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Volume IV in the 29th Division Quintet
Our Tortured Souls: The 29th Infantry Division in the Rhineland
November - December, 1944
Our Tortured Souls is the fourth volume in Joseph Balkoski's acclaimed history of the 29th Infantry Division in World War II. It begins on November 16, 1944, when the 29th began an offensive that the men hoped would bring them to the mighty Rhine River by Christmas. The enemy resisted with fanatical determination, however, and three weeks later, after an advance of only about five miles, the offensive petered out on the banks of the Roer River, thirty miles short of the Rhine. It is a sobering story of valor and sacrifice that no man who was involved would ever forget.
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Volume III in the 29th Division Quintet
From Brittany to the Reich: The 29th Infantry Division in Germany
September - November, 1944
"An excellent example of what a unit history should be. It provides vivid descriptions both of combat and what life was like for Second World War GIs out of action. While focusing on the 29th, this history is an in-depth look at what the US Army in the ETO was really like at the 'sharp end.'" - David C. Isby, author of "Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires."
From Brittany to the Reich is the third volume in Joseph Balkoski's ongoing history of the 29th Infantry Division in World War II. It relates the division's role in the autumn fighting along the enemy's West Wall defenses near the city of Aachen, Germany. It is a riveting tale of brutal and frustrating combat, during which the GIs learned that Nazi Germany was far from beaten.
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LATEST NEWS: FEBRUARY 2103
Joe Balkoski's new book on the 29th Infantry Division, Our Tortured Souls: The 29th Infantry Division in the Rhineland, November - December 1944, is now in print and available from this website. The book, Volume IV in Joe's ongoing history of the 29th Infantry Division in World War II, tells the story of the division's vital role in the US Army's November offensive on the Western Front, which General Bradley hoped would bring the Allies to the Rhine River by Christmas. It is a riveting story of heroism and tragedy, during which thousands of 29ers became casualties in a campaign that ultimately failed to bring about Nazi Germany's downfall by early 1945.
Joe will be holding a book release party for Our Tortured Souls in March 2013 at the 29th Division Museum in the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore. Stay tuned for further information!
Joe is about one-quarter through writing Volume V, the last book in the five-volume series, detailing the 29th Infantry Division's role in the last few months of World War II. That book, tentatively titled They Who Have Borne the Battle: The 29th Infantry Division Victorious, will conclude when the last contingent of 29th Division troops finally returned to New York City in January 1946.
Volume III in Joe's 29th Infantry Division series, From Brittany to the Reich, has been reissued in a new hardcover edition published by Stackpole Books. The book will have a new cover and a few updates and corrections from the earlier self-published paperback edition.
A spreadsheet listing the entire complement of personnel for the 115th, 116th, and 175th Infantry Regiments of the 29th Division from D-Day to V-E Day is now available on this website (see "Historical Information," below). Joe soon hopes to add the personnel of non-infantry units as well. These rosters are based on the original 29th Division morning reports obtained from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO.
Thanks for your interest!
DON'T FORGET!... If you're ever in Baltimore, please pay a visit to the 29th Infantry Division Museum and Archives in the Fifth Regiment Armory on (where else?) 29th Division Street. For information, see our Facebook page (below). Appointments are required. Call 410-576-1496. Thanks!
Volume II in the 29th Division Quintet
From Beachhead to Brittany: The 29th Infantry Division at Brest
August - September, 1944
From Beachhead to Brittany: The 29th Infantry Division at Brest is the long-awaited sequel to Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy. After a brutal hedgerow campaign, the Allies broke out of Normandy and raced east toward Paris. But the top brass had other plans for the battle-hardened 29th Division, which had landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and fought fiercely for every foot of ground in Normandy. The 29th must now turn west and seize the vital port of Brest, at the far western corner of Brittany. The troops expected the effort to take a week. It would instead last almost four.
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HISTORICAL INFORMATION, 29th INFANTRY DIVISION
