Description

741st Tank Battalion — “Vitamin Baker”
• World War II •
132 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Written by the men of Baker Company themselves after V-E Day, this is the story of “Vitamin Baker” — a company of the 741st Tank Battalion, attached to the 2nd Infantry Division — from stateside maneuvers through the Omaha Beach landing on D-Day, the Normandy hedgerows, the Battle of the Bulge at Rocherath-Krinkelt, the Rhine crossing, and the final push to Czechoslovakia. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.

Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, Central Europe

Commanders: Capt. Vincent A. Cinquina (Company Commander), Lt. Col. Jacob Moon (Battalion Commander)

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

This Ain’t Nothing! Wait Till You Get to Your Regular Outfit
We Invade England
And So Into Action
The Battle of France Sweeps On
The Germans Didn’t Break Through Here!
The March to the Rhine
Alles Kaput!

“The 741st Tank Battalion rendered outstanding performance of duty in action against enemy positions and by such action enabled a beach line to be secured and held, insuring success of the landing and the beachhead.”
— Distinguished Unit Citation, Normandy invasion