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What information is available about the 175th Infantry Regiment 29th Division after D-Day?
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My grandfather fought in Company E of the 175th, and I have found the followng sources to be of great itnerest.
Joseph Balkoski, "Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Division in Normandy" (available from Amazon for about $12), is easily the best and most thoroughly researched history. Googlebooks has a large excerpt published at
http://books.Google.com/books?id=RDYiS6TzZMQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=beyond+the+beachhead&sig=hY_fpyev9PD8QKbshrjFTmpvJIw
The official US Army history of the Normandy Campaign has a lot on the 175th, due to the large role they played at Isigny, Grandcamp, and St. Lo .
Reference: US Army History of WW2 volumn entitled "Cross-Channel Attack" by G. A. Harrison.
http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/100-11/100-11.htm#cont
http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/100-13/st-lo_0.htm#cont
Ewing, Joseph, "29 Let's Go!" ---> Excellent book. Extremely helpful.
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