meet the following day for a match. Unfortunately, I do not have any additional ( View Terms & Restrictions) Enlarge Image. One story is kind of funny even though he almost got shot by his own men as a result of it. Looking for someone that served with you? memories that would connect to my Dad would be very much welcomed. Provost called off the attack and withdrew when his forces failed to dislodge the Americans. Co. A, Patrol Rpt., March 6-19, 194527 Pages, Co. A, Periodic Rpt., April 10-12, 19452 Pages, Co. A, Periodic Rpt., May 9-June 1, 1945.12 Pages (Various pages missing), Co. A, Periodic Rpt., June 1-9, 1945..8 Pages, Co. A Fwd Echelon, Ops Rpt, June 10-18, 1945.5 Pages, Co. B, Periodic Rpt., Feb. 5-27, 1945..19 Pages, Co. B, Orders of the Guard, Feb. 10, 1945.1 Page, Co. B, Periodic Rpt., April 11-12, 1945.1 Page, Co. B, Periodic Rpt., May 5-30, 1945.8 Pages (Various pages missing), Co. B, Periodic Rpt., June 5-15, 19455 Pages (Various pages missing). 7.) The 4 squadrons of the 73rd Cavalry Regiment ("Airborne Thunder"[1]) provide reconnaissance, surveillance & target acquisition (RSTA) to the four Brigade Combat Teams of the 82nd Airborne Division. He was gone an interminal time and finally returned to say that a About 3PM, we saw 4 boys about 10 or 12 years old playing around near the He didn't like to talk much about his war experiences when I was growing up and I can remember only once, when he was much older, did he reflect on the fact that he saw how horrible war can truly be. He previously worked at The Washington Post as a Military Veterans in Journalism Fellow, as well as covering local news in New England. Thank you very much for this website and if there is any other information I can provide you just let me know. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service overseas. I often wonder about Whip and how many of the other men that were in my Dad's platoon are still around! He died in 2006 at the age of 88. With my bad high school German I acted as an interpreter. We were actually somewhat 'pinned down' in the company headquarterd pillbox, but when the weather cleared, out we went and General Patton never looked back. including a Colonel came parading through the underpass in surrender. https://web.archive.org/web/20090811141647/http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/p672_1.pdf, "World War II Divisional Combat Chronicles 9th Infantry Division", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=746th_Tank_Battalion_(United_States)&oldid=1135031863, Armor battalions of the United States Army, Tank battalions of the United States Army, Military units and formations established in 1942, Military units and formations disestablished in 1945, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Most of them I believe were younger than my Dad when they served together. View Photo It was VE Day! He is second from the left in the picture. We even had a Silver Star recipient! Our gun was about 300 yards on our side of the autobahn and we This allowed an orderly inactivation to take place over a 10-month timeline decreasing undue turbulence for soldiers and their families. [2], Once the German penetration had been contained, on 15 July, the battalion was given a brief pause to refit before rejoining the 9th Infantry Division on 17 July to prepare for Operation Cobra, the Allied offensive to break out of Normandy. NAME:1st Lt. Thomas Raymond Lyons, Headquarters Company, 385th Inf. "Whip". The nearly 12,000-member New York Army National Guard is composed of state headquarters and three major commands: Headquarters, 42nd Infantry Division (Mechanized); Headquarters, 53rd Troop Command, and the 27th Separate Infantry Brigade (Enhanced). and was pulling a large wooden cart on four wheels. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service overseas. Grandpa rarely ever spoke to me about the war but he did tell me about the little boy that his battalion "adopted" and how he wanted to bring him back here to the States He also told me a very humorous story of how him and his buddy fell asleep in a barn while somewhere in Germany and woke up the next morning to find a German Tiger tank sitting outside of the barn door when they opened it. ("Love") Company. WebWorld War II It was formed in 1941 as a light tank battalion, originally as the 76th Tank Battalion and renumbered in May. Web391.7 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL) 1869-1941 76 items 391.8 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL) 1850-1950 1,605 images The 761st was on the frontlines as the Allies advanced across France and Belgium. These were Forts Kentucky, Virginia, Chauncey, and Stark. I have a very nice picture of the 2nd battalion before being deployed overseas taken at Camp McCoy. [2] With such heavy losses in July, Company D was stripped of qualified tankers to fill out the crews in the medium tank companies.[3]. I also have an original copy of "The 385th Regiment in the ETO" which you have on line and I also have a copy of the 76th Infantry Division's history. and memories of his war experiences. Ive got a big hill up there that I want you to take, and I believe that you are going to do a great job of it.. With my bad high school German I acted as an interpreter. 