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naattached.to the 1et Aueret Division.

tinlo

rA- Deceaor 1%to Fobraary 20wa spentIAerasu

niis 1 a in the equipping an trani n of zplaomamts

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41F AFRT.C ant Cap Ainelerp 00orgia. ztC4<prtcP

Fr.

arch 19t t.oAri lt

atedIA problas staged. a tie Fort UOa Miltary !I.rWt

tiaaA

elon

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St of AIIril the Nattaliawasalertedfor

and with the lot

umret.

Wvo

",.-t eor~ors cams

rh!,Icle,

haredl Divisia, tin Batalion Vulo* (trek

left Fort &x

m the 6th of April for Fort Dix, Ne

rehadies iby *t-rain). The 9overland tripiast 4ourdays =Andtinheriod was

bark.& W"y catisuous ais igh mvisaand extresely cold neutbar. I nd peparatim for oe
Qity,

MW-mS

two inths were spent ia ramgleii

asaw
rn. t

The Battali*a entrained on the 31st o May for JOre

river te-tbe Port of flew Iork*, at theremLOaeda tie U.S. So

The transport sailed in nive

ha16 7-

eny

for Nort

Ire1

via Nmitz

trip

was zarkrd by many atses of diarha, aeote woa-iless,= deck shft.

heck

a x12 a 12 off' by sh y. p der

bive

TI. arrival, a Jo

lth:

at Belfast was petS otte&s ad e

of

rrs clmm.,-for Amorie

tio the Battalion was xpt up md thospauie

areas: Reca
-

to sepaate
14. O

assace Camay to

rosegar; h.

l..,

, "0" 0

t. Doim-atrick

all is Coeiy Doe. asse ceantd of the fl9 _talis.

On the 18th of Jime MJor harrisen Kn

A desenstration for the Kng ad Qe

of hgaed was fired m ti

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ressiv

armr

as gnoro

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From the 6th of August to the 8th of August the Dattalon ;1articipatcd in the probla of Delas. along with the 3rd Battalion of the 13th Armored Regimt. The httea

a us attashe to the British 61st Isfantry DivxLion nan mvr were held arouad Baflyimir

uc~ eiasA

f BiairAs-

C the 3ri ef Osteber O Zmit

ireladf

m der Lt. nies 'B" aw "C"and oe platon

left their .resctiv via
U3

of Bena4Mea Lr dstintOa

Cpa m

stations in Northern

uu

alesfield, &RglaM. Battalion Head

quarters,Headquaters O ny h1 m is Noerthers 1re .

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CQoationS Of Company "B",v 701st T4).Bn Period It a emu Irela 3

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27 Sept. '142to 12 Feb. 'k3 19I42 that Lb. Wark atd27walletS

ria,

stlr27,

Rafrom

"B" Cmayleft aeatvaaee deteail frmD.a

Octdber

syDe, statim a
deprt

oth

frekvehieles tuer Lt. Fam left ft themTef llnig daCapan llm t6%elitda "p 0ey wfollstatttely apaiMlinspm obcth.Lt.

by train wile the rltrof

wit h whel arv at MWleathi tday the

vehieleeadoLU. htlghtAtd Iteit* the ntoe oatia, Naelew Gouft, bgilat

atvane party-already
neoweda vn~j(eg
Marrve

haWtebouseredyfor enp.The fle

atra tripvia LmemantSteeeAtt.Wa

it6tetraslevehieles atdrivers t iakeow aOtbr13tho

Lte %h

aw day* wthintrs of the 2deoasaeE~ts

The pltes

e~ae -"attao tU figure sow in-"

Cmaypuflet ito

amutdto six effleers atd fl3llotSn-.Thatte auto 1%roplsmas reetaGtoer9t,J23 ooaiseeeplatesn, am4 %firsttm nodies.

asof the ate

RtOR

Yek-elee eeietet of eight

7m self-ropefled gins, far Yin ael-pr~pae.4gas, four 3/4 tom nopem earrier., threehalf tom aspen. earners, it1/A ton pepsthree2-1/2 ton trunks, traeatd wee nteruCLes. Inaddit- s te heavusaome,~mm

mantof UthA e-w

Oeteber 13, fer Livepeel

ineldiugthe threeAL

enrisdamatuc
t

re they bearded EM.S. "Detyire". Thi--,pt _71r-1

'f t

A.

,ft, ,

ifs t.

A *a tlh, ,,2"hre"l

0...

.k

2v5'
Seetland, where a

Harbor, s
tim was them put in off Keat Allen Statie,

practice landtngia utih . finflya

set partieipat.,was attoS

ant

the eavy was assle

.ff lyde.

Ch Ost*ber 26 The fDertu.ir." erepta l alon wit 6o nmpamioweae The r.

tw sea. Mae it rig going for several dqu, e
peeta
for the m ia the bow of the ship. Bn CGarts g-na te a erged with vialls, aits and ukeel to f em wtIi i for t entir
aaUi e shp. This t tht th q e e 2at
out to be a rbed5as the d4stunatto as satehe. QitCmS
~
3k

.r tmA& *Do 'Ka'

L s a

part, bad the tsei

fp

oggas airperts, A

a a

akinAgo at adin Tafareut

O f t outh. aoeepai 'A'a* "B"
d
t,

Yield Order No 1 diso

that the 3rt Platom 13th Armr" a

Ref

Companies of the lt Battalie, usWitsted. With high

for the eration ahead.

in a. .flyin celt

ag

ant Tafaraqeu,. The r_4a-er of t

to proe

aganst 0gM

le, the ntm Lw days wore use to bsil

pea

The cmvey stemed past the Beet of Wrantr a veber 7th, at achar was d pe off St. LOu at 0900 hoars, Nov-br 8th. Lt. Whitsit and his plateo led Off for the CE
at 600 hours Vw they disotaest wLtk
their vahielta frm the Tank Landing Craft "soa'. ?hey sped out in a "Flying
Airport. Under

colal" at o86 hours and were boutd initially for Tafaruot

the ceand of lit. Colonel Waters, the coiti the 6th 1,! antry and two tan gima. The 03ni Paraht also ense compies of the let Bal Batlionr 'as imbl

d of a poea

a!

ion, 1st Armre Be at

to lad at the airor

wore

orered La.

Before those elements ecld azre,

Frec

fightzer end 1ntr

planes swooped down a the eels

A %oo pout

hasae a direct ht ad,

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a~tatery

WIdihtI lUG fl

> r2

trsi're takn

It had be sn a highly suwcoedul day.

ejit 'et

reminder of the COnxparj disotbarked from the 'Debyiuir" lOK? io'rs, The vehicles were landed9,one at a time, from

r~ A acvz t a u1 .o:'litiuz

craft, th, ~t ra! Flat *on saw more action.- An ewtak

onwotratioa

em'.vcd vra wranJ smashed at St. Lucien,

Two tanks were destroyd by Xtd Platnam

jart

ravnets in excess of
-i o L t

.2000

yards.
e',

After this emeoutor tePlts

.
mu .t

with-m

.:Ws

rw Tafaraeut.,
rth < NwYeer found i. of .,.,,= 2nd and . .....T 'ai jus escpe from ehis bunn tto

La &t
?7?23

3rdtak. anxda Platotcpnoinwgis nerpret er. h sovth -in the fae of tsnidping adA Artillery fin.As Sgt. Roodin mz, oe) fir. threatA a ,f fer ben

hl truck a self-prepeUlnd and set it afae r.,,Citheed araCs bea:ry snipveige e ; anwrbery L C"-rple
;nham, vmdr:killed;tAmbut
g ,. 9ct
3 enia lire

4.

tAtr%
,er,

3r

laes beodsamre ictibroke den

throughout the day*

ear .ie

OypaSsed LA a
i

and iras among the first to enter Gram.

eemytruck0 coinarit.hAtet c~euithe tatee it. ta.eLaSeja, but ,s.ordered'to wn ..... 'va. an rkklwd;S er.tedi~r a u
.tdxaw

th; r~me blck BThe~d e1 ,mhm,4:i FLat

appsi~rn

ro

eharrier than ercooted,.

HWevr, the na

khlf-tn*d

aAfte

tanot re.!r rit-hdrawaj. message and prooed~eL ala

dretis La& unt., S r enedl K ireat he "sr"el~ Cmany vehicl from all into
itt crio~e x; J.~~P r/

of

t. Es~nCrperaljains D,, Ptri., T/%5ilt

c J. C..

>Ttof
r 7vm

M~~ri-fl4tC3 etht of the .aXureerd e

mnd ausefot
the interpreter,

t.

3 onteeater assi-sted by

RES r> A'J "

arraye
e

thtAL&* "COkSwuda

lflTR
ho later arrived.
exelleat tastia

heh~fnktin

a~mrk

prism-

bak to LoASmiaHere@ Lt. eBson and his crew, without aSSistance ;made
300 Fr ,nch air and infantrj pej-,iOft I

arrangemets for the surrender of ae to Colel tise

Utk tS fan of Gfa, the eampag ad pre

Itself te be a

in Algeria ened. Combat Csand

l unito

'

Ueaeral Oivr, bywalking

y throa heavy artilery fire soutkOf La Seis had wen the un gredgingoadmiration of his m B" Coa had established a eefllet repu
tatioA for itself. t,

se m o

Bsen was awarded the Sil.er Star for

1OaJIlantry

ini

aoio", or ouMTTiag Sergeant York. for Lto Mhitit B" Cop

for Tuisia with

Colonel Waters secured .acaptaincy

asseA

ear Tafaraeui Arort an November 13th, and headed

QOGinpa

three da

later.

That

ight thy bivouaced near

Orla
of A3liers.

The follewin
ylist

evening found the bivouac area at L'Arba, south

to a hespital
at Alliers.
re outside Setif
and moved evening.

etry Kirscker was iajure. when he crashed into a

rail-
He was rmv On the evening

to

read crossing ba.

of NeVeor lthOW theCesmms of Castatise by the fellewin

the ervirons

Then, on November 21st the 1t

to Souk

Plato Abra.

of "3" ComA

went an to Fe

s while the other preoeedac

Here naw orders sent "C" Company in the direction of ?unis and "B"
south to Tebessa, uhih was reached at
2300 hours. A supply truck was lost
enroute but, leaded with aitia
and personal equipment, it continued

to Fert

and rejoined the 1st Platoon.

After onl~y an hear of sleep, the Coman at ta.

departed for Gafsa, which

nas

to be attaelce

The inurement
took place at 0300 hours on Noveme

22M , and missed the mines which were planted by the enemy at a road block. Ezept for sniping, (afsa was oecupiad without rosistano In the after'noon

the Coman

again attacked, this time against an enemy tank column moving on Ckfsa from the ea'. Deplwyo6 at 16(X0 hears at Q Guetar, the enemy was ,'tt
-sddnl

by our recoaissaant.

Three enemy tks

were destroyed by th REt j

r:t

R~jsl

UW battit.

l eft

a range

Ce "peep" was lest but

no persemmol nsalties resulte.
The Company
ias the l3t Platee, thea aved bask to Fertana
After
a few kours of rest on Noew 2 , the CVan left Ferl" a met the enqA Just before reaching Soitla. Led by the 2ad Plat04 *" Os.
pam de
t r eigkt tsaxk, took 70 Italan piseors and a e ano mo
of oquipneu, The 7
S/P, i tick Lt. dse was actig as gMer,
aeO,

ered to

fer three enemy tanks after it had been disaled by h7w fire

seerely wounded by mrtar fragment, was the ely KB" easualty. was Cleared of the cayns, the CoMpaq withdrew to asnere,

Corporal

nmnt,

After the tow

Or Numbar 24t h,

ma artillery ad ian

The men are given a

mAoved

ibeilaa

'r

Company returOd
to Ferisa,.

to 1st L e tnat. S ve "r

kes ocmpa-aed by cheer a opirits kigh.

Lt. Colone
af w awaite the Legion of Hor by the Fr*nc and wa NOW a fan Co0me by AlUed Ber, Copa, Elau ,d t entire
ooupgq wore atirdd the Croix do
Chrre with pa m IdA s w promoted
.
"" Coopaq w pretty pread that day,
Nwoeber 28. hea i had
29th, the Ist Platom was reeaned frm Ots*

ehana. to rest up and hot

ben retained sie

the fight at IKL were seat Out at aikt to reofo
or
Faid Pass, but the

m0afttr.
n

U. I
poe~ls

ktt and h
aroad SAd
the reads 00r

37a gi
boa amd
little

lission could not be aesemplised,

more than t

las.

the 26th Infantry, and a empan

the pass at laid.

of Freek Inantry, wit

the msion of

At e730 hours of Doooaber 2nd Mwerio P-380s streeos eH positions. The 2n and 3rd platoens led the attaek, suported by 90 F nc riflemen. Amrican infanty mistakely moved into hil two miles wo Re
celassace the east. d adI1st Platoe wore deployed to guardthe appreaeh to the PaS oa Our heavy runs dsALt rith one anti-.ja: cm a tw artilry 3ieees y ree t
n w z r r n :

N 1 nTA 71 r

from high

round

s beth flaks,." Sergeant Pester and flpp aere killed.

Lt

Uses, Sergeant Patriek, Corporl

il., T/5 ?wi, Pontllo at Hward, all of Os withdrew fre the Pass
-

the 2nd Plato, m was that .f tie to lo-ate ne&eia

weaded,

in

t e t-tk

natry
A

Roeassanoe aM let Platoon ha b

atteuwig fe

an& aoflar fire east of the P"s.

At 1020 br

P-33I9g fle over aad at fired a loust e -_so ur0

ant Yog Tis sasof warc killed; i a ittit w iasabl and hig

sht.

/
* m

o,
e
The

Corpoal Loganad T/%Levine

di h MO

Air Gorps claimed tMat these vehiles Fr ana rtem

n outside the b

anry attacked the Pss al d, but, beI. U #

de d bodies, te Paies s still

Qlarke returnd at 17UO hours t rewer t

strongly d eoded,

th oo

Sto biv

o In a tu pat Cl].RfmVe
n t at 23L

near

the pass that ngh.The lot flaoon, uponodrea

c tt afterdark to oep aaiok The Platoao fou it fo n pesition a

oursby

fire frM tkhe al m

wo a mved dm tothe wiMtetke rest of the.

t ou of cest

T/S Haley =s la

a eflse are killed,ad 7/5 ely wou

eaaa

~t

nne
.

soon so

s, aad oald net be fa

essa

tke folon

Soveral c nasuties wre believed inflicted o th

The St Platoo wet eto asan the moning. tanks

ad

ce of the l

ethe Wappro riga

A- 09(X)

The 2U& Platon Lxatmswd out ttodel with trck l sti5ad" 3

RSfeatwOtru acks.

hours seven e JaCovr"%U zrd1VVjyu )poitionswit h jt W aad 2C g fire. T/b ?atters.n, OpI. Ntrie, and We's Coing ant Caspors au
Smal arms prod so good against air'roft when fird twa a vele or Straffim wa daig~ed. eosoy deadl; to half-track herCuygoswd to a surrendered at the Pass
ere

other erposod pow itias and one 3/k ton ene bal
neW

At 1300 hours t

bivouac at 514i bou Zid.

Wclrie,

Meanwhie, 120 Germn

J
ILK

i.tt-tr7n,

Hawley, Cole,
-"-4'

acag, Bryant, Younmaa and iDavidsa

Pfc. C,4 4%
- i .at r-.4-wt...
--

w.,

;12 Lt.
hai

urieJ there.
Clarke,

fJ

TIE T r

hr aMtDe

ageaaned by Pvts. Wetol

ton 'or Lhe Fas3 tc 'ick uz the beiies X Foster and

~eer.

n rou*

Se rhicle

ras attacied on ren read near 74a.i by four enes

raiders which

:.traffed the truck feur tines.

T,

The vehicle cofld be listed as a total less.

the afteraon of teoeeber !th, Reoenaissancae and 3rd Plates took up

security positions areuwd Lesouda.

Fester and lepp were buried at Sidibeu Zid the foflewiug day. By tow

the Company was being bmbed and strafed daily.

Mer remained close to their Our ewn aireraft a4aequte pretee'

fox holes and aoved vehicles and supplies oly by nigh. base.d at Yeuks-les-Bains, was too far is the rear to affor

Allied Headquarters clarifled "1" CGapa's missLe as te protect Youks-le9-Bs sector. Feriaaa. *6 ifs and to obtain empa

an Deeeber 8th. It
in ito
W at Srm

oeration of the oa in reads me

By December 10th, the It

had resured its psit mwas e

was raining hard and the return ach Themt

ixsassable by the mud.

day Ist Plates retured t 0T

As the

Company established a bivouto in a lrge olive rove me mile south of toS Lt. Clarke left by plane for Algiers to ebtain mail on Dser

18th.
LM Den

Then Telergma, Bone, and Seuk el Ara were ytited; thesee by tnok to dnd Joit ihras, but no mail. be r JVLIt. IA. C ke 's return to the Capq o eae

Christmas Day arrived, ani thouht46 sre mainly of hmes a year aMe.
r at the "hotel" is tomn or ix the olve orehLr. Ne rf that the enemy laded two gliders, carrin 16 aer, ant sueooedet__ were attende -ms the bridre 20 nAi14s south of Feriana same in Doer

r-

in blot n

29th.

The

hadowy Lirurs o1 Generals RObinette, Ward,

and Clark visited levies al

successive days; th-is forgotten theater of operationsma The firt

eking up.

mail received by the Compaq sixee leaving kglaad as delivere The next day the Capan

J .cuary 2na.

we alerte.

Attaohed toencoh fens,

>rt FeriAa at 1330 hors fir Jbllsla, a4 at 21-0 hours contied to Hajel

+'+.4. A:D
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6ano acciupy l Sition, but tAN entt

a new

atack never nter

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Piatcs i

..... fa " n rrfcrsa&

.tntr,

futia

sflllsCry fir,,

cverein

the alnncc of ?r1.ch

laid down
aetive

hay ai
ory.

, wtM

uis e3 tirter

- 'r* extr-eaet.

t4ok a persona

iteret Al

is fex helt er 3j.it trench.

4.r

Those sheltersnnM Uooa catat

to airaouaouiy :rrr
Oee&er

r overn

3tr~fjLn

an-

ed

igeu,~,iw~s
-

a SUP et tea, waskey

w ations suh as mtas Ise racks an4 "rcks

f...
even if tuaba y en ttr rlzd It9,o

5j

ns

"Der Tag" fma" J arr:ved.

Ox

?ebrar

12lth, "8" 0 e2-)&ny r'jeixea the

g:xoisnee Cog .

Battalion anld Lt. ?mith's Platoon retii.eK t8

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1QNS CF COLTANY '0", 701st T,.x JTCC.Mi Periodhe 3 Otoerl9

;,raw

to 2h4January19&3.

S the 30th of Stember

194,

CopanyV,

701st Tank De3treyer Battalion

(Captaia franic J. Rec-jy, Cosaaida.n)

kilar, CouAty Downi, Northern Irelam

moved from bivouac area at Camp Baly

for destinati
4

unknevm, via Macclesfiolt,

Tie Camay arrived in Mae few days preard for farther soest a. The Compay wae a part of a
"B".

sfield a te

3rd of October, an& f or ti a a embatt

text -mi

by water trasprtatia

orgamisatLm of tSi lst Azmerod

ivisiSa ternd for tim

"Cabat Gant co g issie,

This em

was split into R d a= A

ue foree
l. e

Sad the Company wws a part of the Red foe.. r t eaed

gglae'is

Platem (the 2nd) was made a part of a grou

of Lt. Celstel

Tod, sad groupblngeaptly aman field to bor

T remainder of tin

Pling C

".

Ths platen left Msles

sWip at tea'sg hy, Sootlast

am tin 13th of Ootobero

a tin 1th, akdboaredtnlf

Owasy left hoclesfiold

sailed, from Liverpool to tin 3.3S. "Datery" at tino Liverpool Books. Tim sand Soaoad, where tin company, wihotother units of tiomaS Cly, o Firthf

prastieet invet

landings for approxmtly

ladi~~g began is

-m woek.

