99TH INFANTRY BATTALION (SEP) WAR MEMORIAL

ON 15 AUGUST 1942 THE 99TH INFANTRY BATTALION (SEPARATE) WAS ACTIVATED HERE AT CAMP RIPLEY, MINNESOTA, MADE UP OF NORWEGIAN AND NORWEGIAN AMERICANS, THE BATTALION MOVED TO FORT SNELLING AND THEN TO CAMP HAEL, COLORADO IN DECEMBER TO BEGIN MOUNTAIN AND WINTER WARFARE TRAINING. LANDING TWO WEEKS AFTER D-DAY THEY FOUGHT ACROSS NORTHERN EUROPE TO THE GERMAN BORDER WITH THE SECOND ARMORED DIVISION. WITH THE 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION THEY HELPED ENCIRCLE THE HISTORIC GERMAN CAPITAL OF AACHEN AND HELD THE LINE DURING THE BITTER WINTER FIGHTING AROUND MALMEDY DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. LATER THE UNIT JOINED PATTON’S THIRD ARMY FOR THE FINAL DRIVE TO GERMANY.