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"On 3 May the 85th and 88th [Infantry] Divisions sent task forces north over ice and snow 3 feet deep to seal the Austrian frontier and to gain contact with the American Seventh Army, driving southward from Germany. The 339th Infantry [85th Division] reached Austrian soil east of Dobbiaco at 0415, 4 May; the Reconnaissance Troop, 349th Infantry [88th Division], met troops from [103rd Infantry Division] VI Corps of Seventh Army at 1051 at Vipiteno, 9 miles south of Brenner."
Fifth Army History • Race to the Alps, Chapter VI : Conclusion [1]Archived 13 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine
"On 3 May the 85th and 88th [Infantry] Divisions sent task forces north over ice and snow 3 feet deep to seal the Austrian frontier and to gain contact with the American Seventh Army, driving southward from Germany. The 339th Infantry [85th Division] reached Austrian soil east of Dobbiaco at 0415, 4 May; the Reconnaissance Troop, 349th Infantry [88th Division], met troops from [103rd Infantry Division] VI Corps of Seventh Army at 1051 at Vipiteno, 9 miles south of Brenner."
Delaney 1947, p. 37. Delaney, John P. (1947). The Blue Devils in Italy: a history of the 88th Infantry Division in World War II. Washington: Infantry Journal Press. OCLC2617939. Reprinted 1988.
Delaney 1947, p. 45. Delaney, John P. (1947). The Blue Devils in Italy: a history of the 88th Infantry Division in World War II. Washington: Infantry Journal Press. OCLC2617939. Reprinted 1988.
Delaney 1947, p. 359. Delaney, John P. (1947). The Blue Devils in Italy: a history of the 88th Infantry Division in World War II. Washington: Infantry Journal Press. OCLC2617939. Reprinted 1988.