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208 pages scanned

CONTENTS
FOREWORD by Lt Col William D. Duncan, Commanding Officer
of the 743rd Tank Battalion
PART ONE
INVASION
I — Battle for a Beachhead
II — The Making of Veterans
III — Turnabout
PART TWO
GUARDING A LIFE LINE
I — Crossing the Vire
II — Green Death
III — The Epic Called St. Lo
IV — The Long, Hard Days
PART THREE
PURSUIT
I — Full Speed Ahead
II — Hello Belgium — Goodbye France
III — Into the Dragon’s Teeth
PART FOUR
SIEGFRIED LINE
I — The Wedge
II — Here a Town, There a Town
III — Attack to the Roer
IV — War is Waiting
PART FIVE
WAR IN THE SNOW
I — Down to the Bulge
II — Return Bout — 743rd vs 1st SS Panzer
III — Push South
PART SIX
END OF THE ENEMY
I — It’s Done With Bridges — and Guts
II — Watch on the Rhine
III — Race Toward Berlin
IV — Cease Fire — Secure Guns
PART SEVEN
“BY THEIR NAMES —”
I — “In The Highest Traditions . . .”
II — They Keep the Faith
III — Battalion Roster