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| Adjective | 1. The ordinal number of eighty-five in counting order.[Wordnet]. | |
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| U.S. 85th Infantry Division | The 85th Infantry Division was activated on 15 May 1942. It left the United States on 24 December 1943 and arrived in Casablanca, French Morocco, 2 January 1944. It received amphibious training at Port aux Poules near Arzew and Oran, Algeria, 1 February to 23 March, then embarked for Naples, Italy, arriving on 27 March. A selected advance detachment appeared on the Minturno-Castelforte front north of Naples, 28 March. The Division was committed to action as a unit, 10 April 1944, north of the Garigliano River, facing the Gustav Line, and held defensive positions for a month. (references) | ||
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