90 Infantry Division (USA) assigned to XX Corps

The triumph at Chambois ended one phase of the Battle of Europe. The scene shifted rapidly now to another, and the props were arranged for the Battle of Germany. The long fingers of Allied columns extended deeper into France, new landings had been made in southern France, in the Marseille area, and the enemy found itself surrounded and overwhelmed at every turn.

The Germans had reached a state of thorough confusion, and only occasionally was organized resistance encountered. Riding hard on the heels of the retreating enemy, the 90th spent only a few days in the vicinity of Chambois, days devoted to rehabilitation of personnel and equipment.

And now the Division was assigned to the XX Corps and to the Third Army once more. Never again, for the duration of the war, was the 90th to become separated from General Patton's command, a command which was shortly to create a legend among friend and foe alike for its spirit and bravado, a legend comprising all the elements of Peck's Bad Boy, Robin Hood, Sir Galahad and the Cannonball Express all rolled into one.