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Ohio's 83rd Infantry Division

Courtesy: John O'Brien

We take a look back one hundred years ago to July of 1917. 

The place? Camp Sherman, Ohio -- where the Army's 83rd Infantry Division was formed. During World War I it saw action as the only American unit in Italy. 

After being reactivated during World War II, the division landed on the beaches of Normandy  in 1944, -- and saw combat action in the D-Day invasion .. And the Battle of the Bulge. 

This week, the 83rd Division's veterans and their descendents are in Cleveland for reunion events leading up to a memorial service on Saturday at the Old Stone Church in Public Square. 

 

Eric Rivet, Western Reserve Historical Society