Description

899th Tank Destroyer Battalion
• World War II •

104 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.

Document Overview

“Our Battalion” is the unofficial regimental history of the 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, written and compiled by the battalion’s own veterans and printed in Munich, Bavaria shortly after the war’s end. It traces the unit’s story from its 1940 activation at Fort Lewis, Washington, through stateside training, the North African and European campaigns, and occupation duty in Germany, and closes with its roll of honored dead and a full roster of the men who served. This listing is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original printed history.

Campaigns: Tunisia (Gafsa, El Guettar, Maknassy); Normandy (Cherbourg, St. Jean de Daye); Northern France pursuit; the Ardennes; Rhineland and the drive into Germany; occupation duty near Ingolstadt.

Commanders: Lt. Col. Ransom (activation, Fort Lewis); Lt. Col. McChrystal (1941–1943); Lt. Col. Tincher (North Africa and the continent); Colonel Benson.

Unit newspaper: unknown

Table of Contents

Activation and Stateside Training
Movement to Camp Hood, Texas
Deployment to North Africa
Tunisia Campaign — Gafsa, El Guettar, Maknassy
Rest and Refitting in Africa
England — Staging for the Invasion
Normandy Landing and Cherbourg Peninsula
St. Jean de Daye and the Distinguished Unit Citation
Breakout and Pursuit Across France
The Ardennes and the Drive into Germany
Occupation Duty and V-E Day
Roll of Honor and Battalion Roster

“Our Battalion. It’s the best. There is no other to take its place in our memories.”
— Our Battalion, 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion Association