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51ST ARMORED INFANTRY REGIMENT
4th Armored Division • World War II •

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Document Overview:
This is the Historical and Pictorial Review of the 51st Armored Infantry Regiment, Fourth Armored Division, published at Pine Camp, New York, in 1942 by the Army and Navy Publishing Company of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and reviewed and authorized by the War Department’s Bureau of Public Relations. It opens with portraits and biographies of the Armored Force and division commanders, the division staff, and a narrative history of the Fourth Armored Division from its activation on April 15, 1941, through its first year of training, including the first full-division road march and pioneering sub-zero winter tests. The regimental section traces the 51st from its 1917 organization at Chickamauga Park and its World War I service in Alsace and the Meuse-Argonne to its reactivation as an armored infantry regiment, followed by photo spreads of weapons, drill, guard mount and camp life, and company-by-company rosters naming the men of every battalion. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.
Campaigns: Gerardmer Sector, Alsace (WWI, 1918); Meuse-Argonne Offensive (WWI, 1918); Army of Occupation, Germany (1919); stateside armored training at Pine Camp, New York (1941–1942)

Commanders: Lt. Col. (later Col.) Thomas J. Camp; Col. Charles S. Johnson; Col. Leo A. Bessette. Division: Maj. Gen. Henry W. Baird; Maj. Gen. John S. Wood

Division newspaper: 4th Armored Press

Table of Contents
Major General Jacob L. Devers, Chief of the Armored Force
Major General Henry W. Baird
Letter to the Officers and Men of the Fourth Armored Division
Major General John S. Wood
Fourth Armored Division Command and Staff
Blazonry: The Division Shoulder Patch
Story of the Fourth Armored Division
Pictorial: Pine Camp, Tanks, Retreat and Review, Artillery, Maintenance, Engineers, Winter Training, Recreation
A Soldier of the 51st Speaks
Colonel Leo A. Bessette, Commanding
History of the 51st Armored Infantry Regiment
Blazonry: Regimental Coat of Arms
Regimental Staff
Infantry on Wheels
Weapons and Drill
Equipment Display
Guard Mount
Mess and Kitchen
You’re in the Army Now!
The 51st Passes in Review
Baseball… A National Favorite
Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Regimental Company Rosters
First Battalion: Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Company A
Company B
Company C
Second Battalion: Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Company D
Company E
Company F
Third Battalion: Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Company G
Company H
Company I
Medical Detachment

“He simply knows that his generation has an unpleasant job to finish, and with that in mind he does his best.”
— Corporal Robert C. Hull, Hq. Third Bn., 51st Armored Infantry