Description

47th Tank Battalion
• World War II •
60 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Titled “History From New York o/Hudson to Muhldorf o/Inn” and printed in Germany by Druck von D. Geiger, Mühldorf  after V-E Day, this unit history follows the 47th Tank Battalion, 14th Armored Division, from embarkation at Camp Shanks, New York in October 1944 through combat in France and Germany, including the liberation of tens of thousands of Allied prisoners of war at Hammelburg and Moosburg, a role that earned the battalion the nickname “The Liberators.” This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original wartime unit history, delivered instantly as a PDF.

Campaigns: Alsace, France • Siegfried Line, Germany • Hammelburg POW Camp Liberation • Nuremberg • Altenthann • Ingolstadt • Moosburg POW Camp Liberation • Muhldorf

Commanders: Lt. Col. James W. Lann

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

● Forward
● Prologue
● In Memoriam
● Missing in Action
● 47th Tank Battalion History
● The Drive into Germany
● Liberation of Hammelburg
● The Drive on Moosburg
● Liberation of Moosburg
● V-E Day
● Award of the Silver Star, Posthumous
● Award of the Bronze Star, Posthumous
● Award of the Bronze Star Medal
● Award of the Medical Badge

“It was here that the 47th cinched the title of ‘Liberators’ for themselves.”
— 47th Tank Battalion Unit History, on the liberation of Moosburg