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Part of Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army of World War II
Members of the 468 AAA Battalion during training at Camp Haan, California
DEDICATION
The battalion departed the United States in July 1944 and landed at Utah Beach, France on August 30, 1944 to begin its combat mission. The 468th was originally assigned to Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army and fought its way across northern France into Begium, Luxembourg, and finally ending up at Hitler's own Berchtesgaden in southern Germany by war's end. The unit participated in the terrible, frigid fighting during the Battle of the Bulge, as part of Gen. Patton's famous drive to rescue the American forces defending the Belgian city of Bastogne. In all, the 468th took part in five major campaigns including: