7th Armored Division: "Lucky Seventh." (?? 48th Armored Infantry Battalion. Or you can see an active overview of all pages at the 7th Armored Division web site. Major Lohse belonged to Staff of 31st Tank Bn and not to A B or Coys, so that he could take one of the M5 to the Staff or the Headquartet Coy. This page contains: FREE Shipping by Amazon. It returned to Belgium on December 28 1944 and entered Germany March 15 1945. John Clifton, Jr. (35872700) - Company A Died: October 28, 1944 - 1 mi. Maj. William F. Beatty (?? One platoon of the D coy made some pow's near Lèves but didn't cross the city of Chartres. (?? 17th Tank Bn; 31st Tank Bn; 40th Tank Bn; 23d Armored Infantry Bn; 38th Armored Infantry Bn; 48th Armored Infantry Bn; 87th Cavalry Rcn Sq (Mecz) 33d Armored Engineer Bn; 147th Armored Signal Co; 7th Armored Division Artillery; 434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; 440th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Foushee, James C. 313th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division 452. W. Heitrak, Netherlands on October 28, 1944 40th Tank Battalion. Or you can see an active overview of all pages at the 7th Armored Division web site. The 37th Regiment's Headquarters and Headquarters Company and its 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion (less Company D) were redesignated as the 37th Tank Battalion.. Lohse said too that he stayed with his men 3 days near a german staff. To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document To embed this object, paste this HTML in website. The division arrived at Hampton Roads POE on October 9 1945 and was inactivated at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia the same day. Locals Testimonies said the crew of the M5 would arrived to the Church of Le Coudray. So here are corrections of some of the most glaring errors that appeared in the various news media accounts of the recovery of the buried tank. - 1 Aug 44 - ??) The 110 or so combat interviews of the 7th Armored Division are preserved at the National Archives in Record Group 407 (Adjutant General). 87th Cavalry Rcn Sq (Mechanized) 33rd Armored Engineer Battalion 147th Armored Signal Company. - had been B/31 CO The only light tanks in the 31st Tank Battalion were in Company D. Company D of 31st Tank Battalion was attached to Force #1 (23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, minus companies B and C, plus company D of 31st Tank Battalion). 7th Engineer Combat Battalion 737th Tank Battalion 654th TD Battalion, 22–25 December 803rd TD Battalion, from 25 December 807th TD Battalion, 17–21 December 818th TD Battalion, 13 July – 20 December 449th AAA AW Battalion 10th Armored Division "Tiger" MG William H.H. The tank that was recovered was definitely an M5 light tank. In addition, the Germans stopped Force #2 west of the area where the buried tank was recovered. Major Lohse made a reconnaissance before the attack. This journalistic fact of life does not lend itself to accuracy. 31st Tank Bn. On the night of 15-16 August 1944, he was acting battalion commander and led Force #2 which attacked Luisant, in the southwest part of the Chartres metropolitan area. S-3 officers (Operations) of the Battalion were: The 20th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that fought in World War II.It was activated on 15 March 1943 at Camp Campbell in Kentucky.. Subscribe to 31st Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division Footer menu. Maj. Leslie A. Lohse (?? M4A1, 7th Armored Division, 31st Tank Battalion, August 1944 M4A1 w/T-34 Calliope, 14th Armored Division, 40th Tank Battalion, March 1945 (this unit does not match the unit description in Concord's US Armored Funnies by Zaloga) This raises a number of questions, such as (1) whether Maj. Lohse had temporarily taken command of one of the D/31 light tanks (since the only tanks allocated to 31 Tank Bn were in D/31) for that specific mission or if he had been allocated one of the D/31 light tanks by Col. Erlenbusch on a continuing basis and (2) who all the men of the tank crew were. 78 $30.00 $30.00. The 9th Armored Division (the "Phantom Division") was an armored division of the United States Army during World War II.In honor of their World War II service, the 9th was officially nicknamed the "Phantom Division." Books and Research Materials Specifically about the 31st Tank Battalion S-1 officers (Adjutant / Personnel) of the Battalion were: This book contains the 8 interviews of 31st Tank Battalion officers and men after their December 1944 combat in the Battle of the Bulge. 