; Whereas the 3d Infantry Division, after breaking out of the Anzio beachhead and reaching Rome, participated in Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern France; Whereas the 3d Infantry Division, after months of intense fighting, entered Germany and crossed the Rhine River, making its way through Nuremberg, Munich, and Salzburg before assisting in the capture of Adolf Hitler’s mountain retreat near Berchtesgaden in April of 1945; Whereas, as of the date on which Germany unconditionally surrendered in May of 1945, the 3d Infantry Division had suffered 35,000 casualties during World War II, while fighting and marching 3,200 miles from Casablanca to Salzburg; Whereas, during World War II, the 3d Infantry Division was the only division of the United States to serve in 10 major campaigns, specifically the campaigns of— (1) Algeria-French Morocco; (2) Tunisia; (3) Sicily; (4) Naples-Foggia; (5) Anzio; (6) Rome-Arno; (7) southern France; (8) Rhineland; (9) Ardennes-Alsace; and (10) Central Europe; Whereas, in recognition of exemplary service during World War II, the 3d Infantry Division was awarded— (1) the French Croix de Guerre with Palm (and streamer embroidered with Colmar ); (2) the French Fourragere, for seizing the last Nazi stronghold in France; and (3) the Presidential Unit Citation; Whereas, during World War II, 39 soldiers of the 3d Infantry Division earned the Medal of Honor; Whereas one of the most decorated soldiers of World War II, Lieutenant Audie Murphy, served in the 3d Infantry Division; Whereas the 3d Infantry Division was again called to service in September of 1950 when the first elements of the division arrived on the Korean Peninsula in support of the Government of the Republic of Korea and its military, contributing to operations in Hamhung-Hungnam in 1950 and the recapture of the South Korean capital of Seoul in 1951, following the surge of Chinese troops