The battle of Leyte was the beginning of Operation Musketeer, General MacArthurs Liberation of the Philippines Islands. For the Leyte invasion, the 767ths Assault Gun Platoon was equipped with the M8 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage (HMC) based on the M5 Stuart tank chassis. Courtesy of the Tank Destroyer Association by L. L. Gill, TDA Historian. [2], In 1944, two companies of the battalion were re-equipped with DD tanks, specialised M4 Shermans designed for amphibious landings. Through the remainder of June 1944, the 746th was instrumental in the drive up the Cotentin Peninsula and the liberation of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin while still attached to diverse units. U.S. Details consisting of personnel from A and B companies provided security for San Pablo airfield. The crew was trapped in their hot and cramped tank surrounded by the Japanese for over 8 hours. November 3: 1) (*), Dec. 1-31, 194432 Pages (Journal - Pt. At 0130 hours on October 21, three Type 89s moved along road. It is preceeded by a short news article about him which was published in the Temple Daily Telegram, Temple, Texas. November 13: [12], The companies reverted to battalion control on 910 June. Sep. 26-Oct. 31, 19439 Pages (Includes casualty report), Oct. 31-Nov. 30, 19438 Pages (Includes casualty report), Nov. 1-28, 1943.15 Pages (Messages only), Nov. 1-30, 1943.31 Pages (Journal - includes casualties & messages)(*), Dec. 3-31, 1943..16 Pages (Journal - includes casualties & messages)(*), Jan. 1-31, 1944.4 Pages (Includes casualty list), Jan. 1-31, 194423 Pages (Journal - includes casualties & messages)(*), Feb. 1-29, 1944..23 Pages (Journal - includes casualties & messages)(*), Mar. It was a wonderful moment that we will both remember for the rest of our lives, and we owe it to VetFriends. Album 1 (Section 1) (Section 2) (Section 3) (Section 4), Album 2(Section 1) (Section 2) (Section 3) (Section 4). The gun was probably a Type 38, 90 or 95 75mm field gun. Photo Albums - A collection of photographs taken by James A. Montgomery who served in B Company. Courtesy of the Tank Destroyer Association by L. L. Gill, TDA Historian. After Carlson was secured, artillery was immediately brought ashore and was setup on the island to provide fire support for the landings on Kwajalein Island. February 1 0930 hours: In 2008, it was repainted overall white but was not restored. Dec 17, 1942 - March 25, 1943..35 Pages, March 26, 1943 - May 31, 1943 Part 1..18 Pages Part 2..18 Pages, September, 1943 - Dec 11, 1943 Part 1..19 Pages Part 2..19 Pages Part 3..19 Pages Dec 18, 1943 - Feb 17, 1944 Part 1..24 Pages Part 2..24 Pages Part 3..26 Pages, 9.) Im really digging the template/theme of this site. U.S. The US 11th Airborne Division relieved the 7th Infantry Division, minus the 17th Infantry. Decal Sheets containing #58 Lucky Tiger: 1/35: Bison Decals 35070 US M4A1 Sherman in the Pacific, 1/35: ToRo Model 35D57 PTO Sherman tanks vol.2, 1/48: ToRo Model 48D22 PTO Sherman tanks vol.2, 1/72: ToRo Model 72D45 PTO Sherman tanks vol.1. [27] The discharge gates on the dam were demolished as the Americans approached and operations to the east of the Roer had to wait until the waters downstream subsided. The 9th Infantry Division and with it the 746th Tank Battalion came out of the line on 15 November to become First Army reserve. He is so thankful I called and we exchanged addresses and he wants to come and visit. Are you looking for someone who is or was in 76TH TANK BATTALION 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION? else may I get that type of info written in such a perfect means? [18] As the battalion continued to pursue the Germans north and east of the Seine, Company D was reconstituted and attached to the division reconnaissance troop to screen the division front as they crossed the Aisne River between Reims and Laon. 14.) On 5 July, the 746th Tank Battalion was attached to the 83rd Infantry Division to help repel a strong counterattack from the German 6th Parachute Regiment[15] toward Carentan in an effort to cut off the VII Corps from their supply lines to the landing beaches. Div.2 Pages, Unit Commendations, 1944..3 Pages, 57mm AT Gun Test, Dec. 12, 19443 Pages, Attack on Fort Simserhof..2 Pages, Assessment of M36.2 Pages, Bazooka test on MK V Panzer..2 Pages, Various Documents, 1941-194320 Pages, Various Documents, 1944-194522 Pages, HQ Co Merit Svc Unit Plaque & auth personnel..3 Pages, Medical Detachment History, June 30, 19456 Pages, Unit Inactivation Order, Nov. 24, 1945..1 Page, Short Narrative from unknown source..2 Pages (*), Awards, Battlefield Commisions & Stations7 Pages (**) Index of Records..1 Page (These are the unit files available from the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. Woah! Headquarters, Department of the Army. German positions continued to offer excellent visibility for artillery fires, and assault guns and dug-in infantry created dangerous strong points that had to be reduced one at the time. C Company supporting the 17th Infantry Regiment landed on