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  2. Walter D. Ehlers - Wikipedia

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    By D-Day on June 6, 1944, Ehlers was a staff sergeant and squad leader in the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. His squad, part of the invasion's second wave, waited off shore in a Landing Craft, Infantry , while the first group of soldiers landed.

  3. United States Army during World War II - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, the United States Army underwent significant changes and played a crucial role in the conflict, fundamentally shaping its purpose and structure. The primary objective of the U.S. Army during this period was to mobilize and deploy forces to combat Axis powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.

  4. Auxiliary Units - Wikipedia

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    The Auxiliary Units, Home Guard Shock Squads [1] or GHQ Auxiliary Units were specially trained, highly secret quasi military units created by the British government during the Second World War with the aim of using irregular warfare in response to a possible invasion of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany. [2]

  5. Squad - Wikipedia

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    A Danish mechanized or armoured infantry squad (gruppe) consists of 4-5 privates, a sergeant, and sometimes a corporal - 6 members in total. The squad consists of two teams each containing three members. When marching in single file, the squad members, from front to rear consist of: Team 2 (Hold 2) Let maskingeværskytte 2 (LMG2). Pointman.

  6. Category:Military personnel of World War II - Wikipedia

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    World War II resistance members (6 C, 1 P) * Fictional World War II veterans (8 C, 168 P) ... Pages in category "Military personnel of World War II"

  7. Category : American military personnel of World War II

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    Pages in category "American military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 508 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  8. WW2 veterans eye 80th anniversary of D-Day as Europe ... - AOL

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    English soldier Ken Hay was trapped behind German lines and captured while on night patrol in 1944, days after joining the Allied invasion of Normandy, a turning point in World War Two. The ambush ...

  9. 2nd Ranger Battalion - Wikipedia

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    Colonel James Earl Rudder, commander of the 2nd Ranger Battalion during World War II, later major general USAR and president of Texas A&M University, led the Ranger assault on Pointe du Hoc on D-Day. Sergeant First Class Randy Shughart, posthumous Medal of Honor recipient; a sniper with Delta Force who was killed during the Battle of Mogadishu.