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| | NAMED CAMPAIGNS-WORLD WAR II |
 | | WORLD WAR II Streamers: Green and brown with two stripe groupings, one of green, white, red and the other of white, fl and white stripes; with blue, white, and red stripes in center. |
 | | The American command in the Mediterranean, co-existing with the Allied command, was the North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (NATOUSA) established on 4 February 1943, which was superseded by the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army (MTOUSA) on 1 November 1944. |
 | | Among the American forces was the 82d Airborne Division, which was scheduled to drop behind the invasion beaches to forestall enemy reaction to the landings. |
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