Tin enmvoy tins

fozsed and sailed for North kfriea. On November 8, 19, the riouity of Oram, Zojtar. e Algeria; the

CipaMy beaching is tin vieity coumtered and sed on the boaoh,

Pou of bmra

resistace was e*-

Tin "Flying Cola" 'mindaed, removed water proofing, was the point ef Rgelts's Plateem 1t. toward Tafasoi Airport. l a t highway betion Cran and Sidi Del Abbesa There

this colsa, and met resistance

Ibro Sgt. Mitchell's S/P gia aecouted for two emplaoede French 7S's. were no casualties within the Platesm.

The following day, this Platoon moed

RESTI

Ut

Lu1I

to* IaLeaiA, and tence to Oran tr

sizned.

tiy

remain d uAtil the Anjstice -as

Three 37

gma mere ieaml

aed ad noved from the peach en Noveber They net reistance both en th

loth; these guns vre

from the 3rd Flateo,

way tOra gu

an

also in Ora.

Of the

Ms st PUat , two

of 7 ove4. rer

n one tw

of 37n= (the latter from the 3rd Platoon)

lfeadd and

kaad of Sgt. Weaver, to vicity the 6th Azoered Inantry Rog-ist.

of Er Rahl to reinrforoe road block of

After the kmistiee with the Freaho, tCsp-1any area imediately south of Tafaraot. ""CO

mned

into a bivouae

y left for Tomiua em the 16tht Noem r,

The Gmay was plawed adr the

aM e the 21st
esa
Of

arrived at Souk el Aiia.

the

U1th Brigade (British), and Captain &e

Officer.

g reported to the Cem-a-

zn

at straffed while in

The nex dy the Coapay was div e

Souk el Arba and ae H/T M-2 was lost. Four en more wemnde4. the teof , the vehicles being in bad shape The follewing dy was spent a main after the long road march across Algeria. of November and that evenin miim by Gerna to secure te I Ti Cma moved on the 214th

arrived in Deja, wbere they wre givx thS neot of Wdje el 0 (the o upied

.h rea*=

infatry and paratreeps)o.

Supporting the COMPa

was one pla

te= of British Bren (ha Carriers. The Capany mewt frm Beja at won in the directioa of biJes, ox4er of march beihI the Bnn (%mPlatoa%3rd, 2nd, ast Platons of theC pamy. The cltsn was mrtared and straffed at intervals aUl during the afterjust out-

noes, aM in thn evening the Cepaty ommander assrbled his coman side of the range of Gemsn mortars. killed (Corporal Glassan).

Durirv: the lay's8 actA vities one man was

COn the morning of the 25th of Novembr, the Geruans withdrew into

hE7PZ

..0..6;

-Ours

xmtain !t' *

jno

recei'vei

eraerse

to gointo

............ rize
e.rs
3M
.nc 2' .

ra

ti-tank

uns which had been giving the Britth

UAheshir s trouble.

hnese i:egimed u were advancing en 1AeJz

-L

North ani South res-ectively. -e

om at dusk, but it

The

eapany arrived e

the outsktr ts
was

:
-e4e,

wa3 fas)t getting so dark that a wiltrwa

Uc the

ill

everlooking the tem.

arti.ler

ere they spent the nigrht.

the town.

In the

Jriti3h

was shellin

in th' Lornin:,
lIon

Cwtain Red inz received orders to, join the 2nd Batta

the 13th Anan ei

Rezrinent (mission - to srotect the right flank of

tA Ct;&.lion Thile it nae a side envelopment on the tou of LedJez).

A

-', o join thi3 "at-lian

thecompany wb

straffed ly an American

P-3

sju4ron o

the 1tt

Pursuit Group of the 12th Air Force.

It

isp

re

suzeU: that 'he

niericap flier

thoucht the vhicles to be Gernan.

At any

th r"ult5 0 .. Ve, whe . 7""

*e-O

;eU:-fin: completely immobilized ani demoralized combat vehicles .iere out of operation (enly one
Seven men w re d1k

2oIh

7Lia "'P c ,/ap

one 37-m

/P :v-ire not made inoperative).

e4 an(i twlre :en and 29t

ouMd,

2hts, the entire days of Novemer 27th,

28th,

vere spnt in rebuilding the destroyed vehicles,

with the mainten ance crww~orking day and night. By the 30th te Company was ready to go
again (although the Men had not yet
recovered frm the sheck)j, an was in izn'd te the ?rench for the oerimeter defense of Ledt z (4O German tanks
wer rec1rted aoproachin: Mejez fr.m Tebourba). The following day, how.
ever, the CoMaany was reassigned to the 175th Field Artillery Battalion
(UA. ne nlton stye d in esitios etween Sluhia and Tesur, while
tine other two .platoans vere sent out between BeJa and Jidi N'Sir. Thus,
at this tir, the
0 em2Any

was spread over an area of

QmE

50 miles.

'4

L M.L MjL

to -'C

-0

a.

..

.o >

ath Zaoaab r t e C ra i a 0ic K ~ oft' th riore infarntr;, batrcur1-tdvatvs

time, the 1St Battall on of the I h .AWoIekd:ezi-e:P.
the teti Of Teborba
(tim ofeaod by nnra" ,s

t5

,..

battalionsaf it

tr...

0t"a battaliMOn

f Osma a~lu

tanks).

to support the light tank battaliOntnh attaokors t1tMw to defensiv

Aaot

Tbm Crz-:any joined Int>

Thattack, heeer, ta a ftlt
e

sitiona sc uth of Te&eurba.

to
L

Ck Doosmur 5th, Cepany Cn ws offictjallj-saL.;achjed

1th bgant,

Majcnra.aca

and moved
with the Battalion across thex eoz road, iWre the

itO aolve

grow near the mainmTsmis-

omco

poStM tinharbor of the Tiak B ttalion, goin,

out on recomaissance uy

ant withM-ra of ur

g bask into tin harbor by night.

of Deeabor loth, word came that a Genrnoi=, . r

0A the s rine

.a

0iels was proeeding &on the 'Ami-s road toaard LWjcz

ark of the 1st Battalion on t.'.
I. Js,
r.

o1 Dab and was atta&4ing the tank

..

-.

Regment( Col,
attackad.

Waters).

oinpany
"C" writh '?" Company, 13t AR,
however,

Tin light tans

beeane stuck fast In

z.

4"

rained cOeaslossly), da. to

ant a tank is.

tank istroyer b 4 a 1 Ve rts,,ltr3 '.-..

was done on - s n,
tt

eather Conitions all ofT t1e fihting

"'. cr.

-. .,..,

estroying four

ea

Mark IV tanks an

i anti-t .:

dered to withraw back

to the orchar

to reerganize.
GenAnq

Inthe eoning, with the pressure .2 the

-l
,"mUt. t':
y.
ran,'.

ever inereasing, tin Cmpany

ith the other units in th.4 . hoping to got to the Tbeur q jMofJes road and retum
to ,.iwjez" . tin head or the celam arrived at the bridge aeross the ijet. maalaid moztar fire
donm a the bridge.

"

..

The colun was crdgcrtct had come,

,t

aro~uut and prooood ix the direction from whence

it was no Crnss-oeuatry, an. eno by one the

vehki].3 fell f'rOL ','K

c, ,2 '.

maroonet in the nit them caM to aa

Final

tin whole column i" a innob flti,. edjez en

en vehicles and to return to

REST..l7

5 ~ s.s i p e t s M d at . Caa ~ ~ a U ca a x y x a nt h t~ e n i t n ac i n fl l fl t a ~ ~ n i a . . l C p ny t a r ed i h se d t e a~t&3.laW 'e qte Btlg a mr 4h

D e a b e b

RESTIIJOTED

l"(itM {AQAU3W&X .0-- BATTALION OF ,EONSA4ICOPM*O"ThOW OCTOER 3, 1942 TO JAwAY 3,19,b

After "'3" and "C" Campaie Ceiat cemma d u hl had left tieattali attalie unmer cmtrel of prepared for moeme qrre,

AlbATi,

the remaiMkr of the

from Northern Irelam; aG en Onct*or 27, 19 iieagquartere Gmpany, A"

QMw,

Battaliolbm

as r,

eMeme ty Do, sr

ap

98 Noss

platon) entrained at Tl
for Belfast. Te it wam

ever of Larlmo

bamd at Belfast

Acrossed the Irh2s d

S lasting at Straaer, Seemi,

on Treat, I--la, maeslesfiold, ad tvled Cheshire, b l

ere em a

lad

tetrae

at
n ,

by meter envoy to ur, where t

ythofRit

Jattflem n

to be qnartor

The wheeled vehielo them by envey t.

c6 md ti r Maelaaflf.

iriS Sea, via L*e, to Straner, aaf At Tytbrii mS MU the DatS ea

garrisn auties, etMitlaOd ad prpe the Battalia was again split inU two ru(e usu
ca the 9tk of Ela

oq

1r

ea

t of

b rad

grsupe
eeiSO

quarters Gpany, the other grnp of "A' Company ad

Caps?).

eV r the baq

a r

b veeue

left for Javerp"l,

WiethebaM-

for shipment, via earge vessels, remain in

Nerk AfA, eto

mainder of the Bttalie

alolA

for later shiment. b

quarters aersonnel follmd aRhe 2

ef N

ro

aU

oa"
th
1

the LLT.

27th, whe
King was

'Otrate". The ship lay amewred in the River Mersy u

she set sail in ccuvfl for North Afria, at nom Q~pointed OS of all troopS aboard ship.

z o* la

sailed again and arri.A a

the l~th at iisrsl-Iir

sar

Ora

agorla.

The Heaqur3r5
J'IAnuonDeoer

of S~e rouP mc rod to a now bivouac area in the vielnity of tin ikt0, and thereawaited the sniv. l f th remainder

3attalion from

glAM.oipy

w o 4ru
t>

loft

la hg1k
ju

hSJ*p
i

ew

n
it

t
bpes Were

" ..

.....U

"-"
Pt ? e .t r

x rica

,T

a rJ

aad"

nd t hv e

"' .2. (
-

+-

. " .L e r0 ,'

'e e wa s muc hls easi c kje ts s r

an g t i

?e ":ires5 0.Is
1- IDmbrke4,

$anad-a" arrived at lrs-el-Kir

v.*
l

the 21st of Do-.

C!

4A

boacoa ift

-with t.n'est

of tin Battalin

.'&ine

J'Arzuo

I-Hre the Zattalion (minws "W and "C" Gmpns) spent

O~t~

.Tht

att'Va in

lad a s;hort alert on the 24th when Adiral Darla trer-os spent perhass the ast miserable month of

r-.siinatc.
jr

nlJ es J'Arza t;

.
..

2ez. It was the rainy season in North Africa and the AIt rains werv in
rho Battalion area becAme a sea of mud,

8-194?3,
".

The Ac

oeht of Ioth officers

amd ms(aftor such a an T
there re

-'inth), the track vehicles

left the area for Orm,

lZ

r"

koari karacadebo boats for shipment to Phillipylleo

.

vehieles

Ae

e e

January 11th.

On January 9th the

reminder of tie Battalim

le t- Salnei D 'km u
on a four day movement to Otw

Seg-a arsa(aoar Cmftatae) Setif. Mmi' tiey en 4o,

Orlesie,
4F trirh

Affrere, L'Arba, .uira, vehicles fraK Fhi1 pi .Uo oeI.

from this area .n the 18th of January, and in a two tvien~arri'rrd at 3ou Cheboka, Tunisia, in the 1st Armored Divias As
Con1c-rr left Battalion cotrol on thn 21*t of Jawary v a mov with e532wca8 ,f tP)e 2 t Armored Division (Cab~at o; Gasan "A") to Sheitla, ?tisa,
:A':

La' SttitnZ

L.t

-~ 1;

w Th&

alance4 by the rain

of "C" Ceaam

the fofl.wiag

day.

...Let It
Of I&;lry

;ed work near Medjez Si Ba)). the Battalion(now eompesed of Hsaqarters, Had "C" Cmpels

3.t-,

e me

rs

.. t tr.
-ta" I

e,cSIMenal 33ance Comany(less one platoem), and

nj
ia; as3in'

to Combat Camant "2D" under tke caman

of Colnel Maraist

RES

TD

--

(is.n Artllery

A) f rnttk.

,Ln

hours the fe*lle-irig

oPSRA.ATIMJ3'

rws 1i.wu flnoflfAt ALIOx ( F JD - JANUARy 31toe

FSW3JI 3,
3.

A", &

fITf1CIOMPAXTs)

Ir.ers

fio
the 1-t Armeird Orisie.t to .ttck0-,
.W
0enea

t' intIti e

CeA-_L-A

. 3rtk.

te
oc>,4 ra.-i
- to na Colonel Laraist was InWcLI" ef Cenbiat
,An f fl "One

Jtation, and

.P4

wm
,nsrr

%,.

rtici -

"

Regiment (less oir

ceraany), 68tk Field Artillery (less rone battery;), Comany "D", ltk in.ineers,
.-' Battalion *f the 167 -L Infantry, ,,Bi, teany of the htk Ledics, and one 1
olatoon f"3 Battery, W43rd , (AA).
Sist Recennaissance Battalion vnt ak. SIF at 3 ou Ckebka ad was folle f
by CZ 'fl,,

We

tie 7013- Th Battalion (less ?!connaissance COpany), 3rd

&Laonn

orn p",'

3attalji,

of the 13tk Armore

Combat Cianano was in bivouac abou, 10 miles

east of Gals 2

OrIers wars issuet

4Zrufr

at 03oc 'ours ant all trooes mre

it RecwnnaissjnC Combat CemA

forwari on a wi4e frent.

*Soo koLr

rje4& to n.ere

Jattaliej was to move

out at

on Divisim order.

aitsaee Copany, 3rd Battalion ',-f 13th Armored i. :iment ;Nth

one platea frenreorg, and one
4latown

nI

order: 701st f le

"D,' was to follow at 070C hours

Group, one platnai of tanks, artiller;, and infantry ,rith .r

platoon of enWneers and
one platoen of anti-aircraft attached.
Pist iecmiiiss:ce battalion actually xoved
out at 0730 ]ours and made slow progreis 032? kours aeconnaissanco Cmoany of the 701St A.)Sattalicr omi out but was held u~ ~e~P 0 1
81st necoaaissance. Wee enbir coIs was crMeping along the read by 10Xc hours when
1st l-connaissance M reorted bkt
, ;.as q-passLg Jtation do Sened.
Oriers wmre issued to Colenel Qrsby, 13th Armore. ,torment, and Patty, 1st i atta/ion of the 166th Infantwy, to carry ot the following plans: The infantry would move forwar
on a wide
front in truck3 to a point l* to 1. "tiles
wxest
of the objective, detnick, mie
oerward and attack in column of
comapages. A guide (Liaison officer) accor panied the infantry battalion. lwe area chosen by the CC rqj!, aaas.er. a'-h-.
.Colonel

tacked,
Cae

of tank debstro
rs at.

ns reconnaissance o." the iCinity, would be attacked. The infantry mj Lu at tack setk *f the road and make a close envel en, l the tovvn. Z t
*is f t wv cin ty,v.p

p.

oe mak tbc' 'e

-

!a

aeek aoint Just east of ti .S~iiiflrA - n 10*e road

Vta
m

Artillery would si: fJene .tt

k 00&,Lr

a&

14hit anksAai arttlexyivre re in c3s1- n'ith argets of opportunity 'being.axelled, t'e infantry-ws

how in Ca;
i,

u,

ant orocooded too far in brucks wkic pealed on tke scene an

ties,
but

were not properly Li.rPtrs4 Th

ombed tw

colum%,

infantry SuteCJ -31

tation -nt the' tankweire

t he artillery centinue 1

.fire on LSou

teed for t, e ' Forty-fiv

At l[c.

t'-

.t 160C 'i ,urs, the infantry still t

was not in

i* tj,,o

minutes .ate2.., 24 &tu:asagain d

rain a few bmsebs dmo

hours,

a witlerwal of the tanks was ordered to secare positionz af Orders were

t

ter the 5haken infantry was Umable to make an organized attack,,

issued to outpost position along general line T-42 and p.-prre to attack ta'mo Colonel Marai3t went to Cers deaqaarars for orders,

The following day saw orders issued at 0700 hours,

Combat Cant ',U" cmm Ad

was reLnforc%& by one battalion of infantry,

n(

Colonel Drake was in

the lOt ;

fIj fantry, but only a small retA 'li3ted 4 A

ren actually arrived

ntal gr*to and about 60o of'- The 175th Fiel.d the st-y

"cer
Att-idl

fer the attack.

"I3" Company Of the 106th CA (tU)

".

were also added t.

'r..

~
.ierer..

waci

A similar scheme of maneuvr with a limited objective. The attack was oriered at 09CC AOUVS to secur a ii of tic- attack and to allow the artii'ei

ar+ ,ure Do;' t

-main

to ais.'i ce
.

.r i- :rx

Che uth
infantryr. cr-itr'

wa

to support the tank action, and the 17Lth 24.

now under centrol of Cebat

C."
;rj
s

813t iL.cennaissance,

Gqm aQ
4

br L nKi .. extent reconnaissaice 'n

actiwity{ to the eas .

l~re ,c in attacK mnat with stuborn resistance0

itortar; of all .. allbez' and indulg ed in

The enemy

tnebt

Unlb 2d ,,'a

profuse sriping,

Thae irnf'ntry
'

:recsced steadiliy bdt

cr-i .eutrlizati
;rau- '*,o; ea

.he tanks were held up by anti sivalcinz..

K.ter,

nk fie,
I. :

:-. . ,..

by artilleryT betfor

'ioeur; ,

by the .LrfantzyJ.

2Fry itinutes

V- i.t'.q-tm' 2 L

-a'i

I EiH&

fcl olll^ ''o U~lerf,"rlr wIdeh (ru)

'. ,

-I-

101

..

M.4-. t'
. .i

he tank harber was potec

etoallew the t,

C.j

r)V

:;.. Am.c. -'n the xzorn:2:..

io-eoarl

.Jr..:.e

r',...ort'," ",ic.

&j.

.xflc,:sv

;Q~i& holi the kF~o-*i, arsi "0' QCipaay (1e3.3 ticl platoons) .2 t:e 7 - t L

22 autlion-,Ya3 sent in un militaryj xoLce &xty, Ce wd Growp tent a iu~y &4y waxt n= off
rti .. stra inns. t There were slit

t'4ka ba~ings and kes~erch-~

t.renches liberally scattered all throuch at 0

tne area, an

these proved t. .,owny,an

be very caie

Jnlpin:; AieO

the night of February 1-? was spent in getting

supp1:',&anti conslidatin; positions in town 0 Cn Perutary 2, orders wer' issued ifor a

b'

attack en the final objective

stat

at

o8r0o

hours.

Tanks -mre to precede infantry, and the artillery

would. suL~port the attack free positions well

forward.

Th

ist tconnaiss

auc. Jattalion would protect the north and south flank. 1'-Le attacks progrsssed rapidly against machine sistance .f enemy aztillery, By 100
gir

fire and light

it

hours, the first tank elemets art Advance elements of tie infantry and the infantry cupied tim

renofr+,.i 1/k4 mile bejond the objective. axdv4_ei .t the objective soon aftrywt,
:i&-e in frce at noon.

The tanks then withdrew to an assembly position The infantry dug is at

south and west, ready to meet any counterattack.

the 81st tcnnaizsance Battalion occupied positions to proect the flnk. M.zonniance Coiupany of the 701st Ti Battalion extended its reconnassance to
oi .tfir tiles

east of the ridge.

A to:tit-: in the rear of the front lines by "_,0(U.'., ho au Ccw ,m

h'

2h Stukas took place at.

