My only regret is that I found it too late to share it with my father! Most of them I believe were younger than my Dad when they served together. Regards, We did not like his rules, but we never lost a battle. It was based in Brest and became a territorial training center in 1987. He found Pine Plains to be an ideal place to train troops. both artillary and bombing, so they were unconcerned. Most of them I believe were younger than my Dad when they served together. This was my motivation pure and simple when I entered the army. When the Jerries left the pillbox they graciously left several cases of german canned beans for us. 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. Thank you very much for this website and if there is any other information I can provide you just let me know. The maneuvers were judged to be most successful, and the War Department purchased another 9,000 acres of land. It was followed by the rest of the battalion, less D Company, three years later. In addition to rare Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.F and Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.J Thomas Phalen My name is Marie Larrison. Personnel were drawn from the 30th, 40th, 74th, 75th and 76th Field Artillery Battalions. please Lt. Morrison, in the least. Fort Drums ranges, training areas and facilities are essential to the New York Army National Guard to meet readiness objectives and federal training requirements. Regards, It was redesignated effective 25 February 2004, for the 73d Cavalry Regiment. another. The mace in the arms of Colmar suggested the mace head to refer to that campaign. It was redesignated for the 73d Armor on 19 March 1963. In the last days of the War we were in a gun position just outside of #tanks #History #WW2 . My knowledge of my grandfather's service is sketchy at best because he wouldn't talk much about it. There are many photos of, I'm sure, the men in his platoon, but unfortunately my Dad wasn't the best at identifying who was in the photo on the backside. S/Sgt John R Rutter - His thoughts were of his men, not himself. They then attended Basic Infantry training at Fort Wolters, Texas and upon completion went to officer candidate school at Fort Benning, Georgia. bzlee@mondegroup.com. 3rd Squadron is assigned to 1st Brigade. Russians. Size: 3" x 3 1/4". There was occasional sniper fire from their side and we had orders to and Gen. George Patton didnt believe in the Black soldiers of the 761st Tank Battalion. Formed from 67th Infantry (medium tanks) at Fort Meade, Maryland, on 15 June 1940 under Lt. Col. Stephen G. Henry. NAME:CWO Charles B. Larrison, Service Company, 385th Inf. Company A(-) linked up with elements of the 101st Airborne Division; Company B with the 12th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Division; and Company C was attached to the 82nd Airborne Division at Ste.-Mre-glise. 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. Nearly a century before Fort Drum came into existence, there had been an active military presence in the local area, which would later play a role in an Army installation being established in northern New York. This page was last edited on 22 January 2023, at 05:21. vicf5319@aol.com, NAME: Bernard Z. Lee, Anti-Tank Company, 385th Inf. both artillary and bombing, so they were unconcerned. abandoned foxholes and chased them away. prisoners of war. If the Iraqi Army had gone on the offensive against the 82nd Airborne Division, the Division's only antitank capability would have been the 3/73rd Armor, the antitank companies of the battalions, and the Dragon gunners in the line companies. 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. (17 July 2010) The village was now a major military outpost and shipbuilding center with the sudden swarm of troops and ship carpenters. 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 but maybe someone may be able to provide additional Web302nd FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000: 355th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000: 901st FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) With the declaration of war against England in 1812, Sackets Harbor became the headquarters of the U.S. military for the northern frontier. Trapped behind enemy lines, Hayes encounters Lt. Frank Ross, an American pilot played by Kellan Lutz. In 1892, the 9th Infantry Regiment was stationed at Madison Barracks at the end of the Indian Campaigns. But I'm fairly certain of a few things though. Return to Front Page. Then turning northeast, the battalion advanced about 30km per day, encountering continued sporadic resistance in the form of mined roadblocks, demolished bridges and mobile strong points. fjennie@fea.net, In browsing the internet, I was surprised to see the posting by Allan Thomas. Anyone with additional information about or My only regret is that I found it too late to share it with my father. He attended South Dakota State College in Brookings, South Dakota and was in the ROTC program there. Also several photos while he was in Germany. The coat of arms was originally approved for the 756th Tank Battalion, Light on 15 May 1942. alone,through the underpass. Max Hauptman please Lt. Morrison, in the least. Lt. Morrison The M551A1 Sheridan light tank parachute airdropped into combat by the 3/73rd Armor attached to the 82d Airborne Division for Panama in 1989. 