Description

771st Tank Battalion
 • World War II •
142 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Written in 1946 by Capt. Edwin Castagna, a former platoon leader and company commander in the battalion, this unofficial history of the 771st Tank Battalion is drawn from After Action Reports, S-3 journals, company rosters, citations, and firsthand narrative accounts contributed by the men themselves. It traces the battalion’s story from activation and stateside training through combat in the Siegfried Line, the Battle of the Ardennes, the drive to the Rhine, and the advance to the Elbe, concluding with its service as occupation troops in Germany. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original 1946 printed history.

Campaigns: Siegfried Line • Battle of the Ardennes • Roer River Crossing & Rhineland Campaign • Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity) • Race to the Elbe • Occupation of Germany

Commanders: Lt. Col. Jack C. Childers (Commanding Officer) • Maj. Harold W. Weiss (S-3) • Maj. B. C. Mills (S-3)

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Foreword
Getting Ready
Siegfried Line
The Battle of the Ardennes
Spearhead
From the Rhine to Munster
Across the Weser to Hannover
Race to the Elbe
Occupation
Personnel Killed in Action
Personnel Wounded in Action
Personnel Who Distinguished Themselves
Enemy Units Which Opposed the 771st Tank Battalion
Roster at Date of Landing in France
List of Men Transferred to Battalion in Europe
Names and Addresses of Subscribers to History

“If you who read the book find that the writer has set down a tolerable history of your battalion, he will have reached his objective.”
— Capt. Edwin Castagna, Foreword