.ctual Iamae was slight, but it was a bit hard on morale.

be the object of Stuka and Messosokitt affec

.Gr'mur continued t.

a-3 th~ro igh ti. day.

Many planes, including several of our om, are brought don b YI anes overhead many a pilot A m

"7

vet;., but it.could not be ascertained whioh are

ack-. ,-

aair d which ers shot dour i

dog-fights.

1,'.'lo- bea lively

-a

rouzh the dense anti-aircraft fire

clear the puffs and tracers.

a;*'1 --.-

erough . r

At 1700 hours an o-cemy CeoMime,r.%1111aslance

the rif-h.t flak. Five.

3
"tud"

iit

tli

WEebptt

'sft

Contfusion, but the teiks ant ris

tot
cr

tJ&

Lj40,

ia fr.nt.

Wth infantry Positionsnfl22c.re-et

'

..

to thir s --127area aMd therewasn* tiuther activity

As Mt

irnmiz

of Fobwary 3r1 dawwned,takJ',n5aat

%err

plate5smoed to poSitioansin front, andtje.' artilycia poutia.hur ws c

the

sity

unti 100 hour3 SM

ir en luyaroreao

rr***t i, tn.ut . a vfltlosappare -l", nd ere "IatJ rad ire u~bythe68th Fielt ArtjX SQ. inyL~fI2.7fla atOf range, lbemainanoeCcp, Of ~ > 7P

~ httfla eTS

p to a iositia silsXzailes w"st ofJaoazy

nf enqrdetaclnnts
ould appear t

n v..ctAd

tintflratn

nu~

be dilvron Off by SAtIi ry 0

*w-

howntat l s n . aI
ai e

pto

o tindfanstry were reported Jy+ n ojlv ve a +rt' dt 14 r o ti prtc t'he ra r* .~ilcr iat an hov e fbbn

sth

scare,

Abv was ae u
t a

t esatwli0 e l b h S o ~y I tvaldhie ,'

al

eu, lnbkan

ard.o

l rd'byU the

Any Air Force.

Zuain sualty reot z ,r Y nxre a o *yd btho.our

am bs
offjn~lel aMtl Mre was no da.se

flo n10 Maw,

ar trantt od.
8t

trs

tr s

Gorn e et o thdraw to Gafsa QNI beyo d

l . hor., A'60t

Zsomxtmaistane lefOtat6"

hrs

16th Iafat

of-i-

mainmbody

tartt
is trucks

wee-i+---n-te-

ijdra.e
la

aoem

Arnoret elements
hnoret

as

r.

athey

d the ofiv &brury t .'

in turn,

twnere,

by

Liittank ..

81st eomdssane3sttaliun m later detast from G bat Gcer-.nd -" ) a s further repert was given. Svuate. 'f;omded Ce3 s"*tsec, "L cc, . one armrb offloer, aid V'enlisted men, -... -

*~r

~00mm m

-,

/Law
AN

fiAlteeatai

T4NK isA 23.g~uz7 tA16 Nbolrary 25h3 aMn&ait

9S7O

sBa

mAmi

ate aa to Ositla test plat

at tan. ila

U3"

@Wmpa rtist a 8b 3M tV oeel ua

at tie 06Ak buewoas

m sam

ti am d W W - tigglag, a 3M arregiug oanflags a , ptdiN-EAa of. Tbo~~~~...

al. bel air r& iM' bdt en"

as. A& m

t
of

JA

C. tA

ti

.,, a .
rA-

me te o

osaWI

6 tbu he Ja ury 2)o, 3 Ao q a - *a *Itie na ~~ ~ ~ anLonaw ofi he mates tNJ er 1hs Ms. vo~~ t aaf ea tie in .t aa Wie d- 4aw basz sit

At O7%S fl t t n aw
-ld8*It a

oKtmol- NS.b . Ad. of piesaw wr, but tie taml

-mso 3

tO

skid.

a tie reM hte

pac.aa#M

iia

sablse with

ra

frnswer sotec

RESrrzrTr')

404
g tbert t tq tiomr ni s

laemar

Pinkl

Arl

' jetties, atl timw re

beesam ba

a. bsnr-z.

re

br DhI thh

I
an

soo

tza

at ttmfaltgt

fdo

ssol -NN Arqn MI

A'
04

0e! ta

to f

ete

0171

Ink Ja ti-s. ftat0-12k fltb. t

4AIasusbnmaLwflorfees ier an efabi..t4t 1

o

idin empel
nit ~

Dd

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a"

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torjl ~ atatnaasW

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OhmM4tasese

staffS

ota TM.
O

us mAyrslls gAW

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dq*AIwRoM

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mttes

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- btrit

SitS 2,,Ta

er

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attaId

cesoawy4tta i to tNO ON* flil

WkP~ieaf -w , vfl vr

a SM,
laA

t, at

f fl

me us

Re.]a~PAte i dtasier the na of 140 Sal HiSS. T SM P ltSeqs klottnes a~4 pmFmc at at at t 4ta~to a tea of take at .urtiliazy mar Maor Pae

etak S/p'sis r*

Strm

beak by few* of

te2y out of sfot0

3m
?usp'.T do w for the mfl of it'.
but itbs

r.

:..

Sn

~ ~

3~ tt{) 1 (4'Qfles.

:ZI'3

du b

nat Rabwel PASs. a W

hse gial=
flare had

I:xc,
. 2

ta. ' 3./p I

:sihts,

ffectivdhy il i10& Oi
pesitisuS.

3~Jp~L7

rihlewwith the taiks to frar

Ft'sttrury 3to Febarflry 7, "A"ll at T-75 1.. bfore dsj.ght au in: to T-72"'3 d2ug darnsS. positia wa~in etex Djel
7

pyosutdfin 33 ti

ete

bral8

RUV

G".

misa 13*o2(itUiAt.gsi
Drn t) peri tie ODWIW1t

tu.,'aratcction to the artllery ad tao

n3a 'six

a kuiAer ensq "counter battery" attI.2*i7 firs Lay. As tie

feet -andr", to c-tl The Genus
S u d4

LMg Is

ro threugh tie

On* hotel DJe

aj

t1)*3
L

!ro.oufa

wi-h tanks A artillery at 0730her.

TwnY

a mtresis outs trom th~e WnSt to ssrroia the stain, e t tanks a drv es The 2n d aooe t was
ov sr n by
ut not bero'e they had destryth
I1'P ,ns and a few Poop were able
wa2s
o

tie tS.4t7.r
o t e n t -- S t ltl w ow U
-S

or sen
ri
"S

ll.

t.h

WOLun d iii action.

,A' CoY less the 2nt Plabts, tend out tth
W

tie

to- Stt

enemy armor which

Sweeping nottht 'freoemtatiitS~

"AA C.1

was on Lhe right flak of "I"O

Is tie hig 1*fl, a

, 324 tta34a
east ofe

le.gimont and took up piensi Bou 744 road.

pon

L.5

3
b

Las

i f

attack of about 30 Mark IV tab.11

o be

.opn opn.fi

t20yrSwt al
payjlI. The

re.

IiSI-g MCI
tamke moe

i, 0*
'

em.erged fret the cactus.

(south) and overraa the

The (Isma oelin .

o theilAtt fla"k

of ear 7

/P's aSld tm, 37S 8/F

.: +

were hit by tank fire ant explode

reassemble& south of tlew U

a bun
iYA-.

he Oa
A

wltbMW a was l eM souANS it

was tem boMt a" the eels

west of 3.141 Bou 1.1 toward KErn's cresaroti

REST&+

2' D

was bobed and straffed just n"st of Ji ma 0t0ae tracks wr

eZti4.

The last 7 52

'i an

1 st ix this incident,

A' Cuoany t'Ien turned

soutemst and crossed

the wadt sme two ant a har miles off. Six eztarzy
tamw
sghe oopin aarees to th te. All fire peer gene, the e mablt, at the Mu disporeed aId aO made to lie tl in the green
11e2. M eo
take passed by ad att&Cked the main sole which had just

b en le.ft

Senrge fight uns sp

and leadship shem by Lt. olomol I

tmr during the
r ad outesaila. Is brvery in piain his swat tank

tn a ekd the six n a

s . p aks
mtone The tanks above
ere deeering Of the higst

bt
uea

t she maia taleo

bake

otat.

th

ulir

of the ees

8a saned*

oflote vehiclesaad

OA . empeq eo

awisk haM -wil &

poeaelfrom sevra mite, c atiued to wert its w toward Uen is

crossro. Cmaq's alsss for the caisted, of two offieers
apturod at-s offtsor both wee at teeing in sat five enlisted -n lnet,
si etudat

'42 a

teeing in aetioa,

Tehiua losses are six 756am

S/P

gas, two 37aw S/P guns, tour M&-2 haif-tracke, three 3/4 tem AS, 11 :L/4 ton trucks, anMms 2 1/2 two manaac track. Ch Nbrtuary 15 ad 16. "A" Cmpay was ordered to eecupy the pass at
T-4%62 and ptotect tin seutk fland.
This positis was eccupied prier to daylight afr the Comany had moeed out at so hours, There was ne enemy ground activity and no enemy tanks are observed in the passes, Tin rest of the 701st Th Battalies Joined "A" Company in its positions one a fteoo of January 16th, and "A" Company reveite to Battalien cont rol. At 2mw@ hours the sane dqy, ax ordr was reseived to witlt'aw to a position
northeast of Si~t Beia takin pln.
*

Lid. Tin wititrawal. was made while furious fighting

was

on the Lassoita-Sidi Boa Lid road.

** * * **** ***** ** **
'N

RES*TR.ICTI2Jt

F MiflRUAy 14 To

FtAIZO:$ 2? I & 7C1ST TANK DESTROYSR

nRu

TTALI01 AT SIDI BOU Z):i-3ITA

18, 1943

After, the operatim at Seined the Battalion had withdram to the Chebka area unAer orders frwn II Cps iaie Ors. On February 9th

>Di

Combat OmenS "D" (of which the Battalion was a part) was ordered to

move from BeSauCheubka to the Thelepte area; attached to the 26th Combat
Tha., But a the llth of February the Battalion me relieved from as D" and was assigne

signuent to CO

to CC "G ader coma

ef olonel C

Stack of the 6th Amn

at NaJeb 31 Aoun Kern force (12 talien with ha

Infantry. The C b Ces Iadquarters was "C" Casn, 7Qlst 5 Bttaion was assigned to the This left the Bat MY , and "31 Com

iles frm Sbeitla ea the FaiS road). uaroSopyocaasa eC

*pay ("A" C

mpa hving bees previously assigned- to 00 "AN at Seitla).

The Bttalion moe d and arrived at Hajeb fl Aioun en the 12th toro it was rejoined by B"B om
N.I. (C" mGempWy dre e erm

for the first time smee October of 1942,

route to the [era force). peeitims at F of lrmar 1 a el O D attaem B i and OP's that

took pesitiens oposite wre estaliled,.

Ch the evenin

, word arrive

a Germs attack was to be Feaouk, or Faid.

Oeotod the feewing day at either flho,

Thus, the Battalion was alerted to oot amy attack No attack materializ. Arond1300 "A" is

across the valley from Fedeuk. hpeurs, hoevr,

reports arrived of a Germs attack against C

tie vicinity of FaIL "Pass and Sidi loun fld. success, and CC "A"was deisir~ly defled.

This attack was a dstinte Many Amrican infantymn

and tankers, had been surrounded on Di. Lassoita.

It was exece

that

the Germans would continue their drive in tin direction of Sheitla to

further press the retreating 00 "A".

Thus, CO "C"was alerted and was

ordered to attack from the north to flank the Germans at Sidi eu Zid,
CC "C" moved from lajeb El Aioun anl arrived at an assembly position two miles north of DJ. abtack the teljn:,
. . . . .. . . . . . . . . ..

tw
. .

frem whence they expected t

l&unech their J 2ttJton,

. .. .

day.

!eceMatssance CManyy
. . . .... .. . .. . _ .

7 0s
. . . ..

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patrols turrmUning the Cmbat Comnand bivouac area,

At
0700 hours the Combat c ad celIMa, with Reeemaissaace Genany of the
'7101st Ti) Battalio in the lead, noved
out in the directien of Jidi ou Zid
(bomasaaco
Ca, ay hat the missbom of provdinc reconnaissance for the
entire CaAt Cmaf4 - an impossible te ), "B" Co was orered to
"follow the attack of stff ur tanks closely. Lt. Gel. K at elements of the

furmish.&

Ai~kt

The Gerans
had net pressed their tafieal advantage of the previoum day, but' had with

moved forward to tflfllisk an OP to

follow the battle,

drw and~ remaie

in the idilou Zd are, O

pasably to anniilae tin

Thus, the attack
p3AteeKS Of the

Ariou forces'trapped m DJ. Lassouma

and DJ. E ira
W b,. 7,o The attaek was a o"eat, rt 13"
1

vita

te 03A oe.AM,0-0

" ..

701st fl)Battalo Rn*iad

rtoa

l heav artillery and sati-tank f'Lreo, m ooeuld not ad 0e Thus, during

the afternem, the situatie was static,\vth
our troops mner centinual
heavy fire.
At 17C0 hours the Germans
corter attaket frm three directions (from
the north ariound Lassouda, from the pouth in"tohm direction of Makassey, and
from Faid Pass) and fore a withdrawal of the entire Comat Gonad. The
GeCm attack :athered momentm and a larce porti' of the forces withdrew

n the vicinty

.4

kct ad loft flanks of the Ga iison our armer was tabs 'zadr oi

the

without regard for order or discipline,

sire position was established about 12 miles east of 4eitia is th in il ty of DJ. Mana. The defensive line held here, and by rk the SidiloBu Lid area was "Mo tM'ns Lan", shelled by the artillery of both fores. The en tire area was lighted by the fires of many, man burmin tanks One "3" Coeay 7a 'P and one Reom~aissance Company half-tre~k had teen lest The day of February 16th warn spent in organizing "A" Company rejoined the in the day's activities.

By Cebat CsAd order a defe

and correlating the defenses of the position. 3attalien and with

he re-assiznment of "C" Coflany (all due to tin at-

RESLKZZD

.)1..

stfttlklon4f a OG" vy U 9 Cf CcNAn31 -p)lthe a~aUn te operate as a comlete unit. The Battalion

assign

i?z;isLcn cf tte pretection of 7 miles of ri.ht flank of the lom atCon. mian& .n t.e vicirity ef DJ. Hasra (again an impossible missiem for with the -:anber of ums remaining in the atta1ion at this time, it was l sible
to

"

a-e JILatelyr zretect such an

area),

NA", "iP

"G"M1pand R

seissao

. maes

,'ove cut and took positions around 10W heurs.

At 120S hours, "3" Compan

te

r"e r.ed t+he approach of enemy tanks, and took the necessary action-

In the afternmoon, the coand group moved from the bimacW ara norH'west of Jidi lou Zid to DJ, hart. TheC4l" w as straffe a
route but thers were n4 casualties0 About 1900 hour Gera" ne

3tNithdre~w,

again

bez-an to attack
: rai.l-t

sOnermored unit attacked from the northoant at mother a

frm Jidi lou Zid towards

obeitla, into the mouth of the vafy

'(another enemy armored group moved forward a the rigt ILcik of the 701st U Battalion, was observed, and the platoo of it. &-aani, "C' Cpa=ny was sent fornrd to engage armo wich had tmot r frun the celum toeard the Battalien a-ta. Thee tanks wttirew, bu the ~rZ. etnemy column moved into the hiUs to the South). The a wa em ,a~ed in the fir- of our tanks and artillery, but cotine to aa o Lt. Col. kin: reported to CCO "A" for orders; The Bttalion ha st Myet ,oar :i the enemy from this pesitien andj Rkes seo cloed mtti
J-l 'Mseryvatien,,
fl

Soeo l.ay-iri

machine grn fire (identified t

boermua) wa

M" t
a

It

The valley, and the tempo of the artillery fire increasd.

By sow t0

Jew,.

s+er

direct fire em the advancing enemy tanks,

The tttak

to the rear. The ? F" '.., B~attalion had reeieid no order., antd tin situation had ang boom~
0-.sur,4 That :iGc was net possible for the Battalion to engago the osoqr.
.i;,.sts,

.,

;.Y.':'s;L

and+, ouxr units in the valley wre tr'im

Murohy anti Lnat, Battalion r'uidos a en foot at 2200 hours arid told

the Sditi Bo

Y44-eit

c 2,

:"'.irned

of the advance

of Gems am).

LUUll Ltot Q

"'.i+'

Je

Cycl s.tttt e ai ;a. Li

elqenrr!4 rnd mid 'try na andreor ter. Theus.

9,ow08p"

am$ac

: trops
had penetratet9

1,!-,,

"-. - on t and-

1 .h q -'lof nk -w a

Uiles3 past tAe.

oAJn

area up the valley in

t.

direction of ibeitlac

Lt. Col, King ha neot returned from the Combat Command :4maiquartoers (
was ne- imposible for him to 4e so), an tinelore kajor Tardy, nv"ere"
t,

"
tlion

tt

twetivn, took charge an4 upon his erters units wer

,vr

aratelyi a a gea.ral 'n , I . . n' .e tank bat4le no.;.':: t.o.o pregros3 botnen or tanks and the enemy toeLur rear, in the ,Vrctien of

Jbitla.

As the nighk
weula be

was s

dark 9 and the situa+ion so qi e

Mjr Ttrd;
iin

felt that it

p"os!ible for the Battalion at that time to assist

te

battle,

ad ho deemed it '3"

necessary to :et the remaining guns safely beht".d1

our en lineso

e any could net be contacted by radio and "A" Cousany It was

Colum was ordered to warn '3" Compay patrols of the withdrawal,

tecessary for "AL" Compa

to destroy one half-track, which was rntrus a track

At 2250 hours a last attempt was made te warn "3" Go"any by radio, but vi-hout success0 Gomand Group moved out with Lt. Morrison in te lead, ad ths co _ihVi, preceodd some miles in a wster..
direction avoidin; the tank battle on the right flank. The S-3 half-track, with Lt. Waters, led the second c,.nlun, follcI- ing NA G""y lum. This group skirted the feethills followiin:an al- nost due north direction with eneuy action and movements about 1000 ywbUx -Iz the rights A third group, led by Lt, )Sith of Reconnaissance Gea-.my 4 vArV :..

ed even closer to tle battle :rund

The S-3 half-track becawm tfon)er The "A' "

L-r... '
J.

was destroyed,

with files transferred to thr ChaglaaIh's vehicle. ".r tcw

;et,

pany column reached Seitla as the enemy began shelli:

much confusien on the road, -nd Major Tardy andi enle.

..

attempted to establish order amonr the retreatin; x dica _'. &

rough the town, Thne:n, kajer Tardy and Gai.t 0 ry r,'.- t'rc-., .] A t o:. t;%
of the elementh;.

t-. in "

U,.),

select a lattalion assemblyr area for the re-greu-4n;

column pulled intoe this assembly are: it 0118 hours en Febria

thin line of tanks and' 75rmm J/Ipb ware stranr across the vnile-

17th, ai2
*'.r - I.. .

ditch fizht
tion dump in

should the enemy break throug' Sieitla was en fire Lt

Jbcitla0
1e5I-t

At t}iUs V.:vt t... ,&-L'.ut>

-, t"

Coln King

(J

'

'

1k

.bf.0...


