Description

822nd Tank Destroyer Battalion
• World War II •
16 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview
Compiled by Capt. Melvin F. LaBrode with assistance from 1st Lt. Abel F. DeWitt, this is the 822nd Tank Destroyer Battalion’s Anniversary Souvenir booklet, published July 25, 1944 to mark the unit’s second year since activation. Rather than combat action, it chronicles the battalion’s stateside training history, from activation at Camp Carson through maneuvers in Tennessee and final proficiency tests at Fort Jackson, and includes the officer roster, cadre non-commissioned officers, and a message from the commanding officer as the battalion prepared for overseas deployment. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original printed booklet.

Campaigns: None yet at time of publication — stateside training only (Camp Carson, Camp Livingston, Camp Bowie, Camp Hood, Camp Breckinridge, Tennessee Maneuvers, Fort Jackson)

Commanders: Lt. Col. Joseph J. Fraser (Activation) • Lt. Col. Joseph M. Lovell • Lt. Col. Seward L. Mains, Jr. (Commanding, 1944)

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Battalion Observes Anniversary
Battalion’s Motto Is Challenge to Fighting Spirit
Highlights in the Chronology of the 822nd TD Battalion
“Daughter of the Battalion”
Roster of Officers, 822nd TD Battalion, 1944
A Sentimental Souvenir
Officer Candidate Schools Claim Thirty-Six NCOs
Former 822nd TD Officer Leads Platoon in Italy
Few Officers Remain From Original Group
Much Ado About . . .
“A Job Well Done”
An Anniversary Message From the Battalion Commander
Cadre NCO’s Remember When
Dean of Battalion’s Non-Coms Served Ten Years Before Pearl Harbor

“You have done well in the past, you are doing well today, and you can do better tomorrow.”
— Lt. Col. Seward L. Mains, Jr., Commanding