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The 94th Infantry Division was activated on Sept. 15, 1942 at Fort Custer, MI, became the first U.S. Army division to achieve expert infantry division recognition, landed on Utah Beach on Sept. 8, 1944, fought in the hedgerows of Brittany in northern France, was reassigned to General George Patton’s Third Army in the Saar-Moseele triangle, fought in the Ardennes-Alsace area during the Battle of the Bulge, breached the Siegfried Line, crossed the Saar River, and became the first unit of Patton’s Third Army to reach the Rhine. During 209 days in combat, it incurred 10,937 casualties, including 1087 killed in action, and took 26,638 German soldiers prisoner. In recognition of its outstanding war record, the Michigan legislature designated on May 15, 2002 a 6 mile portion of 1-94 adjoining this rest stop as the 94th Combat Infantry Division Memorial Highway.
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