Dachau Liberated

[j3rdinf]

Not going to try to say who got to Dachau first but Munich fell to a combination of the

3rd, 42nd and 45th Div's. . We were told it was the 42nd Div that captured Dachau.

But I have a idea that the 45th Div was somewhere into it also. Dachau is about 7 miles

from Munich and had a short look see at it which was enough for me. Our 3rd Bn./7th

Inf Reg of the 3rd was preparing for "Task Force Horton" which left the Munich area on

May 2 '45 for a hopefully final run down the Autobahn to Salzburg and/or Berchtesgaden

in Bn. strength plus armor, trucks and other vehicles. This was about 3 days after the

capture of Munich.