Description

774th Tank Destroyer Battalion
 • World War II •
218 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Published by and for the men of the 774th Tank Destroyer Battalion under the title “Seek-Strike-Destroy,” this unit history traces the battalion from its activation at Camp Blanding, Florida, on 15 December 1941 through its combat service in Europe under Lt. Col. Conrad B. Sturges, including its landing on the Normandy beaches, the drive across France, the Battle of the Ardennes, and the advance into Germany, alongside company narratives, personnel rosters, an In Memoriam roll, and the story behind the battalion’s insignia. This listing is for a digital download of a scanned copy of the original photo-illustrated volume.

Campaigns: Normandy landing and the drive across France (1944); the Battle of the Ardennes; the advance through Luxembourg, Belgium, and into Germany; four campaign stars earned across the United Kingdom, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and Germany.

Commanders: Lt. Col. Conrad B. Sturges (Commanding Officer); Lt. Col. W. L. Mattox (activation commander, 1941); Maj. Edward J. Bellamy (Executive Officer); Maj. Wade D. Jones (S-3); Capt. Wilbur C. Anderson (S-4); Lt. Frank H. McCartney (S-2); Lt. Warren J. Seidmore (S-1).

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
In Memoriam
Commanding Officer’s Message
Staff Officers
History of the Battalion
Route of March
Headquarters Company
Reconnaissance Company
Company A
Company B
Company C
Medical Detachment
The Battalion Insignia
Roster and Home Addresses

“Every man…here represented has served according to his ability, and the efforts of each have contributed to the outcome. This we shall remember…and in doing so we shall be revering each honored grave and be sending comfort to the loved ones of comrades who could not live to see this day.”
— General Eisenhower, “Victory Order of the Day”