Title

752nd Tank [Batallion]

Creator

United States. Army. Tank Battalion, 752nd

Publisher

[San Angelo] : [Newsfoto Publishing Company], [1945?]

Date

1945

Description

Basic training had its usual ups and downs. A lot of the boys were introduced to tanks for the first time--and took to them as smoothly as a shell fits into the breech. By the time the outfit was well into its basic education it furnished enough trained personnel to form the cadre for the 7 42nd tank Battalion. The new baby was commanded by Major Hausman, formerly S-3 of the 752nd. Command of the 752nd parent organization at this time was taken over by Major George F. Bender who had been the Battalion Executive Officer under Col. Anderson. Most of the kinks of basic training had been ironed out when 752nd left Fort Lewis on April 13, 1942, headed for the Desert Training Center at Camp Young, near Indio, California. Here we started the rough work which was to result in one of the best trained tank outfits in the open market. The outfit was part of the first Tank Group which also included the 755th Tank Battalion. Notes: (1) Includes roster and (2) written while the battalion was stationed in Italy

Subject

United States. Army. Tank Battalion, 752nd--History

World war, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy

World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories

Type

Illustrated works

Regimental histories

Format

1 volume : illustrations ; 27 cm

Temporal Coverage

Nineteen forties

Twentieth century

Language

English

Is Part Of

Bangor Public Library Special Collections

Note

Written while the battalion was stationed in Italy.

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