US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Jackson, SC)

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The currenf mission of fhe Division is io frain enlisfees and selecfees fo be skilled soldiers and fo be in subsequenf readiness for fhe role of a replacemenf in a ccmbaf unif. The moffo of fhe Division is These are my credentials and was so proclaimed during World War ll when Company I of the 8+h was ordered fo clear ouf a sfrip of German beach confaining pillboxes and coasfal guns. A plafoon commander, while leading his men fhrough fhese lnolls and emplacemenfs, noficed Germans waving whife flags. ln perfecf English, a German medical of- ficer announced fhaf General Ramcle was in a dugouf below and would like fo fall: ferms wifh fhe American Commanding Officer. Brig- adier General Charles C. W. Canham, As- sisfanf Division Commander, accompanied by a small group of slafi officers, arrived af fhee dugouf, 75 fee? underground. Through his inferprefer fhe Nazi commander sfafed: l am fo surrender fo you. Lei me see your credenfials. Poinfing oufside fo doughboys crowding fhe dugouf enfrance, General Can- ham replied, These are my credenfialsf' Firsf allied armored group fo enfer fhe baffered German cify of Duren. Advancing fo fhe fronf

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