Description

380 pages
September 1945
Written by George Kenneth Rubel, Lieutenant Colonel
Edited by First Sergeant Charles W. Edwards
Illustrations by Private Tats B. Hirasuna

Printed by “Muster-Schmidt” LTD., Gottingen (Germany)

CONTENTS
3rd May, 1945, German Soldiers Everywhere
740th Formed in Fort Knox, 1 March 1943
We Become a Special Battalion
In the Arizona Desert
Back in Fort Knox On the Way to the European Theater
In the United Kingdom
Utah Beach
Belgium and Buzz Bombs
Von Rundstedts Breakthrough-Battle of the Ardennes
Thru the Siegfried Line
We Cross the Roer at Duren
Thru the Dragons Teeth Again with 7th US Army
Back up North and Into Ruhr Pocket
The Lord Mayor of Dusseldorf
From Bleckede on the Elbe to Wismar on the Baltic Sea with the 2nd. British Army

ADDENDA
From V-E to V-J Day
Dark Moments
In Memorium
Distinguished Unit Citations
Silver Star Awards
Oak Leaf Clusters to Silver Star
Soldiers Medal Awards
Bronze Medal Awards
Oak Leaf Clusters to Bronze Star
Order of the Purple Heart Awards
Some Pictures of Some of the Principals
Roster of Tankers