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The War – Part 2 The 66th Infantry Division
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Video 12 of 14 from Brad and Sue's 2015 France vacation. • • France 2015 Intro • From the cliffs overlooking Omaha Beach, Brad Imsdahl and Lothar Propson talk about their father’s experience during World War II. The video includes an interview with World War II Veteran Montelle J. Imsdahl, who was with the 262nd Regiment, 66th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. • On December 24, 1944 (Christmas Eve), the 66th Infantry Division left the Southampton port and crossed the English Channel heading for France to serve as reinforcements during the Battle of the Bulge. Many of the troops were on the SS Leopoldville, a Belgian passenger ship converted into a troop transport. 2,500 troops from the 262nd and 264th regiments were on board. That ship was torpedoed by a German U-Boat at around 6PM. The sinking of the Leopoldville was the second largest loss of life from a troopship disaster in the entire European war. 14 officers, including two battalion commanders and 784 enlisted men were dead or missing. • With their division severally depleted, the 66th Infantry Division went to the St. Nazaire and Lorient sectors on the west coast of France to relieve the 94th Infantry Division. The 94th was at full strength, so they went to the Battle of the Bulge while the 66th Infantry Division took their place containing two pockets of German resistance who were left far behind in the wake of the retreating German army after the D-Day invasion. • A film by Brad Imsdahl and Lothar Propson
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