Description

46th Tank Battalion
13th Armored Division • World War II •

136 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Published by the 46th Tank Battalion in 1946 (Army & Navy Publishing Company, Baton Rouge), this combined division and battalion history opens with farewell messages from Major Generals John B. Wogan and John Millikin and a narrative of the 13th “Black Cat” Armored Division from Camp Beale and Camp Bowie through Normandy, the Ruhr Pocket, the Danube, Isar and Inn crossings, and the surrender of Braunau, Austria, followed by an extensive photo section. The 46th’s own history then follows Task Force Delnore from Le Havre in January 1945 through its baptism of fire at the Sieg River, the capture of two German generals and 600 men at Mudlinghoven, and Capt. Weaver’s negotiated surrender of a PW camp holding 15,000 Allied prisoners near Braunau. It includes the battalion’s awards, killed in action list, staff officers, and full company rosters with hometowns. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.
Campaigns: Rhineland; Central Europe (Ruhr Pocket, Danube–Isar–Inn drive into Austria)
Commanders: Lt. Col. Victor E. Delnore (battalion commander); Maj. John P. Sheffey (executive officer); Maj. Gen. John B. Wogan and Maj. Gen. John Millikin (13th Armored Division)
Division newspaper: The Black Cat

Table of Contents
Message from Major General John B. Wogan
Message from Major General John Millikin
The Black Cats
Normans Were Our Hosts
Across the Rhine
Ahead Were the 88’s
Many a Black Cat Fell
Division Crossed the Danube
13th Rolled Through Bavaria
“I Ask for Mercy”
Sifting Out Nazi Bigwigs
Armored Infantry Battalions (pictorial)
Rise and Fall of the Nazis
Occupation
Tank Battalions (pictorial)
Division Artillery (pictorial)
Cavalry, Engineers and Combat Commands (pictorial)
California
Citation of Merit
History of the 46th Tank Battalion
Silver Stars and Bronze Stars
Killed
Battalion Staff
Headquarters Company
Medical Detachment
Service Company
Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Battalion Statistics
Letter of Appreciation from General Jacob L. Devers
Some Former Members of the Battalion

“Our country and our beliefs are forever worth the price that was paid.”
— History of the 46th Tank Battalion, 1946