also featured in numerous video games related to World War II. The division's advance through Normandy and Europe is featured in the games Close Combat, Company of Heroes and Call of Duty 3, in which the player assumes the role of a soldier of the division. A number of soldiers serving with the 29th Infantry Division have gone on to achieve notability for various reasons. Among them are highly decorated soldier Joseph A. Farinholt, soccer player James Ford, United States federal judge Alfred D. Barksdale, and historian Lawrence C. Wroth, generals Milton Reckord, Norman Cota, Charles D. W. Canham, and Donald Wilson. Major Thomas D. Howie who commanded 3d Battalion, 116th Infantry during the battle of St. Lo became immortalized as "The Major of St. Lo" for the honors rendered to him after being killed in action. U.S. soldiers who received the Medal of Honor during service with the 29th Infantry Division include Henry Costin, Earle Davis Gregory, and Patrick Regan from World War I and Frank D. Peregory and Sherwood H. Hallman. from World War II. See also Joseph Balkoski, military historian and author of a five-volume history of the 29th Division in World War II Saving Private Ryan beach landing scene References Sources External links History of the Twenty-ninth Division, "Blue and Gray," 1917–1919 29th Infantry Division Historical Society "29:Let's Go: The Story of the 29th Infantry Division" (World War II Stars & Stripes History Booklet) American D-Day: Omaha Beach, Utah Beach & Pointe du Hoc Divisions of the United States Army National Guard Infantry divisions of the United States Army Military units and formations established in 1917 Military units and formations in Maryland Military units and formations in North Carolina Military units and formations in Virginia Infantry Division, U.S. 029th United States Army divisions of World War I Infantry divisions of the United States Army in World War II 1917 establishments in Alabama