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Course Title: (HIS126) PATTON'S THIRD ARMY IN WWII

This course is the first in a three-part series covering the Third Army's combat story in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). Activated in early August 1944, Patton's Third Army launched a breathtaking advance across France, crossing the Moselle River at Nancy in September. The story is told through the eyes of combat infantrymen interviewed by Bill as part of the Witness to War program, along with insights from his numerous trips to the battlefields in France. Follow-up classes will cover the Battle of the Bulge (December 4th) and the drive into Germany (Winter/Spring).

Course Pre-requisites
(required) OLLI Annual Membership

Course Information: HIS126 (2 seats (4%) remaining)

Schedule:

September 25 and December 4, 2025

Times:

01:00pm-02:30pm EDT

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Price:

Pay as you go: Member : $16.00

Instructors

Name

Additional Resources

Bill Cosgrove

Biography:

BILLCOSGROVE is a graduate of both theUniversity of Georgia and Clemson University. He retired from the US EPAfollowing a 35-year career in Athens, GA. He also served as an adjunctinstructor at UGA for 32 years and has taught with OLLI programs at UGA, NorthFlorida, and UNC Asheville since 2013. Bill's real interest is WWII history, ashis father served with the American Field Service and his father-in-law as anartillery officer in Patton's 3^rd Army. He is a volunteer withthe Witness to War program and author of Time on Target: the 945^th FieldArtillery Battalion in WWII.

Facility Detail

Center for the Arts Bldg | Room 102

Beaufort campus

805 Carteret St.

Beaufort, SC 29902

Facility Resources
Google map link to the USCB Beaufort campus Center for the Arts