7TH ARMORED DIVISION Hq & Hq CITEDCo, 7th Armd Div Combat Command A, Hq & Hq Co Combat Command B, Hq & Hq Co Reserve Command, Hq 6 Hq Co 17th Tank Battalion 23d Armd Inf Bn 31st Tank Battalion 33d Armd Engr Bn 38th Armd Inf Bn 40th amongTank Battalion 46th sions,Armd Inf Bn 87th Cav Ren Vith,Sq (Mecz) 147th Signal Co Foster, Robert 91st Bomb Group 265. 7th Armored Division in World War II. All sorts of hoopla and errors permeated these journalistic accounts. John O. 31st Tank Battalion Overseas Deaths in World War II Adkins, Pfc. 40th Tank Bn. Journalists do not usually make good historians. And the following are links to other pages about 31st Tank Bn: Maj. Leslie A. Lohse (?? Books That Mention the 31st Tank Battalion The division had no official name although it did associate itself with the nickname "Armoraiders" while in training at Camp Campbell. 40d-1944-09-07: Company D, 40th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division MIA near Maizieres-les-Metz, France 7 September 1944 2020-10-05 - New web page 40b-1944-09-09 : Company B, 40th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division 3 KIA Just North of Maizieres-les-Metz, France 9 September 1944 Link to full-size photo: M4A3(76)W of the 7th Armored Division, 31st Tank Battalion, Germany Site statistics: Photos of World War II: over 26800 The 7th Armored counterattack from St. Vith to relieve the two trapped regiments of the 106th Division had been postponed on the 17th, not canceled. The fact that the tank was stopped (which is documented on page 65 and in a photo on page 111 of Roger Joly's book) at rue des Perriers, where it was later pushed into a shell hole and buried, is undeniable proof that the tank had made it from the northwestern part of the city all the way through the city to the southeastern sector. Roger Joly has documented that the penetration went deeply, but it is now clear that the penetration went deeply in strength. The 31st Tank Battalion had the only tanks that were in Chartres on the night of 15-16 August 1944. US Army Armored School Research and Evaluation Division. - 1 Aug 44 - ??) Lt. Col. Robert C. Erlenbusch, Commanding Officer of 31st Tank Battalion (13 pages, 5 maps) A/31: Lt. John J. Dunn (Acting CO) (7 pages, 2 maps) Lt. Col. Robert C. Erlenbusch (States - 1 Aug 44 - Dec 44 at St. Vith - ??) This web page is intended to give accurate information about this tank. Force #1 attacked Lèves, France (just northwest of Chartres) earlier in the day on 15 August. The division order of battle was as follows: Combat Command "A" Combat Command "B" Combat Command "R" 17th Tank Bn. His thoughts are important and deserve to be here. The presence of this tank showed that the penetration of one of the two forces of 7th Armored Division that attacked into Chartres on the night of 15-16 August 1944 penetrated in strength far more deeply into the city than had previously been realized. The 7th Armored Division landed in France on August 11 1944, crossed into Belgium on September 26 and into Holland on October 8 1944. However, Eric Santain sent the following in an e-mail on August 17, 2008. The job of a journalist is to take the events he or she is seeing in his or her immediate area and attempt to elevate them to being the most important thing that happened in the universe that day, so that their article and not someone else's will be printed or posted on the web. Combat Command B, 7th Armored Division 31st Tank Battalion (Medium) 23d Armored Infantry Battalion 434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (105-mm. Assistant S-3 Officers On June 5, 2008, news media in France and around the world covered the story of the recovery of a tank of the 31st Tank Battalion (US 7th Armored Division) from where it had been buried for 64 years under the rue des Perriers in the southern part of Chartres, France. All sorts of hoopla and errors permeated these journalistic accounts. - 1 Aug 44 - ??) Altes, A. Kornthals and N. K. C. A. in't Veld. Foster, Robert 31st Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division 557. Recent News (November 2009): "After the Battle" magazine issue 145 (which came out in October 2009) had an excellent article ("The Liberation of Chartres ... and a Tank" by Jean-Paul Pallud that definitely ties the tank to Maj. Lohse at the time it was stopped in Chartres. The 7th Armored Division trained at Camp Coxcomb in California. 