Beach Orange 4 on the southwest corner of the island. The 746th Tank Battalion went back into action on 1 August east of Villedieu-les-Poles to help exploit the breakthrough in the German defenses. Courtesy of the Tank Destroyer Association by L. L. Gill, TDA Historian. I went over this website and I think you have a lot of excellent info , saved to favorites (:. Thank you to Al Pieper for the identifications. Numerous names throughout the text. Film: Type 89 medium tank IJA Armored Forces Exercise September 1941. Operational Reports/Unit Journals/Unit History - Operational Reports from the Combined Arms Research Library of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 76th Tank Battalion Did you proudly serve in 76TH TANK BATTALION? Sign up to receive our newsletter regarding Veterans, Reunions, Military, Veteran Benefits, Military Pictures, Jokes, Military History, See more ideas about infantry, war bonds, sergeant. C Company personnel left for a work detail at Yellow Beach #1 south of Dulag. The scout car was probably a Kurogane Type 95 belonging the commander and armed only with a MG. On February 7, the 767th tank battalion re-embarked for the trip back to Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. Within 30 minutes, the battalion knocked out 2 of the tanks and the others retreated. Arrived Casablanca, Morocco, 25 January, 1943. Last Updated on December 11th, 2022, https://www.amazon.com/Men-Armor-History-Battalion-Beginnings/dp/1636240135/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=men+of+armor+jeff+danby&qid=1622837459&sr=8-1, https://www.amazon.com/Men-Armor-History-Company-Battalion/dp/1636240151/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_w=BJiSD&content-id=amzn1.sym.116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_p=116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_r=3VYNZNJ2T136DMR3ENVY&pd_rd_wg=MvrPX&pd_rd_r=bd4a947f-6fe9-4bf4-9e5b-f2b825332956&pd_rd_i=1636240151&psc=1. The M5 Stuart tanks of Company D were considered too light to be able to operate independently in the heavily compartmented bocage in Normandy, so the battalion commander decided to break the company up and attach one platoon from Company D to each of the medium tank companies, ostensibly as flank security. One tank was used for evacuation of stalled and disabled vehicles in the area. This front view shows the commanders hatch was the split type. 15.) 3rd platoon and HQ section at San Pablo and Burauen. Based on some of the photos this may not be true or it is a segregated tank battalion. Walter S. Snodell Jr. (9/16/45): Lt. Col. Theodore C. Argue (10/2/45); Capt. Want to know more about 76th Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery? If you can help us identify any of the men in the photos, please contact us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. Dan A. CPT, "Operations 1st Battalion, 417th Infantry, 76th Infantry Division, in the crossing of the Sauer River and attack against the Siegfried Line, Echternach, . https://web.archive.org/web/20090811141647/http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/p672_1.pdf, "World War II Divisional Combat Chronicles 9th Infantry Division", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=746th_Tank_Battalion_(United_States)&oldid=1122376714, Armor battalions of the United States Army, Tank battalions of the United States Army, Military units and formations established in 1942, Military units and formations disestablished in 1945, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Courtesy of Tom Hubred. A Japanese sniper concealed in the top of one of those palm trees could easily drop a grenade into the M10s open top turret. Courtesy of the Tank Destroyer Association by L. L. Gill, TDA Historian. Thank you for every other informative blog. The 3 inch gun on the M10 was more effective than the Sherman 75mm gun for busting Japanese palm log bunkers. [6] The battalion filled out its personnel strength and trained at Camp Rucker until October 1943, when it relocated to Camp Pickett, Virginia for advanced training. One of the Type 89s did managed to get through the Infantry defenses and got close to the 767th battalions bivouac area before being knocked out or captured by the infantry. Colonel Bedford H. Forrest was killed in action in France November 26, according, to word received by his mother Mrs. Mattie S Forrest of Saluda. After numerous combat missions, the unit was re-designated from the 756th Tank Battalion (L) to 756th Tank Battalion by authority of General Order No. [7], The 746th embarked in New York on 29 January 1944 aboard the RMS Aquitania and arrived at Gourock, Scotland on 9 February 1944. This amtrack was probably used to tow planes off the muddy landing strip. 