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Old 07-08-2009, 10:02 PM
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Going Home does little to clear up the matter. If anything, it muddies the waters. Here is what it has to say about placements as of Autumn 2000:

German 3rd Army:
HQ: Wintering in Kiel
6th PGD: Wintering in Hamburg
21st PGD: Wintering in Bremen
29th PD: Wintering in Lubeck
Looks like the 3rd Army pulled back pretty far between August and November.

US XI Corps:
HQ: Wintering in Kolobrzeg, Poland w/ 50th AD. Intelligence handout dated September 2000 lists Pila, Poland as last known location.
50th AD: As above.
4th Can MB: Wintering in Karlino, Poland.
116th ACR: Wintering in Nowogorod, Poland (ex. for B troop in Dobrodzien, Poland per Black Madonna).
2 Mar Div: Wintering in Bialogard, Poland. Apparently the location was unknown in the US Guide, but they have reappeared.
5th ID: Scattered across Poland, Germany and Romania ?!?.
8th ID: Catonment in Riga. Isolated elements across the Baltic states to Finland ?!?

I haven't combed in detail, but a quick read of the town entries makes no mention of prior year winter quarters for any 3rd army units.

I think as far as winter quaters, the advice from Escape from Kalisz is as good as any: "Good luck, you're on your own".
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