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Strike Swiftly! The 70th Tank Battalion from North Africa to Normandy to Germany. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1997. ISBN 0891416102; Robinson, Wayne. Move Out Verify: The Combat Story of the 743rd Tank Battalion. Frankfurt (Main), Germany: 1945. Sawicki, James A. Tank Battalions of the U.S. Army. Dumfries, VA: Wyvern Press, 1983. ISBN 0960240454
Activated on 23 May 1942 as the 5th Tank Group (Colored) at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, and moved to Camp Hood, Texas, on 15 September 1943, and assigned to the Tank Destroyer Center. Redesignated as the 5th Armored Group (Colored) on 22 November 1943. Inactivated on 1 December 1944. Formed of the 758th, 761st, and 784th Tank Battalions. [9]
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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. It was one of five tank battalions (all independent) which landed in Normandy on D-Day (6 June 1944). The battalion participated in combat operations throughout northern Europe until V-E ...
The flame tank group was expanded with men from the 5th Marine tank battalion and 25 from the 117th CB. [10] The newly attached Seabees went over what the Army had created and concluded it was a little over engineered. They recommended reducing the number of moving parts from over a hundred to a half dozen.
The 741st Tank Battalion was an independent tank battalion that participated in the European Theater of Operations with the United States Army in World War II. The battalion participated in combat operations throughout northern Europe until V-E Day. It was one of five tank battalions (all independent) that landed in Normandy on D-Day (6 June 1944).
The 70th Tank Battalion was the U.S. Army's first separate tank battalion, activated on 15 June 1940, from Regular Army troops. Four more separate tank battalions (the 191st–194th) were formed soon after from National Guard tank companies from California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
For Okinawa the 10th Army decided that the entire 713th Tank Battalion would provisionally convert to flame. The battalion was tasked to support both the Army and the Marine Corps assault. It was ordered to Schofield Barracks on Nov 10. There the Seabees supervised three officers and 60 enlisted of the 713th convert all 54 of their tanks to ...