Description

701st Tank Battalion
• World War II •
248 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Compiled by the battalion itself and printed in Germany after V-E Day, this history follows the 701st Tank Battalion from its March 1943 activation at Camp Campbell, Kentucky through training at Fort Knox and in the Arizona desert, the crossing to England and France, and combat attached to the 102nd Infantry Division through the Roer, the Rhine, and on to Gotha, Germany, with company-by-company chapters covering every element of the battalion. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.
Campaigns: Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe

Commanders: Lt. Col. Frederick J. Simpson (killed in action, April 14, 1945), Maj. Joseph H. Gauss

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Introduction
In Memoriam
Lt. Col. Frederick J. Simpson
The Battalion Commander and Staff
The 701st
Extracts From 701st Daily Bulletins
“A” Company
“B” Company
“C” Company
“D” Company
Medical Detachment
Headquarters Company
Service Company
Awards and Decorations
Commissions
Certificates of Merit
Songs
Battalion Roster
Epilogue

“From Major Gauss, from the staff and from each of us to each other: so long, good luck.”
— Epilogue