THE TEXAS 36TH DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY PLAQUE ABILENE
DURING WORLD WAR II, THE 36TH DIVISION SPENT 400 DAYS IN ACTUAL COMBAT, HAVING FOUGHT FIVE CAMPAIGNS IN FOUR COUNTRIES. THE DIVISION SUFFERED 27,343 CASUALTIES, THE THIRD HIGHEST CASUALTY RATE OF ALL AMERICAN DIVISIONS. THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DESIGNATED STATE HIGHWAY 36 AS A MEMORIAL TO THE 36TH DIVISION IN 1944.
SEE ALSO-THE TEXAS 36TH DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
SEE ALSO-THE TEXAS 36TH DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
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Listing Details
- Public
- WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II
- War Memorial Highway
- 1944
- STATE HIGHWAY 36 AND AIRPORT BOULEVARD
- 79602
- DUANE HALL
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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