2.) Well, when the troops passing the window saw him, they raised their rifles and were about to shoot him when he pulled off the cap and shouted at them not to shoot , it was him! Miscellaneous Unit Reports - from the Combined Arms Research Library of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Contact the author here. It wasn't until 30 November that the 47th Infantry Regiment reverted to 9th Infantry Division control and Company A finally rejoined the rest of the battalion, after more than 90 days of nearly continuous and frequently intense combat. withdrawn 16 January 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System, and Reorganized under the, 3rd Squadron is the Cavalry Squadron of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Squadron is the Cavalry Squadron of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 5th Squadron is the Cavalry Squadron of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from , Volume 1 By Francis Bernard Heitman. their equivalent of the Purple Heart, with several clusters. My grandfather was in this unit serving as a First Lieutenant in Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 385th Infantry Regiment in the 76th Infantry Division. View Photo I think we did a helluva good job over there! They were attempting to follow up on the penetration to the second belt of the Western Wall made in the vicinity of Schevenhtte in which Company A participated. DI Unit Crest Dental Activity Heidelberg DENTAC. Courtesy of the Tank Destroyer Association by L. L. Gill, TDA Historian. Sackets Harbor was founded in 1801 by Augustus Sackett, who saw the commercial advantages of the vast lumber resources and the deep natural harbor of the Black River Bay. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. It was there he met the woman who would become my father's stepmother. I'd like to find out what battalion and company he was in but don't know how to go about finding this out. 1, 1945, LuzonJan. 9, to Jul. I'm not sure how he ended up in the 385th or even the 76th Division but it must have been fairly soon after his call up because I believe he went with the division to Camp McCoy. to hold this position until the Russians reached the other side. I often wonder about Whip and how many of the other men that were in my Dad's platoon are still around! Hi, He is second from the left in the picture. I have, passed on from my Dad, numerous photos I think he took at Forts Meade and A.P Hill and, I am sure, of Camp McCoy. My father, A.E. The US Army had also considered replacing the M551A1 with the XM8 Armored Gun System, designed as a follow-on air-droppable armored vehicle. When they asked him what the hell he was laughing at, he told them he had left the Thompson submachine gun he had wrangled so hard to get, on his truck. They had advanced to the vicinity of the Lozon River west of St.-L by 25 July, when the Allied carpet bombing of German positions south of the St.-L-Priers road marked the beginning of Operation Cobra. Robert H. Von Schlick, Tientsin, China, July 13, 1900, (posthumous); First Lt. Louis B. Lawton, Tientsin, China, July 13, 1900, and. the Russians and should the end really be at hand they would come our #tanks #History #WW2 . The Army was so favorably impressed that the Piranha/LAV series were being considered for a limited, off-the-shelf acquisition. They and we could hear a Motto HONOR, FIDELITY, COURAGE. I plan He lived in Buffalo, New York before the war. The tankers had found the first days in combat in France very trying. These crewmen were in turn replaced in Company D with infantry replacements who immediately began training as tankers. I don't know where, when or any other details but apparently Grandpa's was dug in with his unit when a German tank showed up from somewhere. veered into the cart, and the cart-puller and pieces of wood were flying I remember, back in the late Fifties and early Sixties, one or two of the men in his platoon would still send him Christmas cards every year. Ruben Rivers one of those three soldiers who was recommended for the Medal of Honor in 1944 was not granted the award until 1997. My father, the late Anthony N. Esposito, was a Staff Sargent in the 385th Infantry Regiment of the 76th Infantry Division. On Lake Ontario at the lands end of Navy Point was Fort Tompkins. identification if the photos are added to the web site. my lap next to the driver. View Photo Burgomeister). My father, the late Anthony N. Esposito, was a Staff Sargent in the 385th Infantry Regiment of the 76th Infantry Division. However, even in that role, the light tanks were considered ineffective. John Long for the National World War II Museum. alone,through the underpass. the Russians and should the end really be at hand they would come our [25] Company A joined the 47th Infantry Regiment when it was detached from the division and attached directly to V Corps to reinforce the northern shoulder of the American lines. They all survived. It seems he had a hard time living that episode down. Its Headquarters was placed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. I have what I believe are his battalion and company group photos. situation. At this point, the 9th Infantry Division was pulled from this headlong eastward advance and attached to III Corps to move north to prevent an expected German breakout from the eastern perimeter of the Ruhr pocket in the vicinity of Winterburg.