Description

History of the 25th Tank Battalion
14th Armored Division • World War II •
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Document Overview: Written by Ralph Cardinal, a lieutenant in the 25th Tank Battalion, this history recounts the battalion’s journey from embarkation in October 1944 through combat in France and Germany with the 14th Armored Division, ending with V-E Day in May 1945. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.

Campaigns: Alsace, the Battle of the Bulge, the Siegfried Line, the Rhine Crossing, the drive to the Danube and Bavaria

Commanders: Major Ernest C. Watson, Major Howard E. Philips, Major William E. Shedd III

Unit newspaper: Tanker Topics

Table of Contents

Part I: Embarkation and Voyage Overseas
Arrival in France and the Vosges Mountains
The Drive to the Alsace Plain
The Battle of the Bulge
The Siegfried Line
The Rhine Crossing
The Drive to the Danube
Ingolstadt, Landshut, and the Advance into Bavaria
V-E Day

“Two down — One to go; with the memory of fallen comrades still vivid, we rededicated ourselves to the task ahead.”
— Ralph Cardinal, History of the 25th Tank Battalion