.. w.s

.3ompa M W4I.d

ttwithL t.
td took uj

a.. LaJor Tai y r -enterod Aeila at o215 hours, a i . " riht flank. -

..

bteisive sti'

e xin-ime the Coltmn unier L.. Lr i'sen

Joined ;rith "' r had CePany column under Gaptain adic. 1h3W :rup reached a ,a s3.:; miles south nd ea3t Of moitla. There the columm halted in mrlc r to

In the

" ,
:tttfjant

to contact frien4ly units (the column comanders knew nothin: of 'the a tua.
tion, they were out of rai, contact ticoh ha not Uen regatned, an4d did not wish to endang-er the eoum by entering ,Jlitla umtfl it had been a certained whether
the town belonged to the Americam o r the Germans. altso,

this coln was for all purposes still in the rear of ee

the nig-ht was dark, felt that takijn ad as they had ne-contact with friedl irectie f the colmm furter in the

lines, and as

uits, it
frinJl troops Lt. kerrise as

would result in bringing then under fire of friendly gun).

a&d

apt. biding attempted to ontact Divisim Headquartersoffering the

of t rn
ainng

service. the net". orbit

six

(7

S/p's),

but nre told tooget off rteru .and. receive of the valley (-it for it would neoessit

?hsy then lcontacted Ombat Gemnd lfead up defensiveesitims em tfar id,

to ta.k

was impslible for the gIms to ansue thsee peitioei ate the entire group passing directly throCghte GeAp it

esitins)o

Thus.

was decided to set up. a static defense in tme pre3set psition a await the devlopments ot the mring. Eeh dm the coin agai movedIn tie directin Of eitla, and entere& the tor, finding it deserted. Them the group contacted Lt., eln King an
w3 led into the Lattalion assel

are a. On the morning of t r l7tb, CC

3. of the 1st Lrrnred U~ljaon Moed up ::t into a &efenjive' positihp

WL3

to cower the defenses of Jbiila. and UC "A 3aae t: 'se miles est of the town.

7elst Li 3attbo Dy

<am

attbac:'wt tc:

CC "C" to cover the withdrawal of the Jirision.

dul wa.s i Aprogress, tions ani traffi

ieee

hours an arti12er,0
Mcric t'c -- slS

Snemy aircraft bomabed ,sl straffedt4 road va

eon the main assertne-se;yla

L -raff;

RESnz

the is* inig.

BY 320

rs

G nem t

ileywifrn

&tr-batte ry aWa

erican positions in the rictnity and

a general withdrawal was *rdered, 701st
TD Battalion was
assigned the rear guard mission.
At 13tr" hours the last of
the Battalion withdrawal colms of the night before (Lt, Smith' ind saimer's
platoons *f Recenneissaao cem.aniy)
nru reprtad safe. Throuhout the after noon GC "C" witbarew. The guns
of the 701st covering the withdraral by lea. The Comat Gmmd withdrew to Positions some 12 miles
;vest of Sleitla, but at 1810 hours ordr8 were issued for a further withdrawal (the ten of
froging.

6itla was now in the possession of the enemy

and GerMM Acennaissance'patrols
had pushed forward some nine miles out of %eita. drawal at 1930 heurs with the 761st again i 00 "0" eaa futher with

rear

o At Zh

hor

tn

attalien wes into bi

AA* miles north Of Kaaorim of

Further move was

made at 0615 hours eoFobruaru71th when the Battalon left the bivouac area headin north toward Uhala in a slow moving cla, and tenoe soutbwest to
Tobeosa and into bivoua 15 miles south of febessa aR the ftriat, road This day Lt* Coxs plates of "A" Capanyb boliovo ing at Sidi Ben Zid

lost in the first Say of fight

returne=d to the Battalian after hiking

miles (plates

suffered colete less of equipment), Thus? en d the Sheitla affair 0

RESLiuCTEP

deSa'athe outcomeat Kassn~rine0

QQ "A' affm a ti ai reserve ( mission at C bo to 2Wbesa), SNbaary 22ad G

Thle WT ,Lsr a4ns

Aic~it
..

todefend the seThciw

"3' mOVed out for Kasserine.

"A' was alerted fer rnovererIt in .any rurec. -i-S to Taa area (althoi;L
ewoter-attacl: awaint.

aM atdat19Mhms receLventers to me"

ikM Jet e thmougkh

Of

v"

sueceasf rl

iIeiteeos at KasasrIe).

It was an extremely cifficUlt marh; lasttreacrous reds

l1

mr

y a

t)he Lttaien ardv

o is btw

hfla ara at 90 bours am ebruary 23A (mtision

:+... ee).
At barsthe Jttalia
7i7: .

Leta rmv& u
U"k

ne

lwict

oa a
aii "*

~t.

ifrn the E aE #Aiaresa

ha.pld
except for

us theught that theea

uS, all was quiet for the nrext wa 3 Osawsa

to'theast tatOU

bY De.maissae. Copany ad the twremaiir

was assigned the mission of aNegrine area, TI re

UhCi.tit'. plateofO. .

mo&
flflaitMa Et tt
ee-lsan*e w
oo

t , Rosnissance C
to te Ue

south in, the bukares - Tai

l eentact with tie F

e of a

eb Meadquarters at Gheria,

of note 4that it was .erhavs the lengest dist.Ance in eo aissancq mission assigned to any American unit

is the North African Campain.

tisa,
aWOS,

Neoapan. esta l-ished its ownM'upJj base at Dir-l-Ater, Algeria, and Cmany ibadquazters at 1 u2Ares:
and initiated Oic y-trel, reconassacee patrols int. the surrou4&in udor lit. S~iers aM Lt ~U. SMitb1 reached (which hadt been encuacstL by flu patrels reatted a
f~r
to ,ct-

as far south as lefta, then to Toeeu the Italiano sa

to the southeaas

two. hours before hand).

t hot t a

Pjerid, whore they Lound ti-c roa

.

hbU imassale. Iot

Ietumin: to base, they turned e4st o

tc., they
uer

1hilipe-Thmas.
rr

t r"

"

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4,.

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eafu$rtin y fls
-.

VWWCiiQ1ofl sjuric

renli.y. toteJ'X

'.7-*;er

1a~o
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rao
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ao

-I V+
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2b'rest to note thatthe CMnicatiensA

"

Ae:I .

t.dele fcr lOcig ran:e recflissance.mi53iofn to wich

Coa: any ,w.s 102

C Al3 ai.i1
1bc:iA

. iLbance from the Battalion toftepnnaissance

~t--everal intervening muntain ranges4 a', 11,

time OutOf cniiction

and the

"attlion Oervan& vTa5 '

aaaly.

with his AecomaJ3 nc

r& aI"t'aln49uSEasiguiedto
th. A.eredIfantryUqgient h

Qbt

we Gonn oloael 3tac'k oed to a new biv

onMarch 13th, aM

o. .iac rea 'at the mstarn end o the Kasserine vA3ey (?TMisia map.oeordinate 27u). "er the lon awaited equipment.arrivd, for 26 new 7mm SPIas were 'JDUfortuately, Ai $ to biaokwut drivi, s were oeourture, and the sl.3 -
but the re

Cloted the Jattalion. ..

, muddy mountain reads, two of the new g

?-t were asigned

11Jjfljj

upop arrival

Cornes

,*-%A ready to resume the offensive

nd on March isth "A" (Ulnson

Cosany was assigned to the 3rd Battalion. .13th Amuerediotineat &

Force) and med"to an area about 3 i.
oes

of Seit,1. ft

On

arch 15th tha

attalios was relievd frs

assgment to the 1st

Armored iiiin sion.

andl tem-porarily assigned t~o the Us.* 9th Inantry Divi-em

This terminated an attafelent dating back to the activation of the Kentucky.

NA"

Batt.Alien at Fort Knox,

Compan was calle, back to the Bat

talion and the 701st moved fee the 1st Armerd Division area en th3 17-At.&
of March en route to defensive positions in the vicinity of Thelepto air :orte ( Itission
-

toe ,fer

defense for the airfield.

As a seceedar

t ss~oa

the Satta~ion used this period to allow personnel te adjust themselves toe
their rltte a;.n5)"",

On March 19th the planned

II Corps defensive began.

The 9th Infantry

i ivisi~on reained in reserve.

On the 23rd of March the 7rlst was assigned

to the UJ.

lst Infantry Division, in the vicinity of 1 Cueftar,

The
ey

Battalien was to re-!ace the

letiA in t . t rc',t b-ct.1I

oist T) Battalion, whc e rnks hadl

9Anzer TY-.l
11)
3jr'r

de

rith flhe 3errman 'lt.,

1I.

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Th:e 70l t T.D. Battalion ni: new sietachel froz tV ,, th Infantry Avision ar beran, attahed to the 1st Iufaat '-Division, azt
<t

:;arch to 'i:fsa

A nuisance raid by tm eas~y tWinef:i~ct} bribers haltedi the cohlrn

Flares wre droped,
AL

for a tile.

the rea& raa boe2b

aMg straffod ab honer, aaA tho !i' at 0210 heurs, ro,

out 1 1/2 miles 'nst of Qafsao

Thre nre no ctiualties

Battalion arrived in an area thuree xiles east of Gfn. March a2h,

the 701st Task Destroyers biveuseod for tiw night. exeet for the trais, are ready to move agair, Th. comanis LU ink The Bat

Dy 0910 heuras~ . Lt line

oet
Kinc led the enroy in him halttncak. 0 ad left as as nst eoveiout fi

the biwouas poite.

taliea rode apralntelv of 3. (1aettar, Hero th

tea miles t* bite testinatioii Nflst relieved

five miles oast

.e oist Tank .istoyar flatta) ion, ix the DJebel 13. ktk aremx

and took ixp their vacate At

iefouaivo posittr.. t5artod

oI0S

hours , e exy

mtus

shefliag thta 701st positions. but there

were me casualties iriion criered Aeeenaissaxe er Infant Compay to function as forvard

of

bscry

rti

had been rcqaezted-F-rson&1ly by rbeorc' it osevelt ;iriein Lt , S.ith ar. Sutmer r~t out 'w spetted This tnfona tio
'v"

the 1st n

position .1 6 .zoztars relayed to 1t0 C.]

w ,s quick.r
.

cnt to Lt. Clarke. th'ia *,asiea en t

in hkis half-tnck 0,

an

a l5rm batter a5.2ef, to this fire raisieo sholliz: anythtin: cernSh: throu~h the M"as valle'r . e-.
effectir>

The rartaro had baon

Alch led to the. enemy held

After several rounds, the enemy ztortars were reported

Allnce&.

P2W

k~

Rol

t-)I

4U.QTVZL;1%4P!ZI'.rbt

re

Ci,

4 adlit turned *u to be 'a vautiox dwup

.'s

therv naz , terrific explosion ihex one of our shells dro

dc

is for a

>t~Anothyer

zirn position, zontaining three or four sneq mortars,

This

-r:

th'mn uncered

very afertae

occurrenoe for t16heoopat and Ca tank-, au quiet in thin po&Ls.6 at a see rs*
tiery moed

A 2ew shells were directed into this targe

Under tn" cover, of darknesso

iftry

threu h the Ba taeUo

b510y

ar-

to tal

up now pr sitiot5,
During the

r e

st fa

u sever

fire fron the haN-y

uns 5n the rear 9

ig4ht, as e

.ruppei f_,ares and tried retusing

0e draw fie, but ti

Ms

open up, ?rt~g early morning hours of Mare tae 5'2*hDiwlea Ariflery hy
f iuatl . a' Arillery

up a baTage to cover the forward

ene battlion of Aangers,

res-A of tfabat tolis

an

a battery of arbiflery.

for

infanty actio

broke out in the aftere

asa mis0

SO Said

wnrin; the Battalion to be alert for pm.l'bloes. east

ke.
~slEby the

Fon 161S hours to .ina5s hoBttltpoii--a

.1.

enr

. The deep waAia and gullies providor ezeefloq

susta edat

prte

afore he
qM Irms. .31

troee., but Leur ctsualtiesmre,w Jenson andonine wr

me poop we te at

kille4 at3ob&r.

won .ig

theze mn

werefre

"13" capaay,
ts of our rea

7*1

tue to the excellent work ant res

nso
relyiA O,, b

Cats
Safem
i a

anad perfect functioning of our c--icatieasstaof

tiex to higher headquarters and arillory batteri"s, th

miraturn clearing-house of infor"SaKt, trCgo ie U t

da..

on Larc 26th, our forces are shiot utrig h morning h

++ i

:::i:i;

ccislidte osi.tions. Litle activit as

o . lo 15$.
f flo Dattuliom be obaie
ariler

+i* ..
:/ii,

On ha 3 return the 0?. hlimed witkl totivity at effloroz

were caLl rd to receine instructious.

units of
t he

Isfornaties

w1to

f
sa~le

....
~1

PAt Infantry Division 0

At 2000 houra, es

mrs pedithe ws

road

but 100

to. the r~n. of the eyars

.,P+

it the Battalia 'was now a part of the 1st '-Lk I-ertr.;- rI. Itsdireoi)

te

patsir

as reoeived on March 22a4,

An narM!L uafected.

,Tt'.1.'
The Co -nnan 2r1oa

lUS With the lt, Afat7DivisiAtfl

a dirend by.1st T*DeGrorq, antthe whole Battalion, with t.el:,.e 4 'Of td"Smu -tipeno4 thrugh the. Afna of flj. fl sink vafle
Morrisoni, and see
.

tr

eaag

aaid

tbef

oreaJcalfgLt.

th oenofWW4*qsothere e a a1, set y

li nWW.a

prier

rachet a Crsarw4observatimnp hio was to be Waz atac

ts iaofthe7Cst .

to

r tt~b* flts~a
ASitmoe

tfla

leftflas

ffttackby

armored

Ofstsfatopg

h1S fuis

figwhting as

swesoie

hl fit

as

Gmet

L4 jflt pi4V A* Maq

effa-r ha he C that ilag. beaentreops mee tto the Or. Aan 4.4Ol fagatohes

"the

*1
st

bains
and. am

, a
ae shina iled adm

11ft'
a driversie

tat
thee

aswoopedsa .kas

te

bae

imaged a.ixs

uaaofanyd a truck. A
n*nod tioe eA12&d of abulae
til ecic1

thr aret at eltf

msed in httiM

he other ihelos.a eatratoug a uo

ofighter intoerts
man~Ocat (nup read.e
innsdewve

raid

a ogIvrnemt*(Ow Foeke-WufiN 190 and an L- .09

&

Combat

be

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.

't A

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Th

.-

eci t

the

Or t.

sp~t zere ferar m'nd cut lse.

At O810 hes,

ttaz:lr ';Q .iie

arm'. aj :L)JurcC, but 4.it "O'1 Cit.

overhea

witk ma-hine gm fire,

trefches were kept busy as air activity cnt*iued throu::h the dan any ha1 doved forward -itth adva.cin American infantrw

to protect their Iazk in Sakket ialliy, ;iest "A" Oepam also be as a listen-

Lt. Lewist Platoon shel3ed enmy amrtillery and infantr of Saiket, as it alsc observed for the rear artillery. cae active whm.it. was :iven the detail L post for the 184 Cebat Teaw of the feooinj bWO a
o

f patrolling and utin panos r

&eir aotivitj in

the amig

day,

,f4 the Battal on ana ration group :ont'e

flaresftant bmbs wro dropped to thn rear as inj Wng I4 Cel. d stA the obser
tjh A" Criipw being

Isit the C? daring the d q. n.t an aftero

shelled and inttnse air a out Americam oeverner

by the ezsemeking to ferret

artfllery pssitioa

the Battalien had an ao At 1910 ourms, eijght

tine.

e a go -suwstalned, arej6av TVo

%b8Isattacked the ut of'the cles

neigbhboring &rlry

Sitfires came sweep

and sped along to chase the fleeLng Jakubre into a flgt .1 patrollim P-I's.

In the resulting defint

los

three eneq planes wer

sen

domeh

imeos without

to the Allied fighter-craft.

Our observers an

roeen.aOance taste Two eo Anotier n

officers returned to give the tallies for the Battalionang day cun positions ha benfilenc m and one vehicle was estroyed.,

hicle had been daaed. it 22h5 hours a aessage was received 701st that 100

from let T.D.Grwu

informin

the

onmay vehicle;, icluding two batteries

of field artillery and

tanks, were observed road at 1- 36).

noving morthwst on the trail lenrin:. the (lsn.Of. fro Reconnaissance Coes

One Cempaq aMd an attac.hed platen

pany were sent to the vicinty of 1-3963 for oordination w~.th the 16th In faritry.
Its %isior was to prote' the ri.ht flank of the 1st Infanoao Di loss a plaOyDi -ision against amoed aatacko Another cmapaarv/s mnm' ,e vicinity of the crossrea at Y-237.3, whle the rlatoon ;,,nt Tht, peaitttit cn tc . ijh

zreund incthe vicinity of Qued ZKtddab.

p.

mr

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ICrio'- A:ril 3$
Lt. Col.

iay 9, 1943:

erth Tm ian .c.r

aaiar7r, 1 octablinthed

in: rearrtmc4fremtU 0.rrs

nearBDeja, eI APriL19thtsr. he Whaen tho prnvieus day, rorte4 .ftcr the Battulten had beenamlertst for a ,rev, 'A'Gnjay 'B O~~a,
'U

t~u Ohebkxa waa left behind :i.

trail Of tWt aS Poojasamoe Oeany leIthe sarob foflowd

Oi' aMtnts.

4iju ' .rter, h aeojdmi enr "iqu te rslt

ti

At (Asicthe RataA

pulledtt.te

tS.0Uffl

Wpvtn

stIe3s south 0sf1403.aMdtrvaa

wa0theAVlgeraceast.The

diuin~g the nigt

,A,, r

Data I S feLt

UVattshMt

IN m

to the lot

PXafz

Dit-p

*ion after being taee

Stap.OO toe Crtp,.a 1t imp

attack

TheWioi7,4agdaya tines detail tnveldu fanltzy )ilsienasRou artrsWith L14. 0.1

tiona for a novn of the BattmCaa and Th,
t3te Battalion iovr

flrn,*,end there no*dinitrue-,

rpantoie for the alot

out that cht

and arived at a bivnae' area av

proximately nine mle 3 wmerteast ofDeja at Ofl0hwur. bivouac t" miles east of Bejas
Inf-ntry

Trains fell ou to

ad '00O
them to

as attach'd t.the 26th o

.ant which preete.

ef fruit line positians nor-t- t

the Dir 3eu S3CXt.
s~upaniei took tic

Battalion are'*
t':t : attlitn

1Ltct 1,Kin: and v9thera in tie ai-rn-cc' 4otail. rejoinoJ

c-c!a
,

furth'r ratv 13 :fls

was :.areat 190') hours t.

.e ja. The u

arta* vw rcctr '1:

nert~eait

in,'

In tX-'

rieant.Vne, Vie. trains had

O.W' "tnt the nacated wheat teld.

a- tl::

l'Lt!" Ar .ercZ

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battliri,

t"'e 16th- Infantr

523 nith a oaw out of the 26th,

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hostile, aM a'l cssa.-e to all statiens annuao

that 100 en

vohicics. nor 4 '' \ on iX

were ap roao'irc %6O fre the east. 5

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bSAvSsioa cane in the fofltlc

to gte the location of tiw 1st Datta2An of the 16th Infantr

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the 1.st Battalion .t tin 26th Infanttry on DJSC.a, saame ejAent of the & 18th lafantr on '15sbol 3aCer,

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oedto,"1asnag,
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was fired on by tin om~o was imsble Past 598577o Tin Battalion 0rm
for five eaentiv Eq

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forward C..

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eAof UJ*.el Moftab em

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Lt. Morrison got information that a large

of tanks

as

of tin 26th Infantry at

porte in new positiOos

tin

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the viotty
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pa-rty reached 636641

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va'tml t. the party.

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pesitoln3 were located for "3"l' av

ant enic platoa fre

each e2 the latter via placed ferart.