31st Tank Battalion. Thus the penetration in strength into the city by Force #1 went much deeper than has been previously recognized. Date of Death Aug 28, 1944. Then in the evening Force #1 launched an attack into Chartres, which succeeded in breaching the German defenses in the northwest part of the city. On June 5, 2008, news media in France and around the world covered the story of the recovery of a tank of the 31st Tank Battalion (US 7th Armored Division) from where it had been buried for 64 years under the rue des Perriers in the southern part of Chartres, France. W. Heitrak, Netherlands; Last Duty Location: 1 mi. Capt Claude Garland, Jr (20 Sep 44 - ??) - 1 Aug 44 - ??) The 7the Armored Division was activated on 1 March 1942. January, 1945, opened with the 7th Armored Division as Corps reserve of the XVIII Corps (Airborne) in an assembly area near AYWAILLE, Belgium. Combat Interviews of the 31st Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division: The St. Vith Salient, Belgium, December 17-23, 1944. by W. Wesley Johnston | Oct 25, 2014. (The area was not then part of the city proper, as it is now.). 38th Armored Infantry Battalion. Here are links to some of the news media accounts. Units of the Battalion 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecanized) 33d Armored Engineer Battalion. Garland wounded and evacuated [source: B/31 MR 22 Dec 44], 9 Nov 44: assigned and joined from 18th Replacement Depot (date of rank 1 Feb 42; MOS 1203) [source: B/31 MR 11 Nov 44], 16 Aug 44: lightly wounded with shrapnel in right shoulder 3/4 miles NE of Bonvile, France and remained on duty [source: B/31 MR 4 Nov 44], 2 Nov 44: transferred to HQ Company [source: B/31 MR 4 Nov 44], 21 Dec 44: lightly wounded at St. Vith, Belgium and sent to 106th clearing station and then to unknown hospital [all on 22 Dec 44] (MOS 1203) [source: B/31 MR 21 Dec 44 & 25 Dec 44], 9 Nov 44: assigned and joined from 18th Replacement Depot (date of rank 21 Aug 43; MOS 0800) [source: B/31 MR 11 Nov 44, B/31 MR 5 Dec 44 corrects MOS from 1203 to 0800], 9 Nov 44: assigned and joined from 18th Replacement Depot (date of rank 13 Feb 43; MOS 1203) [source: B/31 MR 11 Nov 44], Official Records of the 38th Armored Infantry Battalion: After Action Reports, Journals and more. Battalion-Level Officers of the Battalion Home Posters and Prints 7th Armored Division : "Lucky Seventh" Reference URL Share . Many things have prevented me from following up on this web page. Mar 12, 2017 - M4A3 (76mm) Sherman tank of the 31st Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division knocked out during the fighting for Oberkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. - 20 Sep 44, evacuated with heart trouble) S-5 officers (Civilian Affairs) of the Battalion were: Get it as soon as Wed, Jan 6. Capt. Henry W. Quackenbush (?? There is still more to do in this, but the following seem well established. All of the tanks with Force #2 were medium tanks and not light tanks. See also 7th Armored Division Artillery, for interviews of Forward Observers supporting 31st Tank Battalion and 33rd Armored Engineer Battalion (next book below) for Engineers attached to B/31 and C/31. Garland wounded and evacuated [source: B/31 MR 22 Dec 44], 22 Dec 44: assumes command of Company when Capt. S-3 Air Officers Arrived in Scotland on 12 July 1944; disembarked at Utah Beach on 24 August. They arrived in England June 1944 to begin their World War II combat assignments. the_ww2_memoirs A M4A3 Sherman tank belonging to the 31st Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division, slowly burns on a road after being knocked out during the fighting for Oberkirchen, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, April 5th, 1945. ★ M4A3(76) “Sherman” tank of the 31st Tank Battalion, US 7th Armored Division in Germany, c. February 1945. Capt. So this web page is also intended to give an understanding of that aspect of the battle. 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion 38th Armored Infantry Battalion 48th Armored Infantry Battalion. Active overview of all pages at the 7th Armored Division web site. Technician Fifth Grade Leonard C. Amerson 17th Tank Battalion 10/05/1945 : Private First Class William Andrako 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 10/27/1944 : Corporal Harry M. Aukerman 707th Tank Battalion 12/17/1944 : Private First Class Joe W. Bailey 48th Infantry Battalion 12/24/1944 : Private Bobby J. Barker 38th Infantry Battalion 12/22/1945 - 1 Aug 44 - ??) 5th April 1945 Executive officers of the Battalion were: Paperback $26.78 $ 26. The Division landed on Omaha Beach and Utah Beach in August 1944, being assigned to the U.S. The division was activated on 1 March 1942 out of "surplus" elements of the reorganized 3rd and 5th Armored Divisions, itself reorganized on 20 September 1943. 31st Tank Battalion Overseas Deaths in World War II Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. 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