5.) Written permission must be obtained before any material published on domains valka.cz or armedconflicts.com is reproduced or shared or hosted or used (including the data storage in databases) in any way. There is also a nice picture of him in the book "The 385th in the ETO" under the Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion section. View Photo The division commander after reactivation was Brig. "Whip". View Photo Soon after the move to Camp Pickett, on 22 October 1943, the unit was redesignated as the 746th Tank Battalion and adopted the organization in which it would fight throughout the European Campaign. The training center became a storage 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. Military history of Fort Drum and local area. On Feb. 13, 1985, the 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) was officially reactivated at Fort Drum. decided to take us over to where the Germans were located, to pursuade them out. Was any drinking going on? View Photo Fred Jennie In 1944, the 767th Tank Battalion supported the US 7th Infantry Division during two campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO). The 746th Tank Battalion went back into action on 1 August east of Villedieu-les-Poles to help exploit the breakthrough in the German defenses. Ukraine's military has said that its 80th assault brigade had destroyed a unit of Russia's 76th Guards Air Assault Division. SKU#. Not for God and country but for me and my people, recalled Capt. They refused. The officers are sitting in the front row but none are identified. midnight. After they had been lying there awhile with their faces in the dirt the people around him heard Grandpa start laughing. 385th Regiment 1st Batallion CHARLEY Company. helpful and inspiring. underpass. Marie Larrison It was there he met the woman who would become my father's stepmother. you know, we arrived on the preliminary Yalta line about 10 days before May 8 A new set of breastworks and a blockhouse named Fort Pike was constructed adjacent to Fort Volunteer; these two forts would later form the core of Madison Barracks. WebRT @Tank_Archives: The 66th Special Purpose Tank Battalion was formed #OTD in 1942 to take part in the invasion of Malta. These units regularly come to Fort Drum for weekend inactive duty training and annual training during the year. 8.) This article incorporatespublic domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry document "73d Cavalry Regiment". By May, the 746th Tank Battalion marshaled in their staging area at Lupton Park, Brixham and from 31 May to 2 June loaded aboard LCTs at Dartmouth and joined the invasion armada on 3 June. Later this month, the 761st will debut on the big screen in Come Out Fighting, a new movie debuting this month that features the fabled tank battalion. Regards, No sir,not as far as I could tell. Grandpa returned from the war and became a supervisor for the US Post Office in Syracuse, NY. 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. [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 didn't have any antitank weapons with them so they couldn't stop the beast. about seven hours before midnight, so he may have been the last wartime and memories of his war experiences. In 2006 the 82nd Airborne Division began transformation to the US Army's new modular force structure. This unit was inactivated on 1 July 1957 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division. Fighting was so intense during this period that two platoons of Company D were broken up to man tanks for the medium tank companies. 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 My name is Marie Larrison. The three divisions to train at Pine Camp were Gen. George S. Patton's 4th Armored Division (Gen. Creighton Abrams was a battalion commander here at the time), the 45th Infantry Division and the 5th Armored Division, along with the 754th Tank Battalion, which went on to fight in the jungles of the Pacific. This unit was again reorganized and redesgianted on 10 January 1949 as the 73rd Heavy Tank Battalion and assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division. Return to Front Page, Hello, Gen. William S. Carpenter. The 761st Tank Battalion was one of the only all-Black armored units during World War II. seriously (injured) kid on I'd like to find out what battalion and company he was in but don't know how to go about finding this out. The wore their decorations which included the Iron Cross and we were The tankers were heartened to find that the new heavies were much more resistant to Panzerfaust attack. I think we did a helluva good job over there! Contact us. Per SOP, the convoy halted and everybody dove for the nearest ditch. As a result, 15 of the Shermans fell out due to track and suspension failure during the 250km road march to Nordhausen on 1314 April. It was during this time that the 746th was assigned to support the 4th Infantry Division for the invasion. Best regards to Allan Thomas and other Co K members. I would be interested in knowing if anybody who remembers Grandpa is still living and where. He died in 2006 at the age of 88. WebArmy Regulation 345-105, Military Records, Historical