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THE TEXAS 36TH DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY PLAQUE ABILENE

THE TEXAS 36TH DIVISION MEMORIAL HIGHWAY PLAQUE ABILENE
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Location: STATE HIGHWAY 36 AND AIRPORT BOULEVARD

City: ABILENE

State: Texas

Zip Code: 79602

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Highway

Year Dedicated: 1944

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II

Photograph By: DUANE HALL

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

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


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