Description

81st Tank Battalion “Voo Doo”
• World War II •
132 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

Written by Charles P. DeBevoise and published in 1947 by the 81st Tank Battalion Association, this regimental history traces the 81st Tank Battalion — nicknamed “Voo Doo” and attached to the 5th Armored Division — from its activation and stateside training through the Normandy landings and its drive across France, Belgium, and Germany to the end of the war in Europe. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.

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

Commanders: Lt. Col. LeRoy H. Anderson (Battalion Commander), Maj. Gen. Lunsford E. Oliver (5th Armored Division), Lt. Col. Wintermute, Maj. Francis A. McNamara (S-3)

Unit paper: unknwon

Table of Contents

Training
War with Japan
Out in the Desert
Desert Maneuvers
Learning New Tricks
Maneuvers
Overseas
Preparing for the Invasion
D-Day Arrives
Invasion
The Hedgerows of Normandy
Starting the Long March
Combat Commands
On the Road to LeMans
Pocketing the German 7th Army
Germans Driven from the Seine
Into Belgium
At the Siegfried Line
Destroying Pill-Boxes
The Battle of the Bulge
The War in Europe Was Over!
In Post-War Germany
Going Home

“May this book help to keep alive the friendships made in these years of hard work and months of peril.”
— Lt. Col. LeRoy H. Anderson