Records and Histories of Organizations, November 18, 1929, with subsequent changes, required that all commanders of regiments, separate battalions or squadrons, companies or detachments, and all commanders of a higher grade prepare and submit to the Adjutant General a detailed 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. Constituted 13 January 1941 in the regular army as the 76th Tank Battalion, Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Lewis Washington. He died in 2006 at the age of 88. But I'm fairly certain of a few things though. Web391.7 CARTOGRAPHIC RECORDS (GENERAL) 1869-1941 76 items 391.8 STILL PICTURES (GENERAL) 1850-1950 1,605 images So not only did it keep coming but it ran right over the foxhole my Grandpa was in. This is a wonderful website and I am glad I found it. Per SOP, the convoy halted and everybody dove for the nearest ditch. The battalion headquarters was attached to the 9th Infantry Division on 17 June. WebLuzonJan. 9, to Jul. 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. 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. Two or three days later hoards of German soldiers of all sorts of rank Our gun was about 300 yards on our side of the autobahn and we NAME: 1st Sgt. 7.) 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. From 26 September to 25 October 1994, elements of the 3/73d Armor supported peacekeeping operations in Haiti. Again they refused. bed sheet on a pole, Mac, who spoke no German, he headed off, I'd be happy to provide, in the future, scanned copies of photos if you are interested. [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. them to surrender. It was VE Day! How my Dad loved receiving those cards. Rockwall, TX The not so funny story involves Grandpa and a tank. Since that summer, U.S. Army Soldiers have trained annually at that site. He died in 2006 at the age of 88. 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. 4.) One story is kind of funny even though he almost got shot by his own men as a result of it. 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. Hi, 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. 1.) By Labor Day 1941, 100 tracts of land were taken over. Of all of the Soldiers and units stationed at Sackets Harbor, the 9th Infantry Regiment was probably the most well-known. 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. Loading, please wait X Thank His ROTC group became known as the '44 Kings (they were set to graduate in 1944). They tasted pretty good. My father, A.E. He was a great guy! WebSep 29, 2022 38 Star Flag - American parade flag dating to 1876 Colorado flag. and was pulling a large wooden cart on four wheels. If you have any suggestions I'd appreciate it if you could pass them on to me. 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. One story is kind of funny even though he almost got shot by his own men as a result of it. I'd be happy to provide, in the future, scanned copies of photos if you are interested. British forces led by Lt. Gen. Sir George Provost, who was also the British governor general of Canada, began moving towards Sackets Harbor on May 27, 1813. The 60th and Company B rejoined the division on 24 December. them or their families, should it not be over. of Co. K from Camp McCoy to Zwickau, near the Czech border on May '45.. After crossing the Saar river at Echternach and capturing the pillboxes, we lived in them for a few weeks. Again they refused. All Rights Reserved. Division, 385th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, "L" 1st Lt. Darrell T. Morrison. Our orders were [19][20][21] As the pace of the advance slowed down, the battalion began to receive 38-ton heavy Sherman tanks (M4A3E2). [7], The 746th embarked in New York on 29 January 1944 aboard the RMS Aquitania and arrived at Gourock, Scotland on 9 February 1944. Kind regards, The not so funny story involves Grandpa and a tank. This unit was the only light tank battalion remaining in the US Army, with the 16-ton Vietnam-era M551A1 Sheridan tank, which could be airdropped. The tankers had found the first days in combat in France very trying. 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). the Russians and should the end really be at hand they would come our Its Headquarters was placed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. P2186. My father, the late Anthony N. Esposito, was a Staff Sargent in the 385th Infantry Regiment of the 76th Infantry Division. Rockwall, TX, NAME:CWO Charles B. Larrison, Service Company, 385th Inf. [13] This initial relationship with the 9th Infantry Division was to become a habitual relationship, and the battalion would maintain a close operating relationship with it for most of the remainder of the war in Europe. Per fess Azure and Gules, on a fess Or a hand in armor grasping a bolt of lightning, both Vert. In addition to rare Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.F and Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf.J tanks it included captured Soviet T-34, KV-1, and KV-2 tanks. 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). They and we could hear a J.E. 2.) My only regret is that I found it too late to share it with my father! #tanks #History #WW2 . 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