Ordered to Naples and Pozzuoli in mid-July, 1944, Third Division troops and equipment queue for loading Western Naval Task Force transports under Vice Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt. The task force carried three American divisions and support units along with French troops commanded by General Lattre to the Operation Dragoon(rudeerude)

Third Division troops and equipment

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)

Seventh Army commander Brig. Gen. Alexander M. Pat

Third Signal Company soldiers pose with German POW soldiers who surrendered to the company at its bivouac area in southern France.(rudeerude)