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al'r service on them
water service on the east coast in Texs.and Washington of the western Front" by the Amer
te was ent to defend the harbors and base in hr ers SS" by the Germa-ns. e 30th rans and "-isenhow.
Aeutian Islands. Most of the Florida men who had been bat beg in' the hon com-
mobilized with the 265th in 1941 had been transerred ending on the Elbe River in central German dr
out before the regiment b 194 designated the 27th, Small groups of Florida Guardsmen were sent to
2Sth and 279th Battalions of Coast Artiller):- moved to the 27th, 34th 35th, 42nd and 5th National Germuard
the frigid north. At least half, probably closer to two Divisions. For most of them their war was in taiy and
thirds, of all Florida Guardsmen served in units not as- southern Franc A similarly Small group of Florida
sociated with the pre-wvar Florida Guard. G rern eFranc- s e fr r we n It n

 sen t Guardsm e perhaps een esmal n grrup of Florida
 large numberofForida uarml t received commission served with National Army
ontther 3n sent to a Single National Guard division inludin the 78th, 79th, 86th, 94th, and
number of men sent a single ato n Guard ii 103rd. They, too, fought their ar in Europe.
nt to t hlia(Olickory) Division from Tennessee An extraordinarily large number of Florida
 nd orh Carolina. Termed the "Workhorse Division Guardsmen, perhaps even equal in numbers to those