3rd Infantry Division
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Oct 21, 2026
Jocko WillinkHOST
I could not accept such a mission without protest.
Jocko WillinkHOST
But first, I decided to discuss the plan with General Lucien K. Truscott, commanding general, U.S. 3rd Infantry Division, a field commander conspicuous for competence and gallantry, and an old friend.
Jocko WillinkHOST
He said he wouldn't touch it with a 40-foot pole, even with his heavier division.
Jocko WillinkHOST
So I spoke my mind, first to the corps commander, under whom the operation was to be mounted, and I recall I used the word fantastic.
Marty SmithHOST
He was paired with Private John Rowell, a military policeman from Arkansas.
Marty SmithHOST
The two were assigned a 3rd Military Police Platoon, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.
Marty SmithHOST
They deployed to North Africa in 1942 as part of Operation Torch.
Marty SmithHOST
um the invasion of french north africa after five months of fighting across north africa third infantry division prepared for operation husky the allied invasion of sicily as dawn broken rolls platoon pushed inland an italian machine gun nest hidden inside a building opened fire several americans were hit in the opening burst the rest of the platoon dove for cover with no place to maneuver Chips suddenly broke free from Rall despite intense gunfire and Rall screaming for him to come back.
John C. McManusHOST
So why do you think-
Kevin HymelGUEST
You know what doesn't make sense to me, John? Is, uh, General Anderson with the Third Infantry Division, General, uh, O- Orde Ward with the First Armored, um-
John C. McManusHOST
Mm-hmm
Kevin HymelGUEST
... uh, Pee Wood with the Fourth Armored, uh, they get relieved of command and sent home.
KevinSNARRATOR
Some 360,000 troops were at home, while the remaining 231,000 were in overseas commands, with 80,000 in Germany and 108,500 in the Far East.
KevinSNARRATOR
The force designated to handle the Army's emergency assignments was the General Reserve, which consisted mainly of five combat divisions stationed in the United States, 2nd Armored Division, 2nd and 3rd Infantry Divisions, and the 11th and 82nd Airborne Divisions.
KevinSNARRATOR
The Far East Command had four tactical divisions and a regimental combat team, RCT, the 1st Cavalry Division, the 7th, 24th, and 25th Infantry Divisions, and the 29th RCT that operated under the command of the 8th U.S. Army in Japan.
KevinSNARRATOR
Each division was short of its authorized war strength of 18,900 by nearly 7,000 men and had major shortages in artillery batteries and equipment.
Andrew DennisonGUEST
Aspen and Clinton, you know, wouldn't approve it 'cause it would, you know, set, send the wrong message.
Andrew DennisonGUEST
Um, but I, I'm gonna tell you what, uh, 24, 48 hours after that, 3rd ID showed up.
Andrew DennisonGUEST
[laughs]
JerryHOST
Yeah, I bet, dude.
Andrew DennisonGUEST
[laughs]
JerryHOST
I bet.
Andrew DennisonGUEST
3rd, 3rd ID, 3rd ID showed up.
Andrew DennisonGUEST
Um, so w- when they showed up, uh, we did a lot of, uh, training them guys, uh, 'cause they were, you know ...
James HollandHOST
As, you know, the 9th DLI- Mm-hmm
Al MurrayHOST
... probably, you know, or, or 3rd Infantry Division-
James HollandHOST
Oh my gosh
Al MurrayHOST
... 546.
Eliot CohenHOST
Almost immediately, like within a couple of days, I'd have some three-star kind of putting his finger in my chest saying, the problem with you people at the State Department is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Eliot CohenHOST
And there came a certain point where I remember I was asked to give a lecture to the 3rd Infantry Division, Rock of the Morn, before they deployed.
Eliot CohenHOST
And this was so basically I was talking to the lieutenant colonels and colonels.
Eliot CohenHOST
And I said to them, I said, look, you know, you...
Scott HortonGUEST
And that's the meeting that they bombed, right? And Scahill writes all about this and where, you know, they call it a scalpel, Mario.
Scott HortonGUEST
And you have to admit, okay, if you lived in Washington, D.C. and you just marched the 3rd Infantry Division into Iraq and killed a million people and caused this horrific civil war and all this stuff.
Scott HortonGUEST
And then they tell you, well, here, look, here's a Predator drone or a Reaper drone that just drops a 50-pound Hellfire missile and takes out just the pickup truck you're looking for, just the house you were wanting to get.
Scott HortonGUEST
You would accept that as a surgical type of a thing in comparison, right? But here in the real world, you're talking about exploding people to death and in many cases getting the wrong people, killing innocent people and causing their survivors to be radicalized and join the cause.
Tom GulleyHOST
Happened a lot.
Tom GulleyHOST
As part of a provisional corps under Major General Jeffrey Keyes, the 3rd Infantry Division Was this Jeffrey Keyes? Yeah, there's Jeffrey Keyes.
Tom GulleyHOST
The 3rd Infantry Division under Major General Lucian Truscott covered 100 miles in 72 hours.
Tom GulleyHOST
Arriving in Palermo on the 24th of July, Patton then set his sights on Messina.
Tom GulleyHOST
He sought an amphibious assault but was delayed by lack of landing craft, and his troops did not land in Santa Stefano until the 8th of August, by which time the Germans and Italians had already left.
Tom GulleyHOST
They evacuated to mainland Italy.
Tom GulleyHOST
He ordered more landings by the 3rd Infantry Division, which took heavy casualties but pushed the German forces back and hastened the advance on Messina.
Tom GulleyHOST
A third landing was completed a few days later, and by 10 o'clock that day, Messina fell to his forces.
SethHOST
Yeah.
Tyler OxleyGUEST
But, uh, and then there was the rock, you know? So when I was at 3rd Infantry Division, they gave you this big rock.
Tyler OxleyGUEST
You had to carry it around everywhere you went, and I actually deployed with the rock 'cause I'd been awarded the, the rock right before I deployed.
Tyler OxleyGUEST
And then-
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