[29][30]. Our gun was about 300 yards on our side of the autobahn and we Companies A and B, crossed the Rhine with their infantry regiments on the bridge at Remagen on 8 March, and immediately went into action to defend and expand the bridgehead on the east bank of the river. After their occupation duties in the vicinity of Knnern, the 746th road marched to Ingolstadt from 13 to 15 May. "After Action Report, 746th Tank Battalion January - February 1945". Best regards to Allan Thomas and other Co K members. Federal Way, WA Fred Jennie, Company K, 385th Inf. The bulk of the battalion joined the division as they moved southeast to the vicinity of Sourbrodt, Belgium. In April 1980, B Company, 76th Engineer Battalion (Combat Heavy) was reassigned here from Fort Meade, Md. Company C, supporting the 39th Infantry Regiment in division reserve did not cross until 10 March. He attended South Dakota State College in Brookings, South Dakota and was in the ROTC program there. situation. ahead. Before his class could be commissioned as officers they were called to active duty. [1] It first saw combat in 1943, when it deployed to I have a photo, taken that morning, we're sitting around with broad smiles and glasses in hand. DUI DI Crest 34th Field Artillery Battalion German. The next day, I would guess it to be the 5th or 6th of May, just days before VE Day, 2 German soldiers came through the underpass, under a Ten minutes later there was a loud pop. My name is Thomas Phalen and I am writing you in regards to your website and the 385th infantry regiment registry. I know, because I was the 1st Sgt. did the talking for our side. As we approached the village, I recall seeing a civilian walking by the edge We are pleased to launch our new product Money Maker Software for world's best charting softwares like AmiBroker, MetaStock, Ninja Trader & MetaTrader 4. Published May 10, 2023 4:20 PM EDT. I have a very nice picture of the 2nd battalion before being deployed overseas taken at Camp McCoy. I am working on his military history now and will submit more when I have it completed also I have to scan a bunch of pictures to get digital copies of them. Grandpa rarely ever spoke to me about the war but he did tell me about the little boy that his battalion "adopted" and how he wanted to bring him back here to the States He also told me a very humorous story of how him and his buddy fell asleep in a barn while somewhere in Germany and woke up the next morning to find a German Tiger tank sitting outside of the barn door when they opened it. Kind regards, I remember, back in the late Fifties and early Sixties, one or two of the men in his platoon would still send him Christmas cards every year. Due to the retirement of the 30-year-old M551A1 Sheridan tank, the inactivation was expected to take place no later than 15 July 1997. You are not logged in, the post has not been submitted. I have a very nice picture of the 2nd battalion before being deployed overseas taken at Camp McCoy. This is a wonderful website and I am glad I found it. Company Reports - from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, Abilene, Kansas. Reorganized and redesignated 2 October 1962 as the 73d Armor a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System. Thomas Phalen Before his class could be commissioned as officers they were called to active duty. Breakout and pursuit across Northern France, Order of Battle of the U.S. Army, World War II, ETO, p. 77. SKU#. Of all of the Soldiers and units stationed at Sackets Harbor, the 9th Infantry Regiment was probably the most well-known. The 9th Infantry Division and with it the 746th Tank Battalion came out of the line on 15 November to become First Army reserve. I don't know what ever prompted him to do it, but when the family offered the coat and hat to my grandfather he put them on and walked to the front window of the house and stood there for a while. Also several photos while he was in Germany. Sincerely, (7 March 2009) He is second from the left in the picture. I also have an original copy of "The 385th Regiment in the ETO" which you have on line and I also have a copy of the 76th Infantry Division's history. Morrison said we'd call on the artillary to blow It was during this time that the 746th was assigned to support the 4th Infantry Division for the invasion. ETO. [27][28], Though they had crossed the Roer, German resistance had not yet broken. View Photo Web417th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division: 103rd Quartermaster Bakery Company: 417th Motorized Supply Trains: 103rd Reconnaissance Troop, 103rd Infantry Division 25th Tank Battalion, 14th Armored Division: 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion: 2607th Quartermaster Petroleum Detachment: 705th Anti-Aircraft Arty (Automatic Weapons) Battery: This is a wonderful website and I am glad I found it. and memories of his war experiences. When they asked him what the hell he was laughing at, he told them he had left the Thompson submachine gun he had wrangled so hard to get, on his truck. He attended South Dakota State College in Brookings, South Dakota and was in the ROTC program there. Since its earliest existence, the post has been a major annual training site for Northeastern National Guard and Reserve forces. [7] Following live fire and tactical training, the battalion moved to the south of England where they participated in training for the amphibious assaults in Normandy. He died in 2006 at the age of 88. I only remember one person who sent my Dad a card, and by nickname only. There is also a nice picture of him in the book "The 385th in the ETO" under the Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion section. If you have any suggestions I'd appreciate it if you could pass them on to me. Partial Roster - A list of about 160 men that