83rd Infantry Division Tee

Part of the 329th Infantry Regiment. During World War II the 83RD spent 244 Days in Combat. On June 18, 1944, less than two weeks after the Allied D-Day invasion of western Europe, the "Thunderbolt" division landed on Omaha Beach and began advancing into France. By the end of September, the division had moved into Luxembourg. In late December 1944, the 83rd took part in the Allied effort to stop the German offensive in the Battle of the Bulge. Several months later, it crossed the Rhine and subsequently captured the German city of Halle on April 6, 1945. At war's end, the "Thunderbolt" division had established a bridgehead on the Elbe River. On April 11, 1945, the 83rd Liberated Langenstein, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp.