The Third Division assembles on the Pozzuoli parade ground prior to its journey to southern France. The Third, 36th and 45th divisions made up the VI Corps force that passed from control of the American Fifth Army in Italy to the Seventh Army that commanded both the Third and 45th divisions in the battles for Sicily.

Third Division assembles

Fifth Army Commander Mark Clark, First Special Forces Commander Robert T. Frederick (later CO of the 45th Infantry Division) and II Corps Commander Geoffrey Keyes, along with fellow officers, inspect maps while military correspondents and photographers look on.(rudeerude)

Fifth Army Commander 

Newly appointed Seventh Army commander Brig. Gen. Alexander M. Patch reviews Third Division troops with its commander, Gen. John W. O'Daniel; VI Corps commander, Gen. Lucian K. Truscott; and a Naval representative of the Western Naval Task Force.(rudeerude)