served in the 826th, probably collected after the war in conjunction with a reunion. After they had been lying there awhile with their faces in the dirt the people around him heard Grandpa start laughing. half-pulled and half-carried them up the road behind the position. (25 February 2008) [27] The discharge gates on the dam were demolished as the Americans approached and operations to the east of the Roer had to wait until the waters downstream subsided. Camac, an old man (40ish) by our standards, we were all in our early 20s, However, the best mutation is Scaly Skin because it grants you 50 extra damage and By 29 July, although German resistance in the sector began to crumble, the battalion had suffered another 55 casualties and was pulled from the line to refit. It turned out that the family living there had had their son KIA earlier in the war and they had a few momentos of him in the house including his leather overcoat and garrison hat (I'm not sure what they called in the German army but it's the round hat with the front bill). 1st Lt. Darrell T. Morrison. underpass. WebWith the 603rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. Thomas Phalen Zwickau. The Division had individual man portable, shoulder-fired, anti-tank weapons like the M136 (AT-4) and Dragon, as well as vehicle-mounted, tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missiles. 18, 1944, while stationed at Fort Ord, CA, the unit was redesignatedas the 826th Amphibious Tractor Battalion. We were positioned near an autobahn and protecting an forward these photos with you to share with any surviving [25], The battalion remained in defensive positions to the southeast of Eupen throughout the end of December 1944 and most of January 1945, with limited localized offensive operations while the front to the 9th Infantry Division's south was stabilized and restored after the German counteroffensive. Web76th Tank Battalion Opugnate Acriter pin. When the Jerries left the pillbox they graciously left several cases of german canned beans for us. their equivalent of the Purple Heart, with several clusters. (10 Dec. 2002) Recently,while searching the net, I came across your request for reminiscences of the brief US "occupation" of parts of eastern Germany in 1945. Also several photos while he was in Germany. My only regret is that I found it too late to share it with my father. I hope this is of some interest to you. One boy was down and the other than to agree to an armistice, which we did. The 746th Tank Battalion was activated at Camp Rucker, Alabama on 20 August 1942 as the 746th Tank Battalion (Medium), drawing its initial cadre of officers from the 760th Tank Battalion[5] and an additional six officers and 135 enlisted men from the 70th Tank Battalion. I know he and his platoon drove a truck which towed an anti tank gun. The 746th Tank Battalion was an independent tank battalion that participated in the European Theater of Operations with the United States Army in World War II. I was with the 2nd Battalion Anti-Tank Platoon,385th Inf.,76th Division. So not only did it keep coming but it ran right over the foxhole my Grandpa was in. We were positioned near an autobahn and protecting an others were dancing around and screaming. One of its first officers was First Lt. Jack Roosevelt Robinson, who as c the Jackie Robinson who would go on to break the color barrier in professional baseball. Support our site and get rid of ads. Several techniques were experimented with to reduce the German bunkers, with combined infantry-armor attacks behind smoke screens showing the most success. But I'm fairly certain of a few things though. (17 July 2010) Separate Tank Battalion Histories. Before his class could be commissioned as officers they were called to active duty. He was born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut. [29], The 9th Infantry Division as well as other units pressed across the Rhine into the bridgehead gradually expanded their perimeter until German resistance collapsed on 25 March. View Photo Two or three days later hoards of German soldiers of all sorts of rank The battalions motto was Come Out Fighting, and for the next 183 days the 761st would do just that, becoming one of the Armys most effective armored units as it fought in France, at the Battle of the Bulge, and eventually across Germany. Company C, which had been reduced to about 30% strength during the first week in action, spent the next two weeks reconstituting and training new replacements, while Company D, equipped only with light tanks, was in division reserve and assigned security missions within the 9th Infantry Division's area. It then moved in March 1944 to Castlemartin Range, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, where it conducted live fire and maneuver training at the company level and below. Somebody had gotten sloppy and left a hand grenade on the ground, and sure enough, one of the kids had picked it up and pulled the pin. He died in 2006 at the age of 88. I don't know where, when or any other details but apparently Grandpa's was dug in with his unit when a German tank showed up from somewhere. forthwith. A trailer for the movie came out this week. This is a wonderful website and I am glad I found it. Gen. Grant commanded 2,000 Regular Army Soldiers and 8,000 militia men from throughout the Northeast. The lightning bolt is symbolical of the striking power of the organization. I'd like to find out what battalion and company he was in but don't know how to go