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CNN.com Specials (395 words) |
 | The 3rd Division is a highly mobile, rapid-response unit of the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps. |
| In March and April 2003, the division led the drive to Baghdad from the southwest and was the first to reach the Iraqi capital. |
| The division lost 33 soldiers before it was relieved by the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division and elements of the 82nd's headquarters in August and September 2003. |
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Lone Sentry: Blue and White Devils: The Story of the 3rd Infantry Division -- WWII G.I. Stories Booklet (6306 words) |
| The 3rd was picked to hit the west coast of French Morocco and capture the highly important port of Casablanca. |
| UT with the new year, a switch in plans sent the 3rd to the Naples staging area to prepare for a landing 30 miles south of Rome, an operation that was to roll back the enemy on the southern Italian front. |
| Third Division was transferred to the First French Army, relieving the hard-pressed US 36th Division, inheriting a sector 20 miles wide on the perimeter of the Colmar Pocket. |
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