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  • Book: You Can't Get Much Closer Than This:
    Combat with Company H, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division
    A.Z. Adkins, Jr. and Andrew Z. Adkins III
     $32.95, published by Casemate Publishing
    256 pages, 6" x 9" hardbound, 16-page b/w photo insert, maps, glossary, appendices

  • Book: The Box from Braunau: In Search of My Father's War
    Jan Elvin
    $24.95, published by American Management Association
    236 pages, 6" x 9" hardbound, 10-page b/w photo insert, maps, glossary, appendices

  • Book: 80th Infantry -Blue Ridge- Division
    $56.60, available from CIB Media, published by Turner
    176 pages, 9" x 12" hardbound, Includes more than 600 biographies plus overseas cemeteries list and the men interred in them.

  • Books by Robert T. Murrell, M-318
    Compiled by Robert T. Murrell, former National Secretary of the 80th Division Veterans Association, this publication provides the history of the 80th Infantry Division. Cost is $25 per book and can be ordered directly from:

    • Robert T. Murrell
    166 Cambridge Lane
    Lewistown, PA 17044-9315

    • 317th Infantry Regiment History
    • 318th Infantry Regiment History
    • 319th Infantry Regiment History
    • Stories of the Men of the 80th Infantry Division World War II
    • Operational History of the 80th Infantry Division: August 1944 to May 1945 - the new revised Operational History is now ready with 341 pages and large type for easy reading. Still priced at $35 plus $3 P&H.Narratives by Unit commanders, including Col Gardner's (2d Bn 318) account of the Battle of the Bulge.
  • Books by Bill Costley, C-319: Last 100 Days E.T.O.
    Written by Bill Costley of the 319th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division. Books are $15 each and include shipping. Order directly from:

    Bill Costley
    3152 Via Arcilla
    San Diego, CA 92111-4613

    • Volume One: Oberscharfuhrer 6.SS-GEBIRGS DIVISION NORD
    • Volume Two: Platoon Sergeant 80TH BLUE RIDGE INFANTRY DIVISION
    • Volume Three: Obergefreiter JAGER BATTALION LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION
    • Volume Four: Gefreiter 5TH PARACHUTE DIVISION (FALLSCHIRMJAGER)

  • History of the 317th Infantry,80th Division
    Edley Craighill, 1st Lt and Adjt 2d Bn, 317th Infantry (96 pages) World War I
    New     Reprint    , $65
    Order Form

  • History of the 318th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Division,1917 - 1919
    (190 pages) New Reprint, $75
    Order Form

  • History of the Eightieth Division A.E.F. in World War I – The Blue Ridge Division
    Compiled by Russell L. Stultz, Division Historian
    Edited by Lee S. Anthony, Ph.D.
    Published by The Descendants of the 80th Division Veterans, 2004 (731 pages), $95
    [Sorry - Out of Print]

  • Forward 80th: The Story of the 80th Infantry Division
    "Forward 80th" is a small booklet covering the history of the 80th Infantry Division. This booklet is one of the series of G.I. Stories published by the Stars & Stripes in Paris in 1944-1945. Provided by LoneSentry.com

  • Combat Reports from PIKE Military Research

    • $38.95 each plus S&H. Current reports available for 80th:
        24055/163 80th Inf. Div. September 1944 Moselle River Crossing Part I
        24056/164 80th Inf. Div. September 1944 Moselle River Crossing Part II
        24056/165 A 80th Inf. Div. November- early-Decomber 1944 Lorraine Campaign Part I
        24056/165 B 80th Inf. Div. November- early-Decomber 1944 Lorraine Campaign Part II
        24056/166 80th Inf. Div. late-December 1944 Ardennes/Battle of the Bulge
        24056/167 80th Inf. Div. late-Dec 1944 late-Feb. 1945 Our & Sauer Rivers
        24057/168 80th Inf. Div. 18-27 January 1945 Sure River
        24116/356 XII Corps March 1945 Rhine River Crossings (Includes portions of 80th Inf Div)
        24057/169 80th lnf. Div. 8 April- 8 May-1945 Gotha to Austria

  • 80th Infantry Bibliography
    Available in MS Word format from the US Military History Institute and provides a working bibliography of resources available from the US Military History Institute.
  • 317th Infantry Regiment Bibliography
    Available in MS Word format from the US Military History Institute and provides a working bibliography of resources available from the US Military History Institute.

  • 318th Infantry Regiment Bibliography
    Available in MS Word format from the US Military History Institute and provides a working bibliography of resources available from the US Military History Institute.

  • 319th Infantry Regiment Bibliography
    Available in MS Word format from the US Military History Institute and provides a working bibliography of resources available from the US Military History Institute.

  • Patton's Troubleshooters
    The Untold Story Of How The 702nd Tank Battalion “Red Devils” & The 80th Infantry Division “Blue Ridgers” Teamed Up To Crush The Toughest Obstacles That Hitler’s German Army Could Devise And Throw In Front Of General George Patton’s Third Army.

  • The 317th Infantry Regiment in World War II (Published - 2002)
    THE ATTACK WILL GO ON - Dean J. Dominique's Master's Thesis in History for Louisiana State University. An accurate and historical book from the 317th's (80th Infantry Division) Activation at Camp Forrest, Tennessee: July 15, 1942 through the end of the war May 8, 1945 and beyond.