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	U.S. 8th Armored Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 8th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that served in World War II.
		The 8th Armored Division was activated on 1 April 1942.
		The nickname of the 8th Armored Division, the "Thundering Herd," was coined before the division went to Europe in late 1944.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_8th_Armored_Division (533 words)

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		Armored infantry kampfgruppen from the 12th SS Panzer Division and 1st SS Panzer Division were assembled close behind the infantry divisions, in part as reinforcements for the breakthrough forces, in part because none of the Volks Grenadier units were used to close cooperation with armor.
		The regiment, minus its 2d Battalion (attached to the 395th Infantry), was deployed along the German frontier, a line generally defined by the eastern edge of the long forest belt in which the bulk of the 99th Division was stationed and the International Highway.
		The 1st Battalion of the 9th Infantry, for example, had begun the Wahlerscheid attack on 13 December with 35 officers and 678 men; on the morning of 17 December the active roster was 22 officers and 387 men.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/wwii/Battle.of.Bulge/Green.Book/chap_05.txt (15170 words)

	2nd infantry division st lo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		One group had three battalions of the 353d Division (main elements of which were fighting in the battle around Mont-Castre); a second battle group was built around three battalions of the 266th Division; and the group comprising the 352d Division remnants was estimated (7 July) as amounting to only 800 men.
		Initially, the three assault battalions of the 2d Division were faced by two enemy battalions-the III Battalion, 9th Parachute Regiment, which opposed the 38th Infantry, and the I Battalion, 5th Parachute Regiment, a portion of which faced the 23d Infantry.
		The west boundary of the III Battalion, 9th Parachute Regiment, was the north-south road close to St-Andre-de- l'Epine, close to the divisional boundary between the 2d and 29th Divisions.
	www.ranger95.com /divisions/2nd_id_st_lo_11july.html (7552 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Although the German armored column veered southwest, under the eyes of the astonished Americans, the presence of the enemy this deep within the bare south flank was a cause of grave concern to General Lauer and later to General Robertson.
		Indeed, the greatest combat value of the towed battalion came from the mines carried on the half-tracks (which were used with effect by adjacent riflemen) and the employment of the gun crews as infantry.
		The rifle battalions which were hurried south from Wahlerscheid on 17 December had left their mines in the forest or with the battalion trains.
	history.acusd.edu /cdr2/BYRD/BATTLE_O/GREEN_BO/CHAP_06.TXT (12373 words)

	Random House Publishing Group \| Steel Victory by Harry Yeide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Standard separate battalions were made identical to the divisional battalions and hence could theoretically be attached to armored divisions—although that did not occur directly in even a single case in the European campaign.
		An order from Headquarters, Armored Force on 16 March 1942 indicated that ten of the twelve then existing independent tank battalions were to be manned at their T/O and E strength “plus a cadre equivalent over strength” in order to provide trained troops later to newly activated battalions.
		The front plate (glacis) of the Sherman had two inches of armor (later increased to two and a half inches), the sides and rear were one and a half inches thick; and the front of the turret was three and a half inches at its thickest.
	www.randomhouse.com /BB/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780891417828&view=excerpt (4368 words)

	BBC - History - D-Day - The Untold Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The second group of tanks (743rd Armored Battalion), and the crew of the LCTs from which they would be launched, witnessed this horror and chose to steer themselves close to shore and land directly on the beach.
		Also, given the scope of the invasion and the innumerable stories of bravery on D-Day, the story of the loss of the 741st Armored Battalion was chosen as a focus for ongoing research, as it could be correlated with records in the national archives.
		Additionally, ten survivors from the 741st Battalion that went down with the DD Tanks have been interviewed, providing considerable insight into the conditions of the loss of their unit on that historic day.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/archaeology/marine_dday_underwater_03.shtml (432 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - US Army in World War II
		All of the armored divisions served in the ETO or in Italy.
		Theoretically the armor division was intended to act as the maneuver reserve for the corps and to break through enemy fronts ruptured by infantry assaults supported by the separate battalions.
		In addition to those converted from tank battalions, thirteen other amphibian tractor battalions (the 534th, 535th, 536th, 539th, 540th, 658th, 672nd, 720th, 726th, 727th, 728th, and 826th) and one amphibian tank battalion (the 795th) were formed, some by converting existing tank destroyer and armored infantry battalions.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/usarmy/armor.aspx (1488 words)

	Trévières
		The 1st Battalion of the 26th was attached to the 16th, and at 1100 on 7 June received the mission of taking the high ground west and southwest of Port-en-Bessin, including Mount Cauvin, and linking up with British XXX Corps.
		The 3d Battalion was held up north of Formigny all morning, pending arrival of a battalion of the 115th Infantry which was counter-marching from Louvieres to Formigny for the purpose of strengthening the sector north of Trevieres.
		The 2d Battalion held on in the village; tanks were of little use in the darkness, but effective aid was rendered by area fire from six battalions of artillery and naval guns, directed northeast and east of the village.
	www.wargamer.com /Hosted/CloseCombatOmaha/trvires.htm (2692 words)

	752nd Tank Battalion Insignia
		Only 8 independent tank battalions were initially authorized to display their unit number on the insignia (70th, 191st, 741st, 742nd, 743rd, 744th, 746th and 751st).
		The men of the remaining independent tank battalions became unhappy that they were not authorized to display their unit number.
		It is possible that the men who ran the 752nd Armored Training School wore the standard armored forces insignia with the letter "S" in the yellow field.
	www.752ndtank.com /insignia.html (1859 words)

	Large Hatch M4A1
		The cast in armor reinforcement is barely discernible on the hull sides.
		The turret cast in armor can be noticed by the shadow on the lower edge of the right front of the turret.
		The cast in armor reinforcement is very obvious a the lower edge of the hull.
	mmcalc.tripod.com /Shermans/Large_Hatch_75mm_M4A1.html (369 words)

	HyperWar: St-Lo (7 July--19 July 1944)
		The 2d Battalion (Maj. Sidney V. Bingham, Jr.) of the 116th was to lead off the advance, hitting along the axis of the Couvains-la Calvaire road, skirting the division boundary, and bypassing strongly organized enemy positions at St-André-de-l'Epine.
		Initially, the three assault battalions of the 2d Division were faced by two enemy battalions--the III Battalion, 9th Parachute Regiment, which opposed the 38th Infantry, and the I Battalion, 5th Parachute Regiment, a portion of which faced the 23d Infantry.
		The west boundary of the III Battalion, 9th Parachute Regiment, was the north-south road close to St-André-de-l'Epine, close to the divisional boundary between the 2d and 29th Divisions.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-A-StLo/USA-A-StLo-3.html (8198 words)

	Military intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Intelligence officers and enlisted soldiers assigned to military intelligence may be selected for their analytical abilities or scores on intelligence tests.
		In Combat Arms battalions, this post is usually held by a captain, with a first or second lieutenant as a deputy and a Master Sergeant (pay grade E-8) or Sergeant First Class (pay grade E-7) as a staff NCO.
		Larger military units such as a division or separate brigade have military intelligence Warrant Officers assigned as technical experts in the various intelligence disciplines.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_espionage (3321 words)

	US Insignia - Armored Forces Patches
		The wearer's current unit was sewn to the left sleeve, while any previous unit might be placed on the right sleeve.
		In the early to mid-war period, independent tank battalions used the plain "Armored Force" patch, then started to use the numbered ones by around 1944.
		Armored division personnel mostly wore their appropriate divisional patch.
	www.atthefront.com /us_insig_patcharmor.htm (87 words)

	Welcome to 741st TANK BATTALION
		The unit was at Rosutka, Germany at the end of World War II (15 August 1945 location).** Returned to the United States via the New York Port of Embarkation on 25 October 1945 and inactivated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey on 27 October 1956.
		Redesignated 741st Tank Battalion, relieved from the 96th Infantry Division and inactivated at Seattle on 1 March 1952.
		SYMBOLISM: In the green and silver of the Armored Forces of World War II the griffin with its scaly armor sets forth the property of a valorous soldier whose magnanimity is such that he will dare all dangers, even death itself rather than become captive.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/1,13476,709610,00.html (379 words)

	Saving Private Ryan: Omaha Beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The 352nd's remaining 9 battalions were stationed far beyond the beach defenses.
		The DD tanks of the 741st Tank Battalion encountered difficulties getting ashore, while the 743rd Tank Battalion was able to land its tanks directly on the beach.
		So difficult were the conditions at Dog Green that the commander of the 5th Ranger Battalion, whose forces were to land at Dog Green in a later wave, altered his course to land most of his troops at Dog White Sector.
	www.sproe.com /o/omaha-beach.html (1355 words)

	2d Infantry Division, Photographs & Artwork
		SC 366116 - Cpl. Eliso Cramer of Hebbronville, Texas, a member of the 37th Field Artillery Battalion, 2d Infantry Division, pulls the lanyard of the howitzer to demonstrate the send off of the 100,000th round fired by the Battalion since they have been in Korea.
		SC 379002 - An aid man of the 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division, hits the dirt and rolls into a foxhole in response to the call of "medic" from a wounded rifleman's buddy, during action of the 2d Infantry Division against the Chinese Communist Forces along the fighting front in Korea.
		SC 376120 - A tank of Company C, 72d Tank Battalion, U.S. 2d Infantry Division, waiting their turn to fire on Hill 773, as a 155-mm howitzer "Logn Tom", 96th Field Artillery Battalion, fires on the hill near Yang-gu, Korea.
	www.army.mil /Cmh-Pg/matrix/2ID/2ID-Photos.htm (1966 words)

	Oklahoma DDay - Allied Missions & Objectives
		The Infantry and Armored Units represent the Hammer and the Anvil of the Allied Invasion.
		Until you secure Pegasus Bridge, the British Armored forces can't proceed beyond Caen, and the German 21st Panzer is free to run north across the field, wrecking havoc.
		Each Ranger Battalion will be tasked with it's own initial objectives, described here, and then once they have penetrated inland, they will be assigned Special Missions, which are classified and will be distrubuted only by the Allied Command.
	www.oklahomadday.com /files/missionpoints_allies.htm (2473 words)

	Oklahoma DDay - Allied Units Homepage
		The Allied Infantry and Armored Units are the backbone of the Allied side at D-Day.
		The 741st is a long-standing fixture of Oklahoma D-Day tradition.
		From the roaming Pazkershreks of the 352nd Panzerjager Battalion, to the prowling menace of the German Tanks of the 21st Panzer Division, who share the same tank route with you, commanding a British Tank at Oklahoma D-Day is a challgene unlike any other.
	www.oklahomadday.com /files/Allies.htm (3679 words)

	GMT GAMES: Project 500
		The Division had the 12th (155mm), 15th (105mm), 37th (105mm), and 38th (105mm) Field Artillery Battalions with the 15th (Lt. Col.
		Armored support came from the 741st Tank Battalion (Lt. Col.
		Each battalion had 3 companies of 17 vehicles (M4 Shermans for the Tank Battalions and M10 Tank Destroyers for the 612th).
	www.gmtgames.com /fof/missionnormandy.html (587 words)

	German Organizations
		Brescia Alpine Battalion of the Italian Monta Rosa Division
		The division was finally decimated in late April of 1945, many surrendering to the US 1st Armored Division.
		While in North Africa, this division formed a Battalion of Vichy French troops grandly named the "Phalange Africaine" that consisted of 300 Frenchmen and 150 Algerian Moslems.
	members.aol.com /Custermen85/Units/GermanOrg.htm (2821 words)

	Our Monuments and Plaques (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The tank was knocked out in December 1944 during the heroic struggle of U.S. forces to slow down the enemy's advance during the Battle of the Bulge.
		For many years the tank was designated as belonging to the 707th Tank Battalion.
		Recent discoveries proved that the Sherman was in fact a 9th Armored Division tank.
	www.ww2tours.com /ourmon.htm (581 words)

