Blakeman was born Jan. 30, 1924, in Kansas City, Missouri. He joined the United States Army in March of 1943. In May 1944, he sailed to England on a Liberty ship. He landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy, ...
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What They Carried: US 83rd Infantry Division in 1945
As the war in Europe neared its end, the 83rd Infantry Division—nicknamed the “Thunderbolt Division”—pushed deep into Germany. This video explores the final months of their campaign through the lens ...
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This is what the 83rd Infantry took into their final push
By April 1945, the 83rd Infantry Division was racing into Germany faster than supply trucks could keep up. These weren’t elite commandos, but regular riflemen who stripped their gear to the bare ...
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