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion Unit History: On 21 December, 1941, a provisional antitank battalion of the 76th Field Artillery Brigade was activated as the 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion. ". After its capture a few days earlier, US engineers began to improve and widen the runway which later became a major base with revetments and taxiways on the sides of the landing strip. The 756th Tank Battalion was attached to the 3d Infantry Division at Qualiano, near Naples on June 19, as the Division was preparing for its part in the invasion of southern France. Where Some 750 men, mainly from the 2nd Raiding Brigade of this unit were assigned to attack US air bases on Luzon and Leyte. A platoon from the 7th Reconnaissance Troop patrolled the road between Baybay and Damulaan and a platoon of 767th Tank Battalion Stuart tanks at Damulaan were the only US armor on the west coast of Leyte at that time. Originally a light tank battalion, the 767th arrived at Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii on 8 February 1943. 44th Armored Infantry Battalion. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow my blog and receive email notifications of my new posts. 9th Armored Infantry Battalion. (The following in from the book Tank Battalions of the U.S. Army by James A. Sawicki, Wyvern Publications, Dumfries, Virginia (1983) pg. The forces reached the west bank of the Roer River and 746th tankers conducted reconnaissance across the river for possible crossing sites by 16 December 1944. A pair of M3A1s watching each other backs. In contrast to most operations to date, the 746th and the infantry they supported conducted many of their operations at night in order to avoid German artillery spotters and to surprise the defenders. Soon thereafter, German resistance in western France collapsed, and the tankers road-marched in battalion formation due east across France and reached Bruyres-le-Chtel by early morning on 26 August. document.getElementById('cloakede5f5022a62a30559ef44961cb36143').innerHTML = ''; Also in the front row is Louis A. Pieper (C Co.), second from right. It arrived in New York on 25 October. [4], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=756th_Tank_Battalion_(United_States)&oldid=946428168, This page was last edited on 20 March 2020, at 02:45. Note the track grousers and the top section of the wading trunk laid flat across the engine deck. I called the number ans wow he was blown away when he found out who I was. The invasion began on A-Day, 20 October 1944. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Despite the size of the forces involved on both sides, the attack devolved into a melee of fierce but disjointed small unit actions. Wonder why? This page was last edited on 17 November 2022, at 07:35. 331). Watched the one video in color about Kwajalein. [29], The 9th Infantry Division as well as other units pressed across the Rhine into the bridgehead gradually expanded their perimeter until German resistance collapsed on 25 March. 1-30, 1944.. 9 Pages (Journal)(*), May 1-31, 1944.5 Pages (Poor quality), May 1-31, 1944..23 Pages (Journal - includes casualties)(*), May 12-31, 194414 Pages (Messages only), Jun. The tankers had found the first days in combat in France very trying. Activated 31.10.68 in Brest, Brest Oblast, as a mobilisation division, to replace the 30th Guards Motorised Rifle Division, which was transferred to Czechoslovakia.. Various issues include a mix of group and individual photos, reunion minutes, financials, letters from 776th members, unit news and a bit of unit history. Not all the pages in the AAR are legible and it also contained a lot of entries pertaining to equipment statuses, personnel promotions, transfers and GIs reporting to the hospital. [19] The battalion supported the division as it continued to moved first north in support of the encirclement of Mons, crossing into Belgium on 2 September between Fourmies and Chimay. 23.) Note the telephone box on the rear to the left of the damaged wading stack. B Troop, 17th Cavalry Regiment 101st Airborne Division 1956 - 1957. During this period, a platoon of Company B was tasked to dash to the western coast of the peninsula and on 18 June, upon reaching the west coast at Barneville-Carteret, cut off all German forces on the peninsula. It was formed in 1941 as a light tank battalion, originally as the 76th Tank Battalion and renumbered in May. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. The two antennas indicate it was a command tank. Contact us. . Used by permission. 4.) Before the invasion, four D Company M5A1 Stuarts were replaced by M3A1s modified with a M1A1 flame gun mounted below the hull .30cal MG and these M3A1s were not waterproofed for the invasion allowing them to immediately flame Japanese positions upon landing. Thank you so much again for helping me Do you have any information on this? I must say you have done a very good job with this. For the invasion of the Kwajalein atoll (January 31 to February 4), the US Marines landed on Roi and Namur islands on the north side of the atoll. December 20: Ended: Dec 13, 2022. Photo 2: Albert A. Liegel (HQ Co.) is shown kneeling, fifth from right in the front row. December 4: C Company personnel left for a work detail at Yellow Beach #1 south of Dulag. Some 475th FG P-38s and 110th TRS P-40Ns of the 5th Air Force had been at San