Word: montebourg
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when the last war came I went over to France as a machine gunner with that same 4th Division which is now fighting at Montebourg. We did not talk about slogans then and our men probably don't talk about them now. We thought we knew what we were fighting for, although it was hard to hold onto beliefs when boys we loved were killed before our eyes...
Germans' Guess. In this division of duties, the more spectacular role went to U.S. VII Corps troops, battling toward Cherbourg. Infantrymen of the 4th Division smashed into Montebourg, and the Germans decided this was the main drive, in a straight line for Cherbourg...
Meanwhile, Bradley brought in the 9th Division, teamed it with the 82nd Airborne Division, another battle-tried outfit which had made the first landings in the Cotentin. While the Nazis battered their heads and their armor around Montebourg, the 9th and 82nd struck west...