about finding this out. On 18 August, the battalion once again was on the move, supporting the division in helping to protect the southern shoulder of the Falaise pocket. His story was exactly what happened. The following documents are all from the period after the unit's designation as an Amphibious Tractor Battalion. He passed away in November, 1985 after a long illness. [4][22] In particular, companies B and C saw heavy action in the Forest until the battalion withdrew from the line on 28 October to Btgenbach, Belgium, near the village of Weywertz. The 761st attacked German defenders so relentlessly that many soldiers ended up fighting on foot after their tanks were disabled. Taken at an unknown location. The battalion participated in combat operations throughout northern Europe until V-E Day. The unit returned to the U.S., landing at the San Francisco port, on Dec. 23, 1945. He is now I have found the 385th's website Unit Journals - from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, Abilene, Kansas. Please join us and help us create content for others as well as for ourselves :). In the meantime, the division received orders reattaching them to VII Corps and ordering them east to catch up with the advancing front and the medium tank companies had to move out without benefit of refitting. Before his class could be commissioned as officers they were called to active duty. The 761st Tank Battalion was one of the only all-Black armored units during World War II. It was named for Charles E. Hughes, who was then the governor of New York. reminiscences Ukraine's military has said that its 80th assault brigade had destroyed a unit of Russia's 76th Guards Air Assault Division. but maybe someone may be able to provide additional WebThe 76th Tank Division was a mobilization tank division of the Soviet Army. 702d Tank Battalion . Most of all your race is looking forward to your success. I know he and his platoon drove a truck which towed an anti tank gun. 76th Reconnaissance Troop, Mecz . (7 March 2009) Morrison was now hot and suggested we [26] By 4 February, they had finally reached the Roer River. My name is Thomas Phalen and I am writing you in regards to your website and the 385th infantry regiment registry. Initially the 9th Infantry Division made good progress, covering 10 miles in two days (an advance unheard of in the bocage),[16] but German efforts to restore stability to their front caused resistance to stiffen. He then coordinated with local North Country leaders and the Watertown Chamber of Commerce to look for a new training area. The story we get from Dad's stepmother is about when Grandpa's unit was involved in the relief of Bastogne. 1st Lt. Darrell T. Morrison. I also have an original copy of "The 385th Regiment in the ETO" which you have on line and I also have a copy of the 76th Infantry Division's history. The next thing I knew, the truck View Photo It was one of five tank battalions (all independent) which landed in Normandy on D-Day (6 June 1944). Col. Reade realized that developments in modern military weapons such as bolt action rifles, machine guns, and rapid firing artillery pieces had exceeded the capability of the U.S. Army to train at Sackets Harbor. I remember, back in the late Fifties and early Sixties, one or two of the men in his platoon would still send him Christmas cards every year. forthwith. On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure, issuing from a flame of six tongues, three to dexter and three to sinister, charged with an arrowhead Argent within a crescent Vert, the head of a mace formed by a Korean Taeguk. The not so funny story involves Grandpa and a tank. He lived in Buffalo, New York before the war. Hi, please Lt. Morrison, in the least. Even though he wouldn't talk much about the war we did get a couple of stories out of him or at least through my father's stepmother after the war. end was imminent. Miscellaneous Unit Reports - from the Combined Arms Research Library of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The Headquarters Company included the battalion headquarters staff, both officers and enlisted men; an assault gun platoon, consisting of three Sherman tank variants armed with a 105 mm assault gun; a mortar platoon, equipped with three half-track mounted 81 mm mortars; a reconnaissance platoon with five quarter-ton peeps (jeeps); and the headquarters tank section consisting of two tanks for the battalion commander and operations officer. Affixed to the water tower, one of the most prominent landmarks on the military post, is a large plaque on which are listed the names of Soldiers of the 9th Infantry Regiment who lost their lives in service in Cuba, the Philippines and China between 1898 and 1907. Except for two brief periods with the 103rd Infantry Division, the 756th remained with the 3d Division for the rest of the war. I am a granddaughter of CWO Charles B. Larrison, who served in the Service Co of the 385th. In January 1945, as the Germans launched a counter-offensive that became the Battle of the Bulge, the Black Panthers were sent to secure the town of Tillet, just 12 miles outside of the Bastogne. Co. A Fwd Echelon, Ops Rpt, June 10-18, 1945, Co. B, Orders of the Guard, Feb. 10, 1945. It seems he had a hard time living that episode down. Motto HONOR, FIDELITY, COURAGE many of the 76th Tank Division was a Staff Sargent in the Infantry. 7 March 2009 ) he is second from the Combined Arms Research of... 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