Have unlocked 3GS from EUR-can I buy a SIM in USA for Data, phone and text?

Hi -
I live in Germany and am planning a 3 month trip to the US. I have an unlocked iPhone 3Gs that I would like to use while I am in the states.
I'm exhausted and confused looking at the various prepaid phone plans in the US and I am not entirely sure that if I get a SIM card for my iPhone, will it even work. Anyone know?
Has anyone already been down this road and have a recommended prepaid monthly plan that includes unlimited data, texting, and phone calls?
Thanks for your help.

After 10 days in Scandinavia, this is what I have learned:
1.) getting the mini or nano sim has been impossible _ in Sweden, Norway and Denmark the carriers I worked with have the old sim cards that they suggest that you trim down to nano size. The one I tried was still too thick to fit in the sim card drawer on my iphone 5.
2.) Verizon was very cooperative and unlocked my phone before I left the USA.
3.) The Verizon plan may be competitive with plans that cover multiple countries in Europe. The pricing is sufficiently confusing that providers are hard to compare, ie. initial plan / sim card purchase amout, voice, data, text send / receive rates, varying monthly or package amounts of mintes and data allowances.
4.) Keeping cellular data off, using wi-fi has mostly kept cellular data usage low, with a few exceptions resulting from data use for either google or i maps and a probable butt-call or mistaken program left on without wi-fi.
5.) I am still going to check out France's rate, but I won't report more if the story stays the same.
Good luck out there.
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After 10 days in Scandinavia, this is what I have learned:
1.) getting the mini or nano sim has been impossible _ in Sweden, Norway and Denmark the carriers I worked with have the old sim cards that they suggest that you trim down to nano size. The one I tried was still too thick to fit in the sim card drawer on my iphone 5.
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