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Lt. Clarke repoed a:ain of an artillery d

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lull

as indtated, ly' the ist Infantry p

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10 1 31lo

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held

3 129 ad the 2M Rattalion as

ear as still

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replled at

189

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us also repored to e &M in at 639863. t "oouterattinlc during the u&jht 9 The gr t h e lt t . eome" aot Nem
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Nont's battalien had vaaeot to the itt

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2h Cornan prisoners had been catured that sermis aM

I Corps iuterregator on the hilltop of an Arab fam ix

Qroup area,

S-. Officer, Lt. Merr&n, was on the scone and reeie

pet-zxt
inforAation through the II 0rpm interpreter.
revoaled the others.. one py prisoner; This nateria

The inforAtio

was

parts Of his testiAny Wwas frmedatey wired tV3 -2

corroborated by of the lst Iufastry

irision by the 7O1sr

CPe

&po. was aeod4 tv give the cjpor units tin

use of thiL inforation before the o9 kn rledge useless, and f r

could shift Positions to nice t1ds

oed wre sent
o

4reser vrc of 'zto

immediately
to take action,
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ar

tMb four

75Thm Yitzers were in a dra at 699691, four 20 4u1ws g i a uley at 701692, te 88m oawm behi L 266, tw 88's or t0 gm l
n
a vaii on the eastern slope, the C.p.
of the 1it Dattalia
ment on 11 202, the Regimetal C.. 000 Nrma for t exm a ?nd appreximately

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33g Tr*p p

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Lt. OlawIce reped il

that rkiles,

tank.,

o 7

ol- s..
b gta the

up a
trail about 8W yarda. south of 672678 inforgatior, t the C.. that the roi anA Cra"
were clear, but the sides were fouad to b
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on the read north ait south. Intercepts from the lot Anrod Divisa meteM eay 7ho7o0,

and. an 88m run in position at 7676.

?teconasteoaso wait

of.

at

the 1st Armorcd Division were said to be entering ?errysfo w h t JirisS on reennaisca .e troops engagin tin ei on barges east of t toem.
An eney foot patrol was ti e n at 6656%o and a Gonna gabb

tery wa observed at 675S99.

New bo* trp we

CSe tqp is

diaeevsr~d by let .Ar

a "Pats" mobi choe

meorei Divrisien troop s ix this area.

late

ar form ensistin

of a chocolate coating ever a steel Oase.

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erore than wilne to sumendr ar.were !ivn: thaaelves Oelonel NV's oufit had been tol net to stop, but to co is tlto evacuate 12 miles east of iserte. pick

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;rtitt8th Arq ontere Tws.

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natre ef his wouta or injuries was as yet mknotn. on No r8th,

*t.

E umd %sloft for the 3attalion OP at dawn

let Intantry

)iflsiea l.jiafozwt tat U1

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pwwn i' f hCp t and e wre

upIinad of the a

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Fase d9Afrjcjue&eAtthe 9th lafaat4 PiviisaanixRiiroth Armored Uytuien was in Prry

in
7i&;

itiga 1otat 8th

and the Freh hdpoured in t. takePontduYaiks, . The U.3 W

13t

Iatry )ivision ha d*ade

Intheirseon bout wr 1*
Alledairort played

held up )Py stronc ewq rear guard resistance. nm important part in tohaw.

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4December 1943.

SUB TO

$ Operations R ert
Ajutant Cnral, U. S. Army, Washington, D.G.

(thru channels)

1. In compliance with the requirements of paragraph 10, AR 34-iS05 dated March 10, 194.3, the folsuing operations report of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion covering the period 1 November 1943 to 30 November 1943 is herewith sugnitted, 2. The operations covered in this report are statements from the Unit Journal and the Battalion Diary, and supporting evidence for said statements is on file in the records of this Battalion.

er 1943.

3.

Previous operations report submitted to and including 31 Octob

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DUWLVRARDED TO:

RES TRICTED

BY AUTHORITY OF T .

Capt., 701st T.D. Ba. Adjutant

Date

Inlt&*PEUTIONS OF THE 701ST TANK DESI

Period
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BATTALION

1 Nov.

30 Nov., 1943

November 1943 opened with the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion in a period of transition. Approximately half the Battalion had arrived in the new theater of operations, Italy, while the remainder was eith er in Africa or in the process of shipment.

Personnel in Italy were in bivouac approximately 1/4 mile east of SUCCIVO, and there awaited arrival of equipment and the remainder of the personnel. Physical conditioning was the order of the day. On Nov. 7 vehicles began to arrive. Seven wheeled vehicles arrived Co.), on this date followed on the 8th by 15 wheeled vehicles, 12 M-lOIs("B" li were accompanied by 2 officers and and 3 motorcycles. These vehicles enlisted men. Again on the Ulth, 25 wheeled vehicles and 10 trailers ar
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The 1st Tank (koup held a OT on 12 November, the 701st participating; all staff vehicles moved north of CAPUA on the problem, returning to the area at 1700 hours.
All "B" Cempany vehicles, except for one T-2 retriever, being present,

the compay was alerted on the morning of the 13th for further movement COC"B" of the 1st Armored Division. date, and the compan

ith

This moveent began at 2200 hours this red

closed in bivouac in the Pignataro area(lst A

Assembly Area north of the Volturno) at 2350 hours.

One officer and nine

enlisted men also arrived in the Battalion area this day with 7 Wheeled ve hicles and 1 trailers. The following day, &uday, Church Services were held in the area. Two
officers and 42 enlisted men with 34 wheeled vehicles and 6 trailers also
arrived this day.
During the following week a total of 28 wheeled vehicles, 16 M-10's,
1 T-2 retriever, 10 motorcycles, 3 officers and 73 enlisted men arTived in
the Battalion area. On the 22nd of November the Battalion moved from the SUCCIVO area to
the 1st Annored Division forward assembly area in the vicinity of PIGNATARO, where "B" Company was already in bivouac. on the following day another 011 Seven

was held by the 1st Tank (roup, the Battalion again participating.

M-10 ts and 15 enlisted men arrived this day, followed by 1 N/T and one en listed man on the 24th. Thus, all vehicles, except two T-2's, were pres ent and available for duty.
Mud had been holding front line operations on the 5th Anny front to a
minimum, but on the night of the 2kth information came from Division Artil lery (of 1st Anuored Division) of a proposed allied offensive of a local
nature (UT. CAMINO and vicinity
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map coordinate G 953081, Map

Italy

1/50O0,

sheet 160 II) to be undertaken simultaneously by the British

The Battalion, attached to Division Artillery, was

and American troops.

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to be in support of elements of the U.S. 36th Infantry Division. the morning of the 25th the Bn. C.O. Thus, on and Exec., Company Commanders and Flat oon Leaders of "A",y"B", and "C" Companies left in a party to choose gun po sitions in the vicinity of IS CAVE (coordinate H-O005, Map-Italy 1/50,000, sheet 161-1). Said party returned in the evening of the same day. On the following day, Capt. Morrison and one officer from each line com pany left for the forward area (vicinity LE GAS) for the purpose of prepar ing gun positions, roads to gun positions, and laying of telephone lines for proposed operation in artillery role. All work to be in coordination with

1st AD Artillery(In the coming operation, although the gun companies were to ,Ccmander, be unier control of the Bn. all fire missions of an artillery nat "A" Com

Bns. ure were to be fired through the FDC's of the 1st AD Artillery

pany was to be attached to the 91st F.A.Bn., "B" Company to the 68th L.A.Bn., and "C" Company to the 27th F.A.Bn.). The 27th and 28th of November were spent in preparation for combat and in loading the MI-lO ts with 2 units of fire.
Also, on these days details of men were sent to the LE CAVE area to assist in the preparation of gun positions
(all positions were dug into the side of the hill to offer the greatest possible
security for personnel against expected heavy enemy counterbattery). On the

night of the 28th 13 4T truck loads of 3" HE amo were sent to the forward

area, and the ammunition dumped near the gun positions tmder cover cf darkness
(the intensive rains of the preceding days made this mission a difficult one).

The two T-2 retrievers of the Battalion arrived on the morning of the ve 29th from Africa. This brought the Battalion to full combat strength (all hicles, men, and equipment having been shipped from Africa to Italy without
loss due to enemy sea action). Seven more truck loads of azwnmition were

sent to the forward area and unloaded this night; also the Bin. Commander's
'VT, the 5-2 VT, two company coimnand HIT's, and 3 M-lO's(the latter, one

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oih from each company for registrationPurposes). Due to the bad condition of the area inlet road, and the intense rains of the preceding days, the M-lOs were left in front of Positions to be moved in as soon as possible after day light(during the whole preparation for the operation all Work and vehicular movement was at night as far as possible, due to the fact that our positions were in full view of the enemy).
The following morning
the M-10s of "A" and "B" Company were placed in the Prepared positions (a "1C"1 Company M-10 became mired in the soft mud, and was thus unable to register this day). Visibility was poor and the artillery FOts were unable to observe in the morning,
registration so of guns was post poned until late in the afternoon.
At 1800 hours (Nov. 30th)
the Battalion (A, BC Cos. and Command Group) moved from bivouac in the PIGNATAsO area (Bn. trains and Mn. Co. were left in rear area), and arrived at LE CAVE at 1200 hours, midnight. The movement was made in complete blackout, and the roads were muddy and slippery.
After
Mving the main road, it was necessary for personel to dismount from ve hicles to lead the way, Two 1-10's of "B" Company threw tracks coming into the area, and blocked the road for some time 6
At dawn, the
guns moved into their prepared positions.
* * * ** * **** * ** * *** ** * ** *

Company locations on 1 Dec. 1943 were as follows:

1st Platoon
"A Company
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2nd Platoon3rd Platoon-

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054i 00339 05282

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"B" Company-. 00543

- 08836 "", Company.. Ist Platoon 00883 2n.rd Platoon- - 00853 3rd Platoon - 00808 Italy l/5o,O00, sheet 161-Ill.

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tae 3rd Bacon. Company

began an infiltration movement from the IX CAVE area to a raw bivouac in the vic inity of 0ooiO8: In the afternoon all construction work was discontinud on tin B pompany positions, the fact t~at the raw 'B' colany area was in the Shth Inf antry Division sector being the cause.

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and on the 5th, rg, co pa Pette

expended 515 rounds in indirect fire.

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'A' 'B' company expended 87 rounds in direct fire.

On this day the area wa heavily shelled and 10 casualties were inflicted on the company. 6th '0'o0spany expended 908 rounds in indirect fire, and 'A' rounds in direct fire at targets at the base of Porchio. 'Bm,

Cora.any fired 58
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Capt.

unded and evacuated; Lt. Neeleman assumed command of the company.

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On the morning of the 7th, Lt. Hudson's platoon of 'A' company fired in supprt of British units attacking Hill Cedro (Approx. Porchio), IOOO yds to the Jouth of A

and took enemy pillboxes and self-propelled guns under his fire.

of Forfew minutes later the platoon fired on an enemy anti-tank gun at the base addition, a number chio. At least two self-propelled guns were destroyed, and in this fire, the of enemy pillboxes were known to have been damaged. As a result of and several platoon drew heavy enemy counterbattery from a battery of Neuelyerfers total of 66 rounis direct fire guns.
No damage was done to the platoon, however. ni During the day, 'C' company fired 551 rounds
of HE and 6 rounds APC were expended. in indirect fire.
The following morning, the 3rd platoon of 'B' company occupied positions~ at During

only). 932161 (They were to occupy these positions during hours of daylight the day this platoon was attacked three times by enemy aircrxft with no In that period 'C' company fired o45 rounds HE and 9 rounas of smoke.

smt-.a~e.

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comvan, .'

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company party loft early in the morning to recconoiter for be chosen for u muns, ,o sai d

positions in the vicinity of 928151 (Positions wrre positions to be occupied at dawn 10 Jan). an area near 'C'

'A' comrpany was orere

to move bac-, into

company for indirect fire, and spent the day in o ezaring their :n The Battalion survey party surveyed the proposed

dutlet roads for the movement. positions.

The 'A' company area was shelled internittently throughout the cay, During the period 'C company expenned 1077 rounis of ,

but no asmage was done. ammunition.

Road conditions made it impossible for 'A' company to move b

atxckcheduled a s

that night, so road maintenance continued throughout the night, continuing into tne next day. scheduled. The 6 'C' company guns moved into anti-tank oositions at 92c151 as On the 10th, '0' company expended a total of 24 rounas. The movealent out

'A' company closed in bivouac in the vicinity of 963120.

of the anti-tank positions had been so difficult thut tco full nichts were required to prepare a route. Positions were prepared for an r-xtillery role, That afternoon, and a bulliozer, 'C' comary fired

furnished by the engineers, did much of the work.

33 rounds of smoke in a test of the 3" smoke shell.

on hand to report the results. On the following day,

Officers of the 1J2 Ordnanceere , '' company exorned lo company was begnL for use

rounds of HE and 33 smoke shells, while a survey of '3' as artillezy.

their January 12thby the occupation saw the completion of a survey of 1A1 company uositions, Ma company. Two Op's were established on I~t. Porchia by it. un mers, Recon. Company, at 917163 and 9l1517 while Lt. icKnight shifted his uP on Mt. Maggiore from 93013h to 9Liglh7. 'C' company continued bo fire with 177 rounds of" FB and 23 rounds of smokek for t.he day with t A ' company eending o6 HE shells. In general, however, things were quiet on the ?Fn and 3ttth Division sec tors.

TFA was dissolved td

its units passed under the canmand of the 36th Division The 701st was attached to ist Armored Division One 'C' company 11m-1 went to

on the morning of January 13.

Artillery to support the fire of the 34th Division. the rear for repair.

6 'C' company guns and 6 guns of 'B' comoany pulled back The survey of 'A' and 'B'

to arti lery positions from their anti-tank locations.

companies had been completed by noon, and the preparation of 'B' company's position was continued. In the day's firing, '0' fired 211 HE shells and 8 rounds of smoke

While 'A' company shot 135 rounds of HR.

Captain Clarke was out on a reconnaissance of the 135th Infantry sector in the morning of January I4. One 'A' company gun moved back to the service echelon to have the radiator repaired. 1700 hours, The Battalion expended 687 rounds of H that day. II corps, was received, dated 12 January At

a letter from Bdanrs,

1944, detaching the 701st T.D. Bn. from 1st Armored Division and attaching the Battalion to II Corps. The Battalion armorer inspected the guns of 1st Platoon, a small adjustment necessary on one gun. condition. 'A' company, and found

All the others were in satisfactory

A Recon. company patrol worked to the 139th Brigade (Br.), 141st Inf Headquarters, and got ithin a mile of Cassino.

antry Reg't., 135th Infantry Reg t.

The Battalion fired 3SV rounds of HB for January 15th. The folloring day, the 36th F.A. Battalion Chaplain held Catholic Church Services in the immdiate area of the Battalion CF. Lt. Kennedy, Recon. Company, established and manned an CF on Hill 780 at 919231. A reconnaissance as carried out for an C? on Mt. Trooohio, but the post was not established. of routes from the 'present positions to a cot Forchia, off Highwy #6. Another repeonnaiseance was md of Mt.

lated position, norhss

The routes ware mearked but the area needed sweeping.

Maintenance was emphasised through the" Battalion that day.

Lt. Lewis and his survey p

ty ran control points to a contemplated gun posi

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ontined aind the surivy, exoopt for oe platoon of ,'

coipany, was coepleted.

The Porehia and Trooohio Cl's aere established, skid lit. At 0290

Kennedy sent to the 139th Brigade (Br.) -s liaison for their operation. hours the next day, tAt, 'B', and t01 coimpanies ave op's are established and manned on Porohia at 9ifl5y, odro at 9021&S.

into their new areas, arid

Trocobto at 883L71, atd

Vehicles of Comand Croup saved by inft2traticn, one vehicle

every 20 minutes, to establish the raw OP.

One 'A' company 11-10 received a direct hit from euw shell-fire at 0300 hours
of January 21.

There uinre four enlisted men casualties.

A reconnaissance patty
During

covered the Rapido River area seeking approaches to and across the river. the day the Battalion sent 358h rounds into enemy positicus."

A heavy smoke screen, which had been laid ovet the valley for the past three
days, male visibility and, consequently, OP operations exceedingly difficult. Lt.

Kennedy was out on reconnaissance to the Rapido River area.

January 22, the Battalion expended &228 rounds.

During the day of

Only 616 rounds were ditected at

German lines the following day, and these was a general shelling of the valley by enemy guns. Slight damage resulted to some light vehicles in the Battalion CP area,

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Vs continued to be -Poor on January 24th due to Vhe smoking OPa L t. Kennedy was out on a reconnaissance of routes by-the @ C W anwe
but there was no firing during the day. The 701st Trains moved

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to V

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Lt. Kennedy continued his reconnaissance activities the

area north follow ng da when he attepted to locate a route from Highway #6 to the

etf ft.

frooohio.
However, his efforts were unsuccessful and it was concluded A total of 4178 rounds were fired at the enemy that day

that no mach route exists.

by the Battalion guns.

On January 26, for the first time since the Battalion had moved-into its presert area, the valley was not. smoked and the Op's could observe for registrat iGn of the companies. day. All the companies registered and 99 rounds were fired that
1732 rounds

Lt. Kennedy made contact with the British in X Corps sector.

were expended the following day, and Reconnaissance patrols contacted the British on the left of the 36th tivision sector and the 34th Division troops to the right
-of the 36th Division sector during the day. 3026 rounds vmre fired at the enemy Lt. Kennedy

on January 28, and this dropped to 465 rounds the following day. contacted the British in the Vandra sector.

Church services were conducted by Chaplain Strevig in the Battalion CP area

on the morning of January 30. 1354 rounds were fjred that day as 5th zrmy attcks

brought good results. All companies prepared to move forward in support of "CC'I
should a bridgehead be established across the Rapido River.
The positions of the Battalion on 31 January 19144 were as follows:

Bn. OP

93141o5

tecon & Trains - 000108

A-I. - 91309 - 16268

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rour~o. Total ammunition expenditu e for Lhe month of January l9t-- 2o733

Casualty Report 41TSIT, Robert RITIL&AN, Charles ., Chas. jaI a313i OLSON, Henry A. A. Frank DWORSI,

Uaotain 2nd Lt.1.4 1-A S/Jgt. Sor. Corp.t

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GLYNN, James A. RHOTiS, William

COPE, William R. KEENAN, John R. FARBER, Daniel KERN, rdwin G. BUHR-", Louis

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Operations Report Washington, D.C. (thru chamels)

a Adjutant (Gnral, U.S. Ar,

1. In codace with the rquirenexa of paragraph 10, AR 345-l05, dated March 1o, 1943, the lwing operatias report of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalo comv the period 1 ch 194 to 31 March 194, is

herewith submittt.

2. Journal i. attach

oThecyrations covered in ths report are ts from the Unit the Battalion Diary, and s om r evidemce fbr sid statmata Previous operations ror sm tted and inclmding 29 Nob 191.

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in vicinity 97a17o prior to occiqntioa of positi in re

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axecutive officer seriously, killing one WM-10.

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atmher permittin

and permission obtained fr The battalion train vicinity of 875218.

troops in vicinity of the 'flywer.' on 2 March were forced to move to a new locatin in

Moment was necessary becaue of the occupation of ($15 s). The trains

of positions within the area by the 938 FA h. closed in the new area at 193) hra.

Late in the afternoon of the 2 March the third platoon of B" ccmaw us alerted to move to the 3rd laf. Div. sector to reinforce the anti-tank defenses. The night of 2-3 March two platoons frcs 'B
in position with missio

comauy moved into

the 3rd Inf. Jiv

to be in mobile anti-tank reserve.

After three unsuccessful days of reconzitering for indirect fire pos itions for 'B" coany by rn. coqaq position. are found in vicinity of 970157 on U March. fire positions. ilk Bn. The night of 2.-5 March two platoons closed in indirect morning 'B" oompany tied in with the b9th

The frflowin

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tn. company set up an OP in the vicinity any in the 6SF sector.

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company on 7 March moved the CP in 3SF3 sector from vicinity 007201

to vicinity C7d6.
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coupany after 12 days of maintenance, rehabilitation, and train Plans were formulated to

ing was placed in Corps reserve on 7 March.

relieve "n" company o45 TD Bn. in direct fire positions by "A" company
701st TD Bn. in vicinity of 876283. on the night of 8-9 and 9-10 Larch. The relief mas plarmed to take place
A night recomaissarce was accomp

lished by Rcn. company on the night 7-8 March of forward direct fire posit ions to be occuppied by "A" company. Capt. Clarke of Ron. companM made the

reconnaissance and recommended that guns can reach houses in vicinity of

876283 and 683283 to occupy direct fire positions in the houses.
The night of 7-8 March "C" company operating with the onst TD Br.
in the 3rd Inf. Div sector relieved one platoon of "B" company Bn. Olst TD

The anti-tank position consisted of night and day direct fire posit

ions; night positions 2 guns at 983298; da positions 2 guns at 985302.