	ST-LO: OPENING ATTACK ON ST-LO (11 JULY)
		Five battalions of artillery, two light and three medium, were to give support for the attack, beginning with a concentrated preparation between H-20 minutes and the jump-off at o600.
		Bingham, Jr.) of the 116th was to lead off the advance, hitting along the axis of the Couvains-la Calvaire road, skirting the division boundary, and bypassing strongly organized enemy positions at St-Andre- de-l'Epine.
		attack with two battalions in column in the general sector of St- Georges-d'Elle-la Croix-Rouge, making its main effort in the west of its zone, on the eastern slope of Hill 192, in order to cross that slope and secure the St-Lo-Bayeux highway from south of the hill east through la Croix-Rouge.
	www.army.mil /CMH-PG/books/wwii/100-13/st-lo_2.htm (7842 words)

	8th Armored Division - Rosters
		Men whose company and battalion are not known are listed under 'Unit is not known'.
		Men in Headquarters and Headquarters Companies may be listed together in HQ company unless rosters are available showing their unit.
		Men whose battalion is known but company is not known are shown in the Hq Company of the battalion.
	www.8th-armored.org /rosters/8rosters.htm (252 words)

	741st A CO Commander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		From January 2000 until January 2001 he served as the Assistant S2 for 1-72 Armor Battalion (2nd Infantry Division) in the Republic of Korea.
		From October 2002 until January 2004, he was the Battalion S2 for 1-37 Armor Battalion, which was deployed to Baghdad, Iraq.
		After 15 months as the Battalion S2, CPT Hazelton became the Brigade S5, where he finished out the unit’s 15-month Iraq tour and redeployed to Germany.
	www.meade-704mi.army.mil /741/sitecontent/acdr.html (302 words)

	USAG Kaiserslautern • Commander Bio
		He also served as Chief, G2 Operations, 1st Armored Division, in Bad Kreuznach from 1995-97, including a deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina during the U.S. Army’s first deployment to the Balkans in 1995-96 under NATO’s Implementation Force (IFOR).
		LTC Daiga’s CONUS assignments include Company Commander and Battalion S3, 741st Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Meade, Maryland, where he also served as Executive Officer, Remote Operations Division, National Security Agency (NSA).
		He also served as Executive Officer, 201st Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Gordon, Georgia from 1998-2000, where he deployed to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in support of U.S. Army Central Command (USARCENT).
	www.kaiserslautern.army.mil /sites/command/commander.asp (321 words)

	TD Battalion Attachments
		Attachments of Independent Tank Destroyer Battalions to Infantry and Armored Divisions and Parachute Regiments in North Africa
		The battalions were also often attached directly to a corps headquarters when they were operating as artillery.
		American tank destroyer battalions often supported Allied troops—including British, French, and Brazilian units—in Italy, as well.
	homepage.mac.com /yeide/TDAttachments2.htm (2378 words)

	missing-lynx.com - Reviews - Starmer's Armour US & Allied M4 Shermans in Europe 1944-45
		M4A1 "Aide de Camp" 741st Tank Battalion Omaha Beach on D Day complete with wading trunking still in place
		M4A3 76mm unnamed vehicle of 714th Tank Battalion, January 1945
		M4A3 76mm HVSS "Flatfoot Floogie" of 41st Tank Battalion, Germany March 1945
	www.missing-lynx.com /reviews/allied/starmerdecal2_pbrown.html (367 words)

	Links to additional WWII Tank Destroyer Units
		The Institute on World War II and the Human Experience
		Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor at Ft. Knox
		Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Association
	www.tankdestroyersociety.com /links_to_additional_wwii_tank_de.htm (60 words)

	M4A3 SHERMAN TANK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		US ARMY M4A3 SHERMAN TANK - WITH EXHAUST STACKS, 1944
		Taking a magnifying glass to the incredible variety of armored vehicles, tanks and transporters which were used during the Second World War, Corgi are bringing to the collector a new level of detail and accuracy unseen before on die-cast scale models of this era.
		The first range will concentrate on the World War in Europe and in order to bring this epic arena to life we have chosen to model some of the groundbreaking and iconic vehicles which were to bring such devastating effect to the six years of war that raged across all parts of the continent.
	www.aikensairplanes.com /corgi/us51011.htm (215 words)

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