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enemy positions the night prior to the 3rd /301st 's assault upon the German positions. The following day the troops of the 3rd/301st, again, in face of withering defensive fire and with their commander Lt. Col. McNulty, exposed at their lead, inspiring and directing them, forded the Saar River to attack and capture the city of Serrig, Germany. For his actions at the Saar on
February 23, 1945, Lt. Col. William A. McNulty was awarded both the
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command. It was Lt. Col. McNulty's command, the 3rd
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Battalion, 301st Infantry Regiment would establish the bridgehead from Serrig, but intelligence could provide very little information on enemy dispositions. Not to be deterred, William McNulty himself secretly reconnoitered the proposed Saar crossing and
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676:(2007) University of Alabama Press, additionally, at pages. 72, 78, 111, 141 for other mention of McNulty and the entirety of its Chapter 8, titled "Crossing the Saar" for context and further detail.
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General Orders: Headquarters, 3d Army, General Order No. 158 (July 2, 1945), awarding Lt. Col. William A. McNulty the Silver Star
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General Orders: Headquarters, 3d Army, General Order No. 158 (July 2, 1945), awarding Lt. Col. William A. McNulty the Silver Star
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General Orders: Headquarters, 3d Army, General Order No. 158 (July 2, 1945), awarding Lt. Col. William A. McNulty the Silver Star
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Patton's Pawns The 94th U.S. Infantry
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Here are some medals and decorations of Colonel McNulty:
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Nashville: The Battery Press (1982) and Tony Le Tissier
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