; (3) assaulting and securing Hill 192; (4) capturing Tinchebray on August 15, 1944; (5) capturing the vital port city of Brest, which was liberated in September 1944 after a fierce 28-day battle fought in streets and alleyways; (6) fighting at the Battle of the Bulge, where the 2d Infantry Division pierced the dreaded Siegfried Line and held critical roads leading to the cities of Liège and Antwerp; (7) capturing the city of Breisig on March 10 to 11, 1945; (8) crossing the Rhine to relieve the 9th Armored Division in Hadamar and Limburg an der Lahn on March 21, 1945; (9) capturing Merseburg on April 15, 1945; (10) capturing Leipzig on April 18, 1945; and (11) crossing into Czechoslovakia and attacking the city of Pilsen on 4 May, 1945; Whereas 6 members of the 2d Infantry Division received the Congressional Medal of Honor for their gallantry actions during World War II; Whereas, in recognition of exemplary service during World War II, the 2d Infantry Division was— (1) the recipient of the Belgian Fourragère World War II; (2) cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest; and (3) cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes; Whereas the 2d Infantry Division returned home to Fort Lewis, Washington on April 15, 1946; Whereas elements of the 2d Infantry Division arrived in Korea via Pusan, on July 31, 1950, becoming the first United States unit to arrive directly in Korea from the United States; Whereas the 2d Infantry Division helped repel attackers on the Pusan Perimeter during a 16-day attack beginning on the night of August 31, 1950, in a battle in which 2d Infantry Division clerks, bandsman, technical personnel, and supply personnel all joined the fight to repel the attackers; Whereas, the 2d Infantry Division was the first unit to break out of the Pusan Perimeter and led the Eighth Army drive to the Manchurian Border