Pablo airfield during first half of November before relocating to the airfield at Dulag. In some cases, I have already heard from family or friends. These M8s of an unknown unit were supporting the US 1st Cavalry Division further north on Leyte somewhere near Talcoban. His son Tom has painstakenly scanned the four albums and provided them to us. Colonel Barney Narrative - An 18 page summary of his "lessons learned" regarding equipment, personnel and tactics following his command of a TD unit in combat. We raced volkswagens on our time off and we'd go to the range and shoot all day. The GIs broke up the attack using MG, mortar, and artillery fire. Part 1.15 Pages Part 2.14 Pages. It was shipped to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds for evaluation and then was on display outside at the US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen for about 60 years. Veteran L. Prickett, "Dear VetFriends, Thanks so much for your help! Museum Gift Shop Find 76th Tank Battalion (90mm) unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. On February 1, the US 7th Infantry Division landed on Kwajalein and its surrounding islands in the south. During the period from May 11, 1944 to June 10 the Battalion was attached no less than eleven times, each one for combat. Issued M10's while still in the States. Company C Rosters, May and June, 1942 - Partial lists of enlisted personnel while the unit was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. Become a co-author and You can: add information; edit sections; . [25] Company A joined the 47th Infantry Regiment when it was detached from the division and attached directly to V Corps to reinforce the northern shoulder of the American lines. Published at the end of the war by the men of the unit and printed by Anton Pustet in Salzburg, Austria. Fortunately he had also become a member and responded to my email. Courtesy of the Tank Destroyer Association by L. L. Gill, TDA Historian. Colonel Barney Letter - A five page letter, written by Col. James P. Barney, containing his experiences and observations following TD combat in North Africa. 16.) casualties & Off. A M3A1 Stuart tank of D Company on Enubuj Island. Courtesy of Tom Hubred. Although the company fired rifles, bazookas, and mortars against the tanks, they still managed to escape. HERES HOW YOU CAN HELP WITH THE RESEARCH! November 1: You are still welcome to contact me and check in! [1] It first saw combat in 1943, when it deployed to North Africa on 24 January and then into Italy following the Salerno landings on 17 September. The cities are difficult to make out but hopefully you can figure most of them comparing them to a more detailed map. Russia has almost certainly allocated elements of the 76th Guards Air Landing Division of the VDV . It would later be redesignated the 73rd Armor Regiment and was finally disbanded in 1996. D Company HQ section (2 light tanks) reported to San Pablo for security. 76th Armored Medical Battalion; Military Police Platoon; Band [page 471] ATTACHMENTS Antiaircraft Artillery. Note that tank #13 in the background has a white star on the lower front hull. 5th Squadron, 73d Cavalry Regiment(Airborne Thunder) Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Company, 76th Tank Battalion. Roster) (*), Feb. 1-28, 19457 Pages (Some areas poor), May 10-31, 194526 Pages (Unit Hist - incl. The Service Company included a headquarters section; a maintenance platoon; and a large battalion supply and transportation platoon, with over thirty trucks to provide logistics for the battalion. Courtesy of Tom Montgomery. Larger versions of the individual images are available by request. Redesignated 8 May 1941 as Headquarters Company, 756th Tank Battalion. It was used by the IJA and IJN Special Naval Landing Force. Photo Gallery(See item #24 for additional photos). 2, Incl. How cool is that. The bulk of the battalion joined the division as they moved southeast to the vicinity of Sourbrodt, Belgium. 86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecanized) . Volume One has been released by Casemate Publishing as of August 13th (2021). Video: Type 89 Otsu Tank at Aberdeen Ordnance Museum. The battalion supported the infantry to capture four Japanese airfields on Leyte and helped repelled a Japanese Paratroop night assault on the airfields. Soon after the move to Camp Pickett, on 22 October 1943, the unit was redesignated as the 746th Tank Battalion and adopted the organization in which it would fight throughout the European Campaign. Unit History:On 21 December, 1941, a provisional antitank battalion of the 76th Field Artillery Brigade was activated as the 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion. Note the number 3 on the M10 turret. [4][22] In particular, companies B and C saw heavy action in the Forest until the battalion withdrew from the line on 28 October to Btgenbach, Belgium, near the village of Weywertz. November 2: Note the grousers fitted to the tracks. The scans were provided courtesy of Tom Hubred. