Description

776th Tank Destroyer Battalion
• World War II •
112 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
This informal unit history traces the 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion from its 1941 activation as a Provisional Antitank Battalion at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyoming, through 550 days of combat across North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany, to V-E Day in Austria in May 1945. It records the battalion’s campaigns, awards, casualties, and rosters, including citations for the Distinguished Service Cross, Legion of Merit, Silver Star, and Bronze Star. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original printed history.

Campaigns: Tunisia • Naples-Foggia (Italy) • Rome-Arno (Italy) • Rhineland (France & Germany) • Central Europe

Commanders: Lt. Col. Frank E. Meek (Activation) • Lt. Col. James P. Barney Jr. • Lt. Col. Dwight E. Moorhead

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
In Memoriam
Activation
Africa
Italy
Germany
Austria
Campaigns
Presidential Citation
Unit Meritorious Service Plaque
Commendations
Awards
Overseas Roster

“Thanksgiving that at long last the dreaded Nazi regime was rid from the roles of mankind, and proudness in that the Battalion, the 776th, had inscribed its greatness unto the military annals of our Country.”
— 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion, on V-E Day