in late March 1945 to turn east from Germany's Ruhr River and race toward Berlin, the Division commandeered anything on wheels (and sometimes hooves) from the surrounding German countryside and made an incredible dash across northern Germany. In a span of only 13 days, the...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-08-15)
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