Two guns were held in reserve in the vicinity of 974287.

8 March battalion contacted the British Recce, 6th Armd. Infantry, and
oh5th TI) Bn. in conjunction with "A" company's TD guns occupying direct
fire positions in vicinity of 879283 and 883283 on night of 8- March
After sundown on 8 March on night of 8-9 March the pioneer platoam moved out
to build a road ad fortify positions to be occupied by the "V oma
guns in the vicinity of 879283 and 883283. The srkby the pioneer plat closed into direct

oon was completed by 2200 bra and 2 guns of 'V" copn fire positions at 2315 thrs witiwut an incident. March, 6 guns of "A" compn Th

folloming morin,
9

closed in indirect fire positions in vicinty

of 862253 art 4 guns remained in vicinity of 865229 held their position

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in

Treparation

to occiry direct fire positions in vicinity of 878275, 878273,

and 870209 on the right of 9-10 March. P29, At noon 9 March QC' ccaany a

3rd plat. 'B" coqany attached to ttlst

NCO c S

Divisi. Bn. reverted back to the cotrol of ist Arma.

night of 9-10 March. 1W not ified aria alerted for aovement at 2CUO hrs wi
begin at dst. The relief to be effected by Olst TD Bn. ad t o Liaison vas established with oClst 5 for the
relief and movement of compan7.
Eh. and preparations wre ate

vicinity of 973195.
The following

C" company and the 3rd platoon of 'BB moved to an asstMbly area in
Tne 3rd platoon of "B" compazy was moved into
morning the 3rd platoen Vs

976218.
'0' cowaW, upon reliaf
indirect fire positions in vicinity of in the vicinity of 95,214 tbere it
by eOlst 7 Ba. moved to
assetly area and rest.
spent the following ten iays on maintenance March, wre quiet and mt The follcwing three days, 10th through 13th whole etant of the activity activity transpired in the battalion.
The cach
6 'A' cOUiy guns, 12 was firing of 18 guns in indirect fire positions; at
" 87279 The L;" corany gur2,
and zming of OP's at 908272 B (155 Hows) on enemy artillery
93E272 observed a mission for 938
FA battery neutrallsed.
battery. ihe area was wiU covered and f. ,, with 5th (Br.) rhe afternoon of 13 March liaison was established Capt. r. with radio and mess division by Capt. AB. Iorrison, equipped coordating the fires of 6 'AN Go.
kcrrison
worked with the British R.A. (Br.) Inf. A.iv.
guns ani& 12 "z" Cc. in support of the 5th
Nignt of 13-14A March 'B' cay
moved from indirect fire poiticiks
"3" coqiafly put in

5
8062147. in vicinity of 9v915 and 976215 to vicinity

of bol(Cr245W and 86t)O-2h568 to

Dositiol 2 six gun batteries in vicinity
suWorOt tie Br. h.k. of $th (Br.) Inf!. Div. "5U company's FIX) coordlinated

A -

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and handled fires for their two 6 gun batteries, and o._ 6 gun battery of
"Am company.

Ron. compa

set up OF's in vicinity of 903270, 876267, and 883283 th e The OP's and "A" and "B" companies worked in FM channel

morning of 15 March. of Ron., vers. c3ay

receiving sensings on observed targets direct from forward obser

Fire missions requiring heavier caliber guns were relayed from Rcn. cn[aw4 half-track via telephone to 938th FA Bn. lit. Boemni (155 Hows) or

91st AFA Bn. (105 SP Hows)

supplemented the ground OP's

by arranging for air OP flights with 1st AD artillry Piper Cubs,

grout OP's remained ina sie

The

vicinity through the close of the period. remained in indirect The night

Six guns of "A" companyad 12 guns of "Bu compan

fire positions from 13 March through the close of the period. of 20-21 March the 6 guns of. "A" oompan

which were in direct fire posit

ions m

to the vicinity of 861249 into indirect fire positions.

The

move of these 6 guns of "A" compay into indirect fire positions made

four 6 gun batteries in indirect fire positions. 'B

The guns of 'A" and "A' mad "B" compan

company were tied-in with the 91st AFA Artillery.

ies remained in indirect fire positions through the end of the period.
Night of 18-19 March the 1st platoon. of "C' o mpany moved out from
vicinity of 95U2lh to troops. 87 actor to support a oontemplated attack by our "

hfore the platoon reached the assigned rendesvous in the 38

sector prior to attack, the attack was called off and the platoon was
ordered back to comanj assembly area in vicinity of 95U214. The follow

ing morning 19 March '0'

company recoonno it ered the 83 sector for artillery wre found in vicinity of 975190 and plans were The

positions.

Positions

made for occupation of those positions the night of 19-20 March,

movement was made without incidet, closing in reconnoitered areas at 2100)

bra. The copn split into 3 four gun batteries, one at 975187, one at

975220, at

oae at 97A190.

l*t. Lwis surveyed WW comani's guns the follow

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ng and with the aid of 69th AFA Ba. the guns were registered and on the 22 March, Lt. Kdson of "C" co1Paz Me). tied-in with the 69th AFA
ing

established an OF in SSF in vicinity of 014143.

The gun companies of the battalion remained in artillery roles until the 25 March mhen 'C' company was alerted to relieve "B" cmpx , 601st TW Bn. in direct fire positions in 3rd Inf. Div. sedtor. Preparations and plans were made with 601st TD for the relief daring the night of 25-26 March.
Movement began at 2200 hrs and 'C" company closed in direct fire positions

at 2400 hrs; one gun at 008288, 1 gun at 011282, 1 gun at 006282, 1 gun at 004287, 1 gun at 989279, 1 gun 989282, 2 guns 005293; the 3rd platoon with 4 guns remained at 973196 ii reserve. The company CP located at 991248.
At approximately

The 25 March was a red letter day for the battalion.

*B Co. lhoo hrs Lt. Col. King was seriously wounded and Captain Whitsit, . csander, lightly wounded from a 3" shell fired from gun of 894th TD Col. King, Col. McPheters and Capt. Whitsit were having a conference outside of 'B" company's OP at 866247 when the accident occured. The 3" shell hit ,L. a branch of a tree directly above them cansing an air burst. of 91st AFA Bn. died in route to the hospital. Capt. Boden, comany comander of Hqs. cspan assamed connazt of the battalion. and senior officer, Col. Mcheters

At 1700 hrs 25 March, Capt. John S. King,

Bn. S-3, assumed comand per authority contained in letter ist Ar. Division, dated 25 March 1944. Capt. John S. King appointed Capt. Wray, Bn. S-l, as
executive officer in addition to his S-1 duties,
and Lt. Cady, .B" company assuind coummi of "B' company.
'A" and "B" companies continued in an artillery role, with Ran, manning OP through close of period. company

"C' cceany,

in direct fire positions, nightly by coordin

rking with the 3kth lnf. Div., harrassed the enwl ated 'shoots' with the infantry.

Night of 31 March a 'shoot' las coordin -a

ated with 168 ROT, 3kth Inf. Division.

Two guns from 1st platoon, '" co

At a

pany moved to within 600 yards of an enemy strong point, (house #14).

prearranged signal the infantry illuminated the target by means of flares

fired from mortars. APC BDF in 3 minutes. The two guns fired 77 rounds, about half HE and half
The "shoot" created a bedlam in enemy sector with the
Despite the heavy MG and mortar

enemy retaliating with MG and mortar fire.

fire the two guns moved back into their direct fire positions without any casualities or damage to the M-10's. At 1100 hrs 30 March, Major F.M. Doran, executive officer of 68th AFA Bn. assigned to the battalion by 1st Armored Division, assumed command of the battalion. The new battalion commander appointed Capt. J.S. King,

executive officer, Lt. Cox of "C" company, s-3, and Capt. A.B. Morrison as survey and special services officer. Locations of 701st T.D. Bn. at end of periods Bn. CP
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867227.

Bn. Trains
3

875218.

A Co

IZk9;- 2(5 g= pnyCP -T8032; A-I (6 gi)-B )-8642h7; B Company CP- 866247; (Bel(6g 6225. QompyjaW P- 9912k 8 . 0-1 B-2 (6 guiii)'Tt36225. 018274; 019268; 014267; 9912?WW. -- 989279; 989282;
(2 guns) - 005293. 0-3 - 008288; 011282; oo6282; 004287. R Com any CP - 867225. OPls - 876267; 851290; 918295. BnWMedical Detachment with Trainsa- 875218.

M'PRNOIZ:
Amxuntion expended from 1 March to 31 March:
Shell, M,M4, F D
p8 Shen, 1E4,2, FPDk54 -- -1 --10878 Shell, ke . . "a-on. ..70
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CASUALITJES 3

KING, Harrison
WLTSIT, Robert

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Bednarz,

Scott, Charles H. Smith, Chester A.

N, Loeonar I japt. KENMO y, Joseph aOJ. (Utlaw, Ernest L. .gt.

Simmons, Russell1 Arant, Henry L, dward

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n Corps Artillery Net. A relatively short time A powder tnermometer wuld be extremely useful.
the trouble. it is well vrth we have to call on a nearby artillerj unit to get the powder ta'pera At present ture.
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701ST TANK DESTROYM BATTALION AO 464, c/o postmaster, New York, N.Y.

31 Iq
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SUBJECT: TO : 1.

Operations Report Adjutant General, U.S. Arny, Wahington, D.C. In compliance (thru channels)

105, dated Larch 10, 1943, the following operations report of tie 701st

ith the requirements of paragraph 10, AR 345

Taxk Destroyer Battalion covering the period, I may 1944 to 31 May 1944, is herewith sulmitted. 2. The operations covered in this report are statenents from the Unit Journal and the Battalion Dairy, and supporting evidence for said
statents is attached.
3. Previous operations rtport submitted and including 30 April 1944. For the Conmmrding Officers

JESSE B. WAY Capt., 701st T. Bri Adjutant.

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OtILAIIi..S OF Ti

701ST TANK

TraOYER nTTALION

Period -1

ay-31 May 1944

Locations of 701st 7.D. Ikl. begianing of period: La4 - Italy, 1/50.OOO I, III, IV Sheets 158 I (SGS 1229
Bn CP- 867227
ltcn Co- 86724
UA Co - 991247 (atchd to 691 TD in support of 133 RCT) as follows:
A-1 - 00(238; 011281; 006231; 001281

guns in posn

A-2

05293; 005293; OO445; 004282

3 2 302253 (6 guns

A-3 - 032273; 031272; 024282; 022277

"B" Co- 86(252; 3-I 8612496 (guns);

B3 Trains, - 875218. Bn edical Detachment - 875218 Rcn Cy' s - 851290; 876267 and 918295
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"CIO Co

&)80247;0 Cowl.86447 (6 guns);0m,2 862245 (6 guns)

The period from "ay1 to Lay 3rd vms generally without incident.,

itot'sup>orting

artillery with Reco,

API

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aissance company rauia

conk)ar

remained in static

anti-tank positions in the 34th Div. sector. amount of shelling bat no cCsualities. Cur tubes were changed bY Crdnace. priority. Guns were sent a fe

They received the usual

"B" coqar; received first

at a dine so that there is al;ays a six

gun battery in firing position. Reconnaissance compar cortirnued school on radio maintenance.

Plans for relief of "A" company 7 "B" company in the 34th Inf. Div. sector were put into effect Lay 4th. "B" company officers established liaison with "A" company to facilitate relief and conducted reconnaissan ce in the area, vithout incident. "B" companies, guns have a been retubed,. "C" company to get their guns retubed next.

"A" company returned to artillery positions night of 5-6 Lay, movement began at 2145 hrs. Relief was by platoon. Upon completion "A" company returned to Battalion control and occupied artillery positions
vacated by "B,,vonp any. "B" company attached to 601 TD Bn. upon closing
Relief was completed with incident5

in anti-tank positions.

None,

On Iay 5th iajor Doran started a school for platoon commanders in

forwar observation. Lveryone took great interest because, while learn ing the finer points of Forward Observation, they were also shooting
Kraut s.

From La 7th to Lay3 12th the gun comnis worked with the First

Armored Division on Tank-Infantry-Tank Destroyer problems in preparation

for future opcrations. Rcn Co. reconnoitered routes to assembly areas
Pioneer Platoon also worked

in the La Ferrier area for Thture operations.

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with 1st AD sweeping areas for Ymires.

During this time FO school, l01 Te usual

hrs. checks on 141' a and maintenance of veicles continued. number of TOT's were fired. Generally,

everyone w ,as devoting all avil

able time for the future operation.

tank role in the 34th

incident.

"B" company was relicved from rnti

nfU. sector the night of 11-12 Lay .thout Div.

to Battalion control at 0315 i rs. in the ad-

It was returnec

iglione Se ctor.

May 12th "A" company fired on the anti-tank

est Cowat fItange.

which meve

"B"
;

coLTany occupied artillery positions vacated by "C" conatcc,

assembly area vicinity 977195 in preparation for the drive oub of the bea chhead.

lay 13th

Reconnaissance

by "B" comn

for indirect fire positions

and also by transportation section for rouces of z'Lpl- for corng ocrat ions. "C" coxpany used terrain plot at I;
id jetddj'rters to sludy

terrain to be fough "

over,
Ly14thwit "C" conmany popared for.ard positions in coanuction
Transportation platoon began la-ing Kewn arzo

coing opcrations.

in "B" conzany's recoimoitered pocitions in vicinity of Le Fernier. continued on for.ard r;ositino O, o._ ay
'A"
company fired on TAe West Coast Ari-Tank Range. >0 new 10' s drwcn to

Lay 15 -Work

be usec as cox:-nd vehicles in comi-ng operation.

ance cont inued.
in zy lo 4
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Usual 202 3 at

Work on Lcx.ard positions.

Continued r.aiteacechc
.,c .aid to

of all vehicles.

All 13.0' s to duty and in excellent shape.

units from paposed Dix. OP for co: ux operation.

Usual IVL's tired.

Lay 17

Plans "Bufftalo" and "Grasshooper" w,--;re studied by the

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the Battalion ano prejarations nacte to oarrxy out abhor one as m.o case m-ight be. kaintenance check continued on veh1icles.
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Lay 1 made.

Road recora1issance from Bnassezb1 -area

I.

at Le

rrier

Preparations mac e for plan 1Lffalo

,ith loth zngrs. liade bridge rcn. Lay 19 - Lt. Edson, in conjunction Tank-Inf.-TD exercise rith one platoon of "B" contany held i ing area. st AD train-

kaintenance of all vehicle s continued.

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May 20

"B" companj alerted for movement on order of 1st AID.

Pre

paration for plan ",Buffalo" continued.

Ling the nignit of Lay 21-22,"B" compawy moved to indirect fire pos

itions in vicinity 9h2294 without incident.

Bn. Hq.,

stripped down, moved

to new CF located at 971271.

Rcn. made morning of Lay 23 to area in vicinity
of Bn. C, also "B" Co., 636th which was attached for the operation "&ffalo".

During the hours of darlmess "A" and "C" companies m-oved to prepared positions. "C" company in vicinity 9o9303 wmith CC "B", 1st AD, and "A" May 23 the attack jumped off.

company to vicinity 9o31 with CC "A", 1st AD.

Daring the attack thc first day "C" company had eight TI s knocked ou" by mines bat even with tint KG' d 2 enemy tanks. knocking out 1l tanls and one W. "A" company had a field day by

The. platoon of "B" Company that was att "B" company fired artillery

ached to "C" company accounted for a "flamer,".

preparation and supporting fires with excellent results.

Greivs of knocked out TIP s reported back to trains to pick up tiicir now 1410' a and vnnt straight hick to the fight. So ended th~e first day of our The Oorya took all

all out attack with Rome and beyoxxi as the objective.

their objectives the first day; everytinig w nt accordingC to plan alth~ough

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resistance was plenty stiff.

all gun companies detached.
The attack continued at dawn May 24th; flank of the attack. Reported enemy
Rcn. Co. manned OP at 936294 covering 2140.
Sp' s, sMCa, and Inf. was used. counter-attack in [6th Div. sector at "C" compar' s disabled IELO' svwere almost al1 replaced by morning of

exhausted. Attack progressed with

24th Lay.
The spares of TI) s in Corps are few prisoners also fired a rourd
resistance slackening. uG
company took a o taks reported knocked out today.
So
o into a dugout erasixt 10 Germans. one "531" towed, 2 Sp&s, 2 471 s,
far the conylnies 1ave claimed 12 tanks,
s
I0' never higher. Recovery of and 1 Ferdinand damaged.
orale was continued. Diring the nitht of
24-25 lit ay a counterattack on the l0Oth Inf. (our

flank) was repulsed wOith no penetrations.

quadron and 91st Rcn. On Lay 25th the Beachhead is no longer.

The Lt. Loveless of "A"
grs. met along coast -est of Littoria. " tie 3uth on the beachhead for him. compaiy ounded today
- seriously; second time the railroad to the
The CP is ioed fortard as the attack progresses beyond left of Cisternia. ing else reported. "C" cor:panio reports
getting a "probable" iik. VI. 4oth

Our forward eleu:ents w.ere at 92,32; 9u3363; 907307;

the 1st AD sector the oth Infantv
973356; 9803&B
in the [5th Div. sector. In of
LObs continues.
secured Red ine (See ovcrl y inclosed). Retrieving
intenhice is haoving a tough job on this ooeration.

Lay 2o 12; "B" ' Co.

'raged.
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Co. Thc co4CL nieCs 1have tte foLLowing TI s for duty - "a" 3 sal 12; "C" Co. - 13, 4 TI) s in maintenance rcpairable;

The attack continued toward Velettri

ith resistance litht.

Col.

th
viwehis task, force rq)ortved in rtena.
5 10

"C" companynocked out batcry of dual purpes Th men

88' a.

Caught them while

ere wotrzing on their guns; also got 2 tanz and 2 vehicles.

Battalion alerted to move to assembly area in vicinity 970275. Back

to our old CP.

Battalion will perform

uainteriance for at least 24 hours.

Lay 27 - Orders are received that companies are still attached to same Combat Conrandris. general clean up. List of equipment knocked out by companies from 22 to 26 May inclusive. Some of it hadn't been reported before - everyone too busy working over the en emy to worry about how muach damage we had done: "B" Co."C" Co.
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Laintcnance of all irhicles and radios.

Shoier trucks and

2 Mk.

VI's, 1 tank towing a gun, 1 AT gun & 4 Mk. IVs.

1 Vik. IV; 1 kk. VI, 1 MG; 2 vehs., 8 A/T guns; 5 arty.

pieces (220 Hevs.)

"A" Co.
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12 Tanks; 3 SP's; 3 A/T guns.

Received infcrnation that there wld be no move tonight except in

emergency.
lay 28
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Laintenance continues today.

Bn. o0 reported to General Har Attack planned for morn

mon to discuss recoruaissance made during morning. ing 29 lay.

Routes of approach and Field Order to be out as soon after 1800

It is understood that the 45th Division is to follow the

hrs. as possible.

1st AD in trucks. 39 LLO' a for duty.

Bn. maintenance has done a fine job.

"A" company in assembly area in vicinity 935300.

Lay 29
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The Bn., less "A" and "C" companies, detached from Division

Reserve and attached to CC "A" with mission of mintaining contact with the 34th ari 4th Division az-i furnihirg 4/T protection for the right flank of

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"A".lE

IRl

zeeting little
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"C" company reports anur has crossed line Wolf and is resistance.

The Bn. OP moved to 913375 without incident. 10.0 hit by emry shellfire kay 30
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5 enlisted men ounded.