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; One plane load of paratroopers were lost when the paratroopers jumped their anchor line failed causing their parachutes not to deploy. Now the tank crews were doing manual labor unloading supplies. This is Man O War later crossing a small stream. Pfc. 714th Airborne Tank Battalion 82nd Airborne Division (1950 - 1954) Also, the blog loads extremely quick for me on Chrome. AAR lists HQ, A, B and C companies had 51 medium tanks (M4A1s) operating. Are you looking for someone who is or was in 76TH TANK BATTALION? However, even in that role, the light tanks were considered ineffective. On A-Day, the tanks were ordered to advance to the east to repel the US invasion forces at Dulag. 124th Tank Battalion; 175th Reconnaissance Battalion; 656th Sapper Engineer Battalion; 728th Signals Battalion; 1682nd Material Support Battalion; The 3rd Battalion, 73rd Armored Regiment was first constituted on 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 76th Tank Battalion. Johnnie Johnson with a bazooka. In 1944, the 767th Tank Battalion supported the US 7th Infantry Division during two campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO). The companies were again attached to the regimental combat teams of the 9th Infantry Division and crossed the Seine the following day north of Ponthierry and at Melun[3] at crossings established by the 7th Armored Division. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. 2,944,083, MILITARY UNITS - 76th Tank Battalion 11th Airborne Division. One of those 36 officers was . These crewmen were in turn replaced in Company D with infantry replacements who immediately began training as tankers. They had advanced to the vicinity of the Lozon River west of St.-L by 25 July, when the Allied carpet bombing of German positions south of the St.-L-Priers road marked the beginning of Operation Cobra. EM in this AAR segment stands for Enlisted Men. [13] It was at this time also that the remainder of the battalion which had not landed on 67 June, consisting mainly of the service company and other support elements of the headquarters company dubbed the Battalion Residue, departed Bournemouth on 16 June, landed on Utah Beach the following day and linked-up with the battalion soon thereafter.[13]. 242nd independent Military-Transport Aviation Squadron (Pskov, Pskov Oblast) In 2002 the 237th Guards Parachute Regiment was disbanded. D Company locations as listed: Design of a typical Japanese pillbox. The vests look very much like dark blue and white. The machine gun in the foreground is a .30 caliber M1919A4. 3rd platoon and HQ section at Burauen, Leyte. Willard Totten, Recon Company, 5-22-791 Page Willard Totten, 7-4-792 Pages, 17.) At 0400 hours, 4 Type 89s attacked the 3rd Battalion, 184th Infantry sector. Later it became a major base and staging area for B-24 equipped 11th Bombardment Group, 30th Bombardment Group and the F-5 (P-38 Lightning) equipped 28th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron. No content can be used unless consent has been given by TankDestroyer.net. The guy in this video does not know much about the tank. The US 7th Infantry Division was the only unit in the Pacific to use these checkered ID panels. German resistance, however, had so completely collapsed that the tankers mission was to assist the infantry in collecting bypassed German troops moving east, identify and guard key installations in the southern Harz Mountains, and to control civilians, displaced persons, and freed Allied prisoners of war. Lessons were learned the hard way as infantry and armor worked together against tough German resistance. After Burauen was captured and secured, C company supported the 17th Infantry regiment moving north through Buri towards Dagami. We talked on the phone several times in the last few years, and finally we were able to meet in El Paso, TX for a short visit. The division went into defensive positions on the Rhine after reaching Strasbourg on 26 November, and saw heavy fighting early in 1945 during the clearing of the Colmar Pocket. Tiger Tracks Newsletters - Published by the 776th TD Bn. By May, the 746th Tank Battalion marshaled in their staging area at Lupton Park, Brixham and from 31 May to 2 June loaded aboard LCTs at Dartmouth and joined the invasion armada on 3 June. First platoon of B company reported to 17th Infantry regiment but no mission was present. 5.) Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Film: WW2 Philippine Operations, Leyte, 20 October 1944. At the time the 746th went into action at Normandy, the assault gun platoon was still equipped with standard M4 Sherman tanks. Provided courtesy of Colby Kenyon. It was relieved of attachment to the Division on May 7 and moved to Pont du Cheliff, Algeria under control of I Armored Corps. Fort Drum has served as a major training center for reserve component forces, and units of the New York Army National Guard rank among the post's most . They were attached once again to the 3rd Armored Division on 24 November. The 776th drew many of its men from the western states and then trained in San Francisco. The 60th and Company B rejoined the division on 24 December. Military Unit: 52055. Company D, along with the reconnaissance and mortar platoons and selected support elements landed ashore in the early morning hours of 7 June. Company A History - A detailed history from its early National Guard unit days through the end of the war. Despite training with the infantry units for the landings, neither had conducted any real training working with the other in combat operations. The battalion participated in combat operations throughout northern Europe until V-E Day. Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 76th Tank Battalion (Light). Its hardest fight came during the Colmar Pocket battle, in which accurate enemy panzerfaust, bazooka and tank destroyer fire accountedfor much of its armor. The ID panels were discontinued after this invasion. 107, Headquarters Fifth Army, dated December 15, 1943. NOTE - THESE FILES ARE LARGE, Part 1..22 Pages Part 2..22 Pages Part 3..22 Pages Part 4..22 Pages. Redesignated 73rd Heavy Tank Battalion, 10 January 1949. Published at the end of the war by the men of the unit and printed by Anton Pustet in Salzburg, Austria. An Informal History of the 776th Tank Destroyer Battalion. 13.) On 18 August, the battalion once again was on the move, supporting the division in helping to protect the southern shoulder of the Falaise pocket. November 15: [13] This initial relationship with the 9th Infantry Division was to become a habitual relationship, and the battalion would maintain a close operating relationship with it for most of the remainder of the war in Europe. Instead, beginning in the early morning of 7 August, they found themselves in the path of Operation Lttich, a corps-size German armor offensive to split the First and Third Armies and relieve German forces cut off at Avranches. 777th AAA AW Bn (SP) 22 Jul 44-29 Jun 45: Armored. Four D company M3A1s landed on Beach Yellow 2 on Enubuj Island (Carlson). Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1948 as the 756th Heavy Tank Battalion. This Type 89B is claimed to be one of the 7th Independent Tank Company tanks captured on Leyte. Fought in area of Maknassy and Ferryville, Tunisia. The tanks most likely were used in China in the late 1930s and then became part of the occupation force after the Japanese invaded Leyte in 1941-42. Courtesy of Tom Hubred. If you served in 76th Tank Battalion (90mm), Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. Do you have 76TH TANK BATTALION 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION Reunion information you'd like to share, "When I Joined VetFriends, I read about the email locator service, and sent an email to my old friend. [2] With such heavy losses in July, Company D was stripped of qualified tankers to fill out the crews in the medium tank companies.[3]. Transferred to southern France in SeptemberOctober 1944, during which they drew M36's. If you served in D Company, 76th Tank Battalion (90mm), Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. Your email address will not be published. [4], After a short break to refit and integrate new replacements, the tank companies went back into combat in Bllingen, Belgium, near the twin villages of Rocherath and Krinkelt, on 5 November, except Company A, which continued their determined defense of Schevenhtte. 76- . While attempting to land on the muddy landing strip at Dulag, 8 out of 40 naval planes crashed. In other words, the tank crews were doing busy work and were assigned guard duty. It was not relieved until June 10, six days after the fall of Rome. Unit Citation Action Summary10 Pages, 63rd ID G-2 (Intelligence) Extracts9 Pages, Proposed Citation1 Page, Roster, Co A & Attachments4 Pages, Roster, Co C & Attachments5 Pages, Casualties, A & C Cos., 17-19 Mar, 19452 Pages, Personal Statements10 Pages. Activated 1 June 1941 at Fort Lewis, Washington. B Company supporting the 184th Infantry Regiment landed on Red Beach 1 while A Company supporting the 32nd Infantry Regiment landed on Red Beach 2. It was later redesignated as the 73rd Armor Regiment, and is perpetuated today by the 73rd Cavalry Regiment. B Company 776 Tank Destroyer Battalion In Combat, by James A. Montgomery - A detailed history with crew photos (including ID's, location and date), a company photo/roster, commendation letters and additional photos. The award was never issued. The battalion received its first training at Fort Lewis as part of the IX Corps. 210 Pages. HQ Co Merit Svc Unit Plaque & auth personnel, Medical Detachment History, June 30, 1945. (national service with the 575th Marine Battalion and Army HQ), and a Johns Hopkins University graduate. I would like to include short biographies in Volume Four for each of the 47 men killed while serving in B Company and for 3 additional officers who served in B Company but were killed in action later while serving in A and C Companies. , 10 January 1949 had conducted any real training working with the reconnaissance and mortar platoons selected. 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