Description

777th Tank Battalion
• World War II •
40 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
This unit history recounts the 777th Tank Battalion’s path from its September 1943 activation and stateside service with the Armored Test Board and Armored School, through deployment to England and France in late 1944, to combat in the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns with the 28th and, later, the 69th Infantry Division, culminating in the battalion’s role in the historic first link-up with the Russian army near Leipzig in April 1945. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original printed history.

Campaigns: Rhineland • Central Europe

Commanders: Lt. Col. Ned T. Norris (Activation) • Lt. Col. David T. Zweibel (Commanding Officer) • Maj. Allen G. McMahan (Executive Officer)

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents
Preparation
Work on the Board
The Seelbach of Course
The Super Race
Hitting the Beach
Application
We Join the Doughboys
Cross Fire
On to Leipzig
Kraut Blood and Steel
Snipers
Roll on “Cowboys”
Helpful Hollander
Mission Accomplished
Our Big Prize
Anticipation
Homeward Bound

“We were still with the 69th Infantry Division, having made the headlines in every newspaper throughout the world when the first linkup with the Russian army was achieved.”
— 777th Tank Battalion history, “Anticipation”