"C" company reports tLht

Attack progressing satisfactorily.

they are 300 yards past phase line Oscar.

"B" company reports that they are

with the right peqple aid that everything is going OK.

Major Redding, and evacuated. May 31Battalion Cmdr., was injured in an autombile accident

kajor Doran assumed comzand. The attack continued. Resistance was pretty stiff. Jerry

was using more artillery and anti-tank fire than usual. it looked like our stuff coming in instead of Ge .an.

The coizanies said

ist AD is going to reshuffle troops tonight - some that should be in CC "A" sector are in CC "B" and vise versa. Tanks will initially be out in al bho some

front ot infantry but vll1 pull back after infantry has dug in, will be left well forward in direct support of the Infantry. asked if v

CO of CC "A"

would be able to stay where we vere without extra help; also to

submit request for deferive fires and give accurate location of our elements. All this was dom. There was no counterattack during the night.

The period ended with conpanies detached and in position: (B- "A" & "C"i Co's.) reinf. by Rcn Co. 1st AR - Attached to CC "A"

En. cF

880379

"'B" Co.

873386.

El - 8oc14)4; B2 - 873392; B3 - 87240)3 Rcn Ca. - 872 38 3. Fwd elements - 8613869. Fwci Rcn 1st AR - 872353. Op - 868389. el ements - 8o8403 and 861403.

"C" company attached to CC "B"

U(c.

Co.

559401.

Cl-

857402; 02-

8541o3; 03
913373; 3
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670
913373

"A" company attached to CC "A"

"A" Co.

913373; AX

8731403; A2

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iESTRic ILu

HE-- -11187 Tine-143

Ammunit ion expended during period:

iPO --Total

857

12596

pr

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HEA.DUARTEARS

701ST TANK EThOYER BATTALION

APO 464, c/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y.

1 June 1944

LESSONS LQUAERtD i40kBAT

Gun Companies:

ITinfthe recent operations it was quickly learned that a 13th

L3C proved of great value to the company commander for the close conrand of
his platoons which would have been impossible without the use of a coxiauand
vehicle containrg the same degree of mobility and fire power.
2. There were conflicting views as to whether the liaison officer should be sent to Combat Command or the Battalion with which the company is working '.en a TD cozrpary is attached to other units. However, it has gencrally proved to be more effective when the company liaison officer was placed ;rith the Combat Corxzana. 3. High ranking officers of supported units have often tried to use TO s as tanks. However, a destroyer cannot be used as a tank; we cannot fire IMie moving, and we do not have the machine guns and maneuverability of tans,. The TI) s should employ their own methods cf destroying targets even when located by some ta nk officer. One excellent opportunity was lost because a cor".pany com,aaer of a tank unit told one section when to fire and xhen not to f .ire The TV) s, them.selves, should know better just when and at i'hat to fiie tnan otaer units.

4. Thie platoon should always be employed as a unit. One gun, by itself, is not effective protection for tanks. Always use two guns or more together so tcDt they have mntul support. 5. TI s can support k-4 ani'.-5 tanks at supporting distance usaally between assault ard reserve companies. You cannot support anyone froii ,4Q or .ore yards back in the usual terrain encountered in Italy. Nei ther can it be done right in among the supported units, for then you are neutralized by the sane fire. A sup orting unit should never allow itself to be brouht urer the same fire as the unit supported. Enough room must be :ept for sufficient nareuvering and still offer efficiept support.
o. Tarks will sometimes storm ahead and seemingly forget about
tlieir suportig 'TV s. However, this need not occasion any worry among the
TJ s; the taxa1s wil always be glad to send back a guide as soon as the TI) s

are needed.

7. Jw: 2'ted units often do not disseminate sufficient infonaation of fricndL troops anda locations. On more than one occasion our TI s drew friendly artillery fire. One conclusion drawn was that the headquarters of the suporte. unit must acivise tue artillery of our locations, as they had the respounsibilit, oa'plac.fl The TI) s in that location.
j
/ 3. &he TD)3" gun is fire anda arew many coxmendations from infantry-, tanks, aria otihew suop)orted units for its power and speed, but, with a TD) nneijtly armored than a tank, it is highly vulnerable to anti-tarv fire. Wnaen moving ag .ms anti-tanc guns across an open field, eiugh infantry

VTOWPT.n

shoulu be provided to move ahead alt overcoi:e such obstacles upun caLL. The poi-nt cannot be overcemkhasized ti at a Tan Pastrol.er gun is even ro'e vulnerable tnt
a'aCaflA

chenenncounterir_; itsefi

eOe_- ,i-tUuns. I

v/

e.Cyofl

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nc . gun, wil[e lacking is ver, capable in deai g ith

e velocit- of one or two 03c1': ties so-cailed supcrior" ;;eaons

This is due to a j.rge part to goca constraction of the of the (3ax.ans, .d e.1ceLient arran vchicle, fast oper ation of the gun, aggressive cre-as, eyperionce 'as taufrjt us not to rely on the lirc of oneun ition. tast the m.,assed fire fU.aiy guns can be concentra tea on targets sucn as ien Since the principle of assed fire was adopted heavy armoer and P guns. iiyrovoment. battalion, results iave shwin a mred in tr hile The . 0' s ore not iuite fast einugh to ..oep up with 10. the light tanus, they gave a sur.jrisingly gooi perforance in operati.* cross country rd in cifficult terrain, An expoert driver is of prime filortafce In proper condition, an UiO could go any in getting th0ere you vrant to go. iiere a light tank could except in extremely narroa defiles. TI) s should attempt to outmaneuver enemy eavy antior, to try for side shots or where anior is thirnner whenever possible. Team-ork by a gun section or larger benefits from the eiployment of
units is necessary to derive the raymi TI s agairt enemy heavy armor. A single Tb is almost helpless vten sent
alore against Gernan heavy anlor such as the "Ferdinand."

vj

11. tither infantry security should be provided or t.he TO s should pull back arc consoiiate with the tanks at night for protection against en ery infantry. In a 12. A powier traverse vould be a great asset for the kiO. it is of utmost importance to get on a target to the fast movirc situation, flarU, and even rear, rapidly and accurately. Driver' s hatch should be
hinged so turret may rotate with the hatch open.
Vision slits are needed in the klO turrets. The battalion 13. number af men during the past operations because of snipers. When lost a operating with tanks, enemy infantry is often by-passed, yet the only way the platoon or section leader can observe is by raising his head out of the turret.
lh. A Sponson machire gun is badly needed in the N1O to emphas IlO' s ize a repeat in "Lessons Learned". 1 Then operating, with tanks where the a Sponson or Lap gun is an ab are wel out in front of our own infantry, solute necessity. 15. has, but ILLJI a are not equipped cth them. Instead we imst run two engines about 3S% of the tine just to keep the batteries charged so that the radios In a static defensive position, the waste of fuel is niigit be operated. practically lO4 for the sole purpose of keeping the batteries charged.
16. (banners should be instruacted not to shoot at the middle of
the target but always at the base. When shooting down hill, shoot less than
the judged distance if you are quite some distance above the target.
32. Disabled destroyers shouldnot be towed over great distances ,inteance; rather, the~y should be placed on retriev by T-2' s to Battalion iw back. Too much time was lost by T-2 towing disabled ers and transported Home light sets are one of the biggest fuel savers the ary

vehicles back.

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18. The firing celenoid cMrcu{t box should be placed in a well in

the interior of the fighting comparbment. It seems to always be in -tie t.e estroyers whn way.
their Also, it is much safer for the crews to sleep in m s are in a "hot" position. If the firing celenoid were in te corrart a ment, four man cbul sleep across the floor of the vehicle quite comfortably.

19. Three trucks attached to each convany should improve the supply system. Supplies should go along -ith comrany headquarters and srloul: in clude sufficient fuel for 200 miles of operation. hovevor, thbs ,uui cep situation. end more r less on the 20. It is an old maxim of war that in any case wnhere a uniU is
attached to a larger unit, the latter supplies all coinnon item-is. In su.

it is imperative ;at tis

tactical situatiorm as those just concluded,

principle be mndatory for all units so attachud. This has bcen foun the
most pragmatic means of supply, and only one unit to ,tich to ,;ere attached
even suggested such a plan. The larger units dould funLish gides for such

articles as fuel end amunition

or less. A stilL better plan is to carry a limited bulk ':a of the supported unit.

4ten the cor{)any is broken

Uo0.n;'

o natoo)rs

in the train

21. Coamrunications scrj;eants shld Iavo a black-ed cut vericie, tz preferably an L-20 or an L-3 H/T to carl out raio Latr.nale 71 nigjt in forward positions. If possible, our old radios sioulu all have the ti kers crstal. Colrnunication to the platoon leader only is not of sufficient bene fit as such. Since the battalion crystal ia't used, vr not take it out )na the i ct.-a r,%zrs1'-(if avz I le. I , . 4
v- r.a%.' platoon leaders' I1,1 s. If a 13th LIO is adopted as a cornn:d csLro;rer,
it shouldhave one 608 radio, one 610, and one '1 radio.

substitute

Reconaissance Company: T7TE&,~TheWo c1'aer T : Destroyer battalion doss not a have sufficientuse for a cn. company in an arrzed atack to justifiy its use only for iat battalion. In fluid wiarfare, some six of &ictrs and 20 enlisted men are often .Tasted because of nck of a suitable mission. 2. The present organizational setup0 of the itcn. Co. does not areto rL: vide for its effective use in foimard hen. This cu.ilics es: eciad'. )erac4on, In thiis 0a.st Destro- er battalions assimed to ;rmo-ed ivisions. the ktcn. compar of this Battalion was assigned ti.e rission of foYrard and flaik redornaissance for a tank-infantry combat conziand in the attaci;. The predominance of vehicles in the coonany are 1/4 ton trmc,;s at .iose 1/h ton vehicles preceded the actual tanr: attacKc by sore lOcO to l1D0 yar' . De to the Knol,:edge by the reconnaissance -ersonnel cf a-eir extrell.e vauLter ability* it ,was i40ossible ,
for them. to assum~e tine agjgressive siirit. so nec

essary in successful reconnaissance work. vehicle, both to 3. Unlike aufrica itere the l/d ton ttnck p rovi ded the best kcn tne sane veh~icle is no longer so valuable i Italy. This is due ;:LQ nature of the terrain ean to th~e nature of the coz:bat involved*
car is a satisfactory vohiclo for hen.

Th e LB anrod

4. If the lRen. Conuan<0 is to be detacaid from &he Battalion for

reconnaissance in missions for the Division or combat conruands, the organizat

ion of the hen, platoon rust be so chaxngcn as Qo i~rovid~e a buffinien

that platoon to accomplish th~e mission.

weaton

A piat oon of 5 LB armored ears

or 3 LB' s arnd 2 k20' s-muld be a satisfactory oryznization.

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eadquart ers: r.eadswr eds w su ortza u.o tt: t Bat:.t ion ueded Itcis rcco crs au uo ro better -ifori-ctionto hijer oadqu s .O' to relay uere .i vide ex-ellent control over ti guns of aLL co. antes 0 i' During the last oneration it -.as LInx " , o be very aikicult not impossible to su pl\ all the l ie co i}Xiesc every aay "1thilt ze ce:.n u operat ing on different axes of -L . ia ics were detached from the batoalion and advan ce. ,rains:

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Copanies nust cooperae with Trains -to bite {tllet 2. Th.nishing guides -nd advising their ibcations.

3. Selection of Trains location should be flex,:ible and fur enough ith Battalion He. tuarber s. forward to naintain good cor..anicatiens w, Battalion Lainte nance: lit is imvortantthat maintenance knovs th&e exact location of I. the companies and that the companies are aware of the precise location of Laps should be distributed to the Lainteance crews for the Laintenance. location of road nets ait the xien should be constantly briefed on the cnely situation. jhen a TD is disabled, its e-act locatiQ nust be reported. 2, Laintexance can then quickly find it and either repair or retrieve. 3. Dariig a fast moving operation such as the last action, the Division shcuia have a Laintenance Radio fet, and this applies particularly of the Lain to an Arwred Division. It would facilitate our loating urts 'dhen emergency tenance Battalion and helps them to locate supporting units. parts are needed, they can be secured more rapidly. Locations of abandoned or destroyed ecuipment can also be given quickly.

4. The equipment spplied by the Arny for the iandling and toxving of tanks aid TD' s are not heavy enough. Tiw clevis, pittles, rings, hi chainc are, in geieral1 . too light. Tow bars are not strong enough to tov TD: s over rough courtxy wi thout failing. The Germans have a very good heavy constructed tow bar Wtich is made of solid steel. Arfy effort should be Correct in formation as to company needs would made to improve our axpipmeit.
speed up all ,mintenarce cnd recovery. Conaunioat ions Officer: 1i, The present method of changing crystals in the 510 radios of the platoon leaders' LiO' s as they change assignment from tank< company to tank company is too slowv. Radio maintenance is unable to change the crystals rapidly enough to h:eep the platoon leader in radio contact with the t ank 'T14 only remedy for this is to assign two,, TD cooperative channels company. The i'D, s could th en o~erate on for the tanks tbo have in all L~hir 9O8' a.

in the destcrulurs vMuld If the fubure tanidestroyer has a LO. take up too nch room in the present place for a 08 or 505 in 1ie turret, the problem could be solved uch 1more one or th~e other of their 5lO0's. To install %5'8,s

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SJBJECTs TO
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Operations Report Adjutant Geaw4,~IS. Aarm, Washington, D.C. (thru channels)

1.

In copUance

ith the requirements of paragraph 10, AR

105., dated March 10, 1943, tbe following operations report of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion covering the period, 1 July 1944 to 31 July l )4, is herewith submitted. 2. The operations covered in this report are statements frm the Unit Journal and the Battalion Dairy, and supporting evidence for said statements is attached. 3. Previous operations report submitted and including 3D June 1944

)OWNGRADED TO:1..or

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OPERATIONS OF THE 701ST TANK DESTIOYER BLTTALION Period_1July 31 July 1944

Locations of 701st T.D. Bn. beginning of periods Sheets 158-I,IV, 051G 4229

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Italy, 2150,000

F..:

Ba C -aw527127. Trains- 59W35 "An" Co - OP- 512122; Al - 508161; A2 & A3- 5.12122 "B" Co - CP- 604122; El& 2 - 60172; B3 - 624167

2nd Rc Pt*

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July 1st found the Battalion in action and attached to 1st Arred Division in vicinity of Pomarance, Italy. attached to Task Force Howze. ,"B" CO .B" respectively. The Battalion, less "B"&
UCU,

& "C" companies attached to CC "A" &

Reconnaissance continued on its mission of route

reconnaissance for TFI[ and "A" company contined to give direct ATsupport.

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The

force consisted of the 701st T.D. Bn. (-"B", "C", 2 plt. "A"), lst Bn
1The mission of this force was

6th Inf., "D" Co, 13th AR, "D"Co, ist AR. to secure the town of Mazzola and road junction on highway g68 2000 yards
to the north. No time was set for the attack. Troops making up this force

were in the lime and had to be assembled prior to the jump off.
One '0 in B" company received a shell through the turret, killing
Another vehicle in "B" was hit with an
The vehicle was still operative so

the crew adburning the vehicle. A? tich ptetrated the fuel tank.

continued forward until it was knocked out by an AT mine.

..Jdy 2 both the Command Group and Trains moved to On vicinity 4815. Roe=o.iGo..Jsa 2nd plt. also in same vicinity for maintenance. *Gm eqa Juy3irmp to send a lost two M10's destroyed. a iie-,to jump off at 0930. Recon. company ordered

.i4gkb.tanks

and armored cars, also Pioneer Pit. to

OP of l3th AR tfi

qas reconnaissance for TE.

t"posarrtn.axt Manola the advance elements were heavily shelled

by artiflery. Aa.Q?,tW:wb ablished and fire brought down on both gun
and mortar positicc

..

The attack was discontinued and those with Major Doran in Mazzola

were ordered to hold the town but to evacuate by 2400 hrs. The town was
cleared as ordered bat on return an 1410 of "A" company threw both tracks

and had to be abandoned, also a light tank from Recon. company.

UQE

company relieved for maintenance at 0600 hrs and pulled back to

This area was heavily shelled, killing the

assembly area vicinity 4ht2Y).

let 8gb. and knocking out the Command Half-Track.

July 4a- The Battalion (less "B",

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"C", & Rcn) was pat in Div. Ibserve,

Major Doran, commanding, and moved to assembly area vicinity 478174 and to be prepared to support either CC "A" or CC "B". attached to Div. Reserve. The 2nd Bn, lst AR (-2 Cos) It took

Recon. Co. frther attached to TFH.

up positions as dismouted outpost in area vacated by TN after withdraw in:g from Mazsola. "AV & Hqs. moved to assembly area there maintenance

and, rehabilitiom were stressed. *: Ju3l

Division ordered the Battalion to establish a road block One section of "A"

vicinity 'SpJae to protect the left rear of CC "B"*

osqnay and I platom of "D" Co, 1st AR under cma-nd of platoon leader of "DP Co.evre given the job. "B11 1
& '0" companies continmed to provide AT protection for the two GC's' Nothing repeated by these companies, everything was comparatively

'Si. "

. in the afternoon of July

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sh$frn

Reserve and attached to TIE. remaining units of , 0V.atwhed to CC "B. AM company not already detached The detachments already made nre

JuI7.4-aK from Div. Rsa. not changed.,

NC

tththePeamut Force report resistance very light, moat,l On their objective.

infantry and that thq#te Orders

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leving Rcn Co by the 349th Inf, 88th Div. and

upon relief n t tak charge 6f the road block vicinity Q499212 and in addition to that maintain a mounted patrol cbaring the hours of darkness on

road net between QO18O, Q504195, Q476202, and Q499212 and this will Wave to be coordinated with 81st licn.

"B" company had nothing other than routine rqports.

July 7

Oar Ln. Officer with 13th AR reported that CC "A"was counter

attacked by a considerable number of infantry and several tanks but that it

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TFH also was counterattacked and -withdrew. Platoon of "D"

company, lst AR that was holding road block was relieved from attachment to
CC "Bo and reverts to control of 2nd Bnl,
AR.
ist On orders from 1st Armored Division all companies remain in position
and that the Battalion, 1en July 8
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-nn., had been attached to the 88th Div.

Upon attachment to the 88th Div. the gun companies were fur

ther detached to the following: "C" Co. to the 351st RCT, "B" Co. to the 349th
ROT, and 0A" Co. to the 350th RCT. Rcn Co. remained under Bn. Control to

maintain AT warning net vithin Div. sector.

n cep mies moved with the infantry providing AT protection but had nothing of importance to report.

July 9 except for

-Iantry,

and our TD's entered the outskirts of Volterra; From all indications

avly: mned areas there was no resistance.

the enezy appears to have completely withdrawn. It. themselves. had aehia Thdaou reported fresh Mk VI tracks but never observed the tanks de moving his CP into new area, captured 3 PW's, otherwise

to 'report except mechanical difficulties due to terrain.

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Attachments of cmpanies remains the same.

The Bn CP moved

into same place asmCD company. a comterattack e

t. N g thedy

Our Ln. Officer with the 88th Div. reported

the 350th Inf. of over company strength.

there was a nticable increase in eney artillery rep

erted.

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rrs

the tow

of Laitico was tainn.

No other reports. and

Bn Clna

heled atO22OB; Major Doran, BnC.O.

P3 LIt and li4 U wounded. E

Thring the early afternoon one round fell within

the Bna OP area and dilled one PM and wounded 3 others.

Captain Childs promoted to Major.

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'A" compareceived several rounds of our quickly straightened out. No damage.

artiller

which was

Nothing reported by other companies other than movements from one firing position to another. July 13 July 14. Cocanies had nothing to report; everything was very quiet.
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company reports that they are moving north in two col

umns but that they are having difficulty because of obstacles in streams and roads. eptfor."A" company's report, nothing was reported by the other

cvupanies except for normal movements to improve firing positions.

