The story
No longer needed in the Vosges, the 242nd Infantry was ordered to move to Brumath and from there to Niederbetschdorf, then into the line to relieve the 314th Infantry of the 79th Division. This assigned them a sector of approximately five miles just north of the 232nd Infantry.
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