86th Infantry Division – “Blackhawk Division”

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The 86th Infantry Division served for 34 days in Combat in the European African Middle Eastern Theater; during this time they served in the campaign of CENTRAL EUROPE. At the end of the war the 86th Infantry Division was sent to the The Asiatic Pacific Theater of operations; many of the men from the 96th Infantry Division was put into the 86th Infantry Division when combat was over.