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the gun ea~et the E'TrOW.-;% TDSD the wty

"88thDiv. as the enemy withdrew to the Arno River gave the to fire on some enew vehicles and personnel.

US r ef

from attachment to the 88th Div,,., the Battalion reverted

to contrttC .it Armored Division in a rest area about six miles south of Cecina, Italy. July

This period was given over to rehabilitation of personnel,

maintenance oft,'_ T/0 & T/E.

L,- yand reorganization of the Battalion under the new of radio proceednre, gun drill with some on the 1st Armored Division A/T range. The Battalion

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Jul1944.

Location of 701st TJD. En. at end of periods Battalion

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1 July 44 i1July 44 1 July44 1 July 44 2 July44 2 July 44 2 July 44 2 July 44 2 July 44 2 July 44 2 July 44 2July 44 July 44
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VJuly 44

lvt.

T/5 pvt. Fvt.

6/Sgt.

Med. c C C C C C C
hcj tq.

Det.

ogt.

5gt. major 2nd Lt. rvt. fvt. kvt. kvt.

A Hq. C C Hq. hq. Hq. Hq.

T/5 Pvt.
Pvt. 2nd Lt. T/4 -1

July 7 July 7 July July July 12 July 44 10 July 44 12 July 44 12 July 44 12 July 44 12 July 44 12 July44 12 July 44 12 July 44 12 July 44 12 July 44

6 July 6 July 6

3July 4 July 6 July 6 July July ) July 6 July

44 44
44

44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 4 44 44

LWA

LWA tIA KIA NWA h6IA &IA AlA UA LWA LWA LWA tWA LWA

List of Battle Casualties cont 'd. NAME

BRUET, ERNEST E.
DUffifINE, ALBERT J.
GRUIS, BER4APD H.
MIDIIFF, NOBLE 1. SEAlMAN, JOHN R. YESLOFSKY, MURRAY *TALIAFERRO, ERNEST E. *HAJJAR, MICHAEL *REPKA, BOLESLAW S. *ROBEWrS, CONDY *SPENCER, PORTER J. SCOTT, RBBR S. *LENZINI, HERMAN G. HODOR, STANLEY
DEGMAN, JOHN T. SNELL, CLARENCE H. PICCOLI, SYLVESTER C.

ASN

A C

RA14K rio.
tvt.

OMPANY
Hq.
Hq
Hq. Hq. Hq.
C
B
C C B C C B C A

DATE 12tduly 12 July 12 July 12 July 12 July 12 July 12 July 12 July 12 July 12 July 12 July 4

TYPE

36302149
31379247

39305488 354M8295 36397305

32175782
15047713 11046319

T/4 T/5
ivt.
pfc.

44 44 44 4 4 44

pvt. ivt.
tvt. i-vt.
bgt.
1st tt. Ivt. vt.

4 4

32387217
15044275
7040507

44 44 44 44 44 4

33397226
36302260
31124452
01822378
34508911

15 July
15 15 18 24 18

33778453

July July July July 44 July 44

LWA LWA LWA LWA LWA LWA

LWA LWA 1MA tWA
LWA LWA LIA
IA
LWA LIA

-2

Vi A R U S 1. During the period 1

-

31 July 1944 the following named personnel

were awarded r-urple nearts for wounds received in action: NAME

fanuett, Miaurice L#

ASN

&RADE Pfc. Sgt. Vvt. tgt. Pvt. Pvt. 5/SrL. gt.U iffc. Vfc. Vvt.

uOUPAIY Rcn.

34147367
14053121 36160515 33090117 20233525 38018181 35029497 34125174 13098939 36397305 38487139

Paris, Jack D. Schramski, Jerome J. Russell, Lloyd 11. McKenna, Charles J. Mclair, john L. Urban, Earl L. Street, Harvard. J. Cosenza, reter C. Seaman, John R. Justus, Lilbert 1.

*B
A A hq.

u
C C Hg. iq.

2. During the period 1 - 31 July 1944, and uak Leaf Cluster was
awarded in addition to a vurple Heart prevoiusly awarded for wounds received
in action, to the following listed personnel:
NAME
ASN

GRADE

COMPA1Y b A B C
B

Moody, Leveston Blank, uonald j. vatrick, isadore Hiatt, taul

"Degman, John T.

37088629 33246305 34088170 37103779

01822378

Cpl. ogt. ogt. iec 5

ist Lt.

"(First and Second Cluster) econnaissance Company, was 3. Pvt. ,illiam o Ware, 7040392, posthumously awarded a oilver Star for gallantry in action on 22 June 1944, per aeneral Order ino. 70, neadquarLers rirst Arnored Division, dated 21 July 1944.

4. Capt. Albert i.T Morrison, 0422189, and 1st Lt. Robert J. Jackson, 01322010, were aw.arded bronze Star Medals for gallantry in action on 30 :.ay 194&, armored Division, ciated 21 July 1944. per aeneral Urders nio. 70, 11g. tirst
5. hllen i.

S/Sgt. tarl L. Urban, 35029479, sgt. Ralph ii. Laney, 34171574, Cpl. Knohr, 33230761, and icc 5 Leonard to Jokerct, 37132039, all of
action on 30 tmay 1944+, per cieneral urders
tic.

Company "C" were cited for gallantry in

n~o.

71,

First armored uivision, ciated 22 auly 1944.

6. s/Sgt. L:elvin i. Dailey, 32033302, nedical uetachment, was posthumously awarded a bronze Star t edal for gallantry in action on 22 june 1944, per cieneral orders o. 71, rig. First armored Division, dated 22 uuly 1944.

701ST TANK DESIYER BATTALION

A1 164, c/o Pbstmaster, N.Y., N..

HPAD AREER-S

1 August 1944,

SJBJUDTS TO, I Intelligace Report Adjutant General, U.S. Army, Washington, DoC., (tru channels)

1. In compliance with the requirements of paragraph 10, AR 345 105, dated March .0, 1943, the following intelligence report of the 701st Tank Destr Battalion covering the period, 1 July 1944 to 31 July 1944,

is herewith sabmitted. 2. .. 'e

unit Jurna ...

staiterects, is. attwhed.

ad the Battalion Dairy, and supporting evidence for said

iatefligence covered in this report are statements from the

Preiou s intelligence report submitted and including 30 June 19i4.

For the Commanding Officenz

l'rrv.,

701st T.D. Bn/

Adjutant.

aw

INT~fl~pr E*RT OF THE 701ST TANK DUTEYS

4,1P

BATTALION

Pbrod
Lo o.ti=

I July

-31

JuJly 1944

Of 701s

T.D. Bn. beginning of period:

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Mv - It4Y V50,03=.Iv seets 158-1, . Swet .

129

532122; AL
- 508161; A2 & 3- 512122
604122; H1 & 2 -n 602172; 3 624167
3
0 0, - OP - 48 Ol10 Cl & 3 - 398220; 02- 448176
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594035

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:ivision.
Littl
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,..Initially the battalion was attached to the Hoe Force,

O "A' and

G"B",. tnt midway during the period was attached t.

the 88th Infantry

r was encountered during the period, and our atir

strog points

ity was directed mainly at personnel, machine gun nests, en

in houses, etc. Thring the period OP's wre established and successfUlly directed fire upon enemy Personnel and vehicles. On the 24th of July our

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units were relieved, and withdrawn from the line, returning to the First
Armored Division bivouac area.

Throughout the period the enemy used armor sparingly, but

The enemy used his tanks during t.he

alwys. operating in groups of 2 or more.

period,as-a defensive weapon, using them occasionally in an offensive role. 1l Vi's, Iv's, and SP's were used in anti-tank and artillery roles, delaging our advancing forces as long as possible, and then retreating before our des troyers could bring effective fire upon them. numbers, The enemy's use of ccnsiderable

as compared with the previous period, of Ik VI tanks.and heavier cal

iber SP guns was & definite shift from his Use of Nk IV's and light and mod ium caliber SP guns; that is, them in anti-ta the emphasis wa upon heavier caliber guns using In the few instances in ihich armor and were

and artiller7 roles.

was used, in enemy counter-attacks, they were used in small numbers, easily dispersed by our TD's and artillery. ARTLLERY: Although the enemy concentrations

ere Just-as heavy as in previous pez

iods, in general, the enemy artillery was lighter than in the previous period. Supplementing his artillery pieces with SP's and increased Nebelwerfer activ ity, and making good use of available armor, the enemy was able to protect the slow retreat of his infantry, and slow dowm our advance considerably. The enaer again used his artillery mostly to harrass and interdict rear areas as well as placing heavy concentrations on our forward areas. ENSAY TFUOP ACTIVITY: &aerz action throughout the pt:eriod was defensive, utccesstully.' &xm with a few exceptions

in thich he counter-attacked

'opposition throughout the

period was comparatively light, but the enem made excellent use of demlitions, mines, both anti-tank and personnel, road blocks, and intensive smafl ars and

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machine-gun fire to slow down our forces.

He practiced his usual delaying tac

tics ewellplaced
weapons, 3's,

groups of infantry with an abundance of automatic

heavily mined
roads and avenues of approach, and numeroursroad
blocks. Mines mere found at times to be .3 deep,
and so well covered by machinee az4~0e~tArm fire that our advance was delayed for considerable periods of time. k r m m ts, harrassed by artillery, aircraft and partisan activity, were much lighter than in the previous period. Valuable infonnation on enemy

acnniviy, m

ainsapositions of arilery, pieces, tanks, etc. was -supplied by

The eneny made good use of points of strategically loc

friendly partisans operating behind the eaey lines. well organized defensive positions, and mae strong ated houses. From the units identified it

was quite evident that the enemy was findingit extremely difficult, and often impossible, to withdraw his units, or divisions, long enough to reorganize. However, he did the next best thing,

collecting the re.ntts of decimated units, and ptting them under experienced
commands,
thereby getting the maximm benefits possible under the circumstances. Few of the cesuy were captured,p& as qared to the Previous period, bat

those taken again represented a motley group fromall Parts of &rope, many of whom were deserters who volunteered much valuable information, H , there was a noticeable stiffening resistance by tb. eey, even though the morale of the troops captured indioated complete resignation to ultimate defeat.

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casualty.
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Blankenshi, /Sgt, Cd.9B.WA.16-Aug44. 985393,

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" During the month ars:

Purple. -11earts were

-ere to pertonnel of the. Battalion as made ,. Purple i:etwereaweeto:

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Albert A praE-t, 546644,"co..D Cla-:ton"E.-kAnderson, v. .35262,612, Rcn Co. Albert 'J. laime Fvt, 31379247, Md: &'g Co.
3 car M.Gr en,;lst Lt., 01S2269.,,tiq & 11ciCo.
1ioble Hltdk ff, Tep.5,1 35482495'. q & Fq,Co.

Ernest L. Br t vfc., 36302149,,ttq-&'Hq Co.

Cecil C-.Oocby,0456,t .
Boyd L.."h44 -,+Vt.,
39528323;"uo 'C
.?.bert J..$cdtt,?vt., 3397226,.Co B

9.

1st. Lt. Chrles S-Br#ig ,"06979.tic.&.q Go."was awarded Bronze w Star for",meritorious 6ei ce-from 23,L,,a to 20, Juyper (O No. Cl, H 1st . D it, d 2 au.gust . ' "
CpIThoas for gallantry, ii . Jhernihi6094405", .oPC,.at actitnin.. .May per 1 N4oI. awarded'a. ronze Star 'edal i -,"l1st dtd .28 August.. A.D.,

s/sg

Rbert

i. itchell..3&302l79, Co C,v.a6."wrded"a Bronze'Star petGO No. .81,

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.,.edal.for .cotraeou$.actiona".dur .p.eriod2..ne4 -=, J1iq .D., Atd 28 ,ugust..,:;

1st A
V

I"'vt Luther ,a.J tmes, 695394, n .Co. wa 'awardeda brne

fdr eroic service on I July 1-944 per.UCdNo. 77,.Uq lstA.D., dtd
Star iedal h

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ItL. c/o ?ostmnster.

k ovezi 6cr oU-JbOfs ugerations hreport

1)44

ifu

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nd.jut.int Uencral, U. . ,rL

afiCgton, 1.C. (thru cian:SAL

Lt, ad
3'45

In copliiance Uvith the recuiruLents of paragraph W0,

105, catec tarch 10,, 194.3, t tfolowing operations report of the 7016t

LanK Destroyer Battalion covering thoperiod 1 October 1944 to 3. October

1944, is herewith subdtted.

2.

The operations covered in this r!port are statements fri

the

Unrit Journal and the Battalion Dairy, arc sadporting evidence for said
st~atekents is attkched.
3. revious oper.atipns report subitbed up to ;umd inciz-ing 33
'ept mber 1944.

For the- Go&wanding Officer: JuhN z. 1OLLZ ist It., 701st 0 Bn, Mdj utant.

Gte ji1L~TLWi

GEOLT. h;70162 io~T

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1LL

teriod

I uctober

.31 October 1944 x rioos -

liocations of 701st A.D. Pi. beginning of Bn. CGt- 70146. 1n. 1'rains - 197777 "A" Go 0e-(o98709 (assy area.)

Italy, 1/Lu,o

"Bk Go 0- 707777 (4s* y-ca)

"0" Go in arty positions vicinity 200860 (abtacheu to Ba)
Ran Go 0' - 695774 (assy area)
The period opceOiC 'rato-Klorence ar-a.

wlth the battalion (euG" Go) in assembly area vicinity

a(tached to Brazilian MPeditionary Force

'L" company,

under IVG Corps control, continue artillery support role.

I to 13 Oct. - Tattalion (e"C" coparW), in assembly area, carried out

rigorous training
and
&LitttnlanCO

icLainfteflace schedue.

flvical conditioning of personnel

framning 5dhedue for this

of 'all vehicles nfl stressed.

period includeo gun drills (all weapons), radio proceure, use of

at

and

map reference point codes, map reading and inspections of Perwonrnel arri

equipkent.

'Tree days vere spent on tst Arbored

ivision anti-tanc range

by all 3" and Rin gun crews firing both platoon and individual firing pro
bims. Rifles and carbines were fireo by all personnel on Ist Armored Dive Orientation ard trainirg films were scheduled during per On 13 ovember route reconnaissance was made fro;,

ision rifle range.

iods of inclement weather.

battalion asseb4 area to vicinity 820043 (lhta Pass) by all unit corianders.
billetig details from each comipany remained in new areas.

14 Oct.

zrejrtion of battalion (-'" rder of miarch

-

Go) for movement. "A",

'B"

Departcd

area vicinity 47077 at 140900.

Hen., fiqs.
Bn Trains

battalion closed in areas 4lj45 October 1944d- Bn C?-

8O6O6.

817044; "A" Go0?- 81402;

"B"
of a;*

P-

812058; Ra Co GE?-

818046.

Remainder

spent in establishment of bivouac.

15 Oct.
by "bl 10 Oct.

Jecoraissance of area vicinity

45

3 for artiLery positions

cozapany officers.
-

"B" con parg

departs area vicinity 812058 at 0500A, closing

in artillery positionc at 0730A hrs. "5" Co G at 645223; "A" btry at 84J6 2250; "13" btry at 64702242; attached to 1st Armored Division artillery in styport of 91st ia battalion,
AL radio 21X carried out by battalion (-"B" & "C").

Use of

i-209,

code ,1c_ ap tcteruncu

17 Oct.
in
-

oint Gode and correct radio procedure stressed.

Battalion
"B" & "C" companies

t-aintnance m a training.

artillcry' poslieins.

id Oct. -ljQ"
o "a", 1st

coaranr made reconnaissance for anti-tank positions in plzitoon arnd moved platoon at l oA. Sn.

Antored iVisio : sector for 3r p)ositions d'& 2c4 debabt

cLosing in

83)aos, anci 83420j at flO~a hrs.

0? t;ovod troL 81t046 to 8180L5 closina at IJOA hrs. continued maintenance of vehicles.

Battalion (-"t", "0") &:

19 Oct.

"r oIIapa

(-3rd platoon) aeortect for movement IOJA hrs, closing in artillery positions at 2100A hrs.

departed vicinity 8090

A lo4*

at 857229. "A" battery a

u3.72295; "B" battery-

85622270; attachec to

ist Anored Division artillery in support of 27th AFA battalion upon closing. 20 to d6 Oct.
-

No Change in dispositions, '"B

company and "a" company

(e3rd platoon) continued reinforcing fires of 1st Armored Division artilLery. Counterbttez) fire dcMaged t;'o "A" Coay JIO's on 21 October. o n ualties. n4o cas

kuainten-ance and winterizing of vehicles contiiiued throughout the

battalion. 4 to 31 et. - Reconnaissance company assi ned >zision of Lrhintainiag route 06527 from 6190h3 to 780190 on 27 October. to$ U?
-

ioved corpan on JO October

C

808045; i &--R ai kits-

795095; 3rd hcn

tioneer tLts

772147.

"A" and ",3, eorJnwes continued in reinforcing artillery roles carrying out

mr~aa tx~xsing missions

ith few observed fires due to poor visibility.

ros-tions of Battalion.at close of periods

t Or - ol8o45. Brahrains-m 8170A. hcn Co 333UL5. 1st & ndPcn t2ts- 795095. 3rd & Pioneer it s - 772127. etached Unit s ~ oC (;-6572299 lab it Iem85672295 2nd klt- 85622270

3rd cIt "B" co r

-

(1 gun each)

-82o.26;d;

6S0263;

"G, Go Ce-

64324. 191995.

"'A" btry- 843b2250; "B" btry - 8470;e 2. "A" btry - 18790o8; "B" btry - 16h20310.

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1.

.ring

the period 1

31 October 1944 the BattaLion suffered the fo-

Tee Art >.Er. Lalvson, 33 098 752, Co A. Soa, 0 Ot h T1ec 5 G-orgeW. Wachter, 33 553 309, Co A, SA, 20 Oct h4

2.

k-vs Henry D). i pr, Jr., 18 137 434P, -tvt Irvin M. Peterson, 37 095 774, Hq Co A, L1A, r (cCbt Cc 5 J2Lbert No Rugar, 32 336 057, H4 & ilq Co, WA, 24 Oct 44 (Not hosp) & Hq Co, i, 24 Oct 44 (Not hosp) %r .r this period the follonwing changes in st.ius otf forater Battle
:-t ilubelrtwooley, 15 04o 136, Co A, returned to duty
>-~ rti

tc t 1st
1T ,

&p Allen, 33 326 411, Co C, from 141A to AIMnOld ie. Jthon, 36 Z03 500, Go 0, frofI~A iC..LIIsox1: Ju 4 Lo K as of IA Caxl C. Anderson, 36 457 41 Co C, from to KVL k" of 22 2.2 Jun 4 as Ju Clarence 1. Parker, 33 090 -. , R C, returned to duty 3 a. iter . Loveless, 01 823 546, Rcn Co, returned to duty Zlnes' . Taliaferro, 15 047 713, Cc C, returned to 1uty J .e *NJ 2. On.u1 . a 17222, Co A, returned to duty 4 n)-re .tng . ing, 32 1L75 0 $, Co C robspitaltdzea foo former wvo da.

A. During the period I -31 October 1%4 Award8 to the folacr;,ng named pe"sorncjl of tisZ orgcaization wee announceds i". 1st Lt JOv . T, 014o, and Cpl Joseph T. Jimn, 37098945, both of' Go "B', were arared a ilver Star for gallantry action on IJuly 1944 ner. euzano, Italy, per Genea urders No. 86, Hq l8t Armored Pivsion, d"aed 3October 1944.
z. General urders No. 87, Iq jst sared Division, dated W uctober IW4, .aaz~rdea turpJ e Herts and/or Oak Leaf Cluxr, thereto to the followi 1st Lt. John r. Uegra, 01 822 X7S, Go B 4th Oak L~enf Cluster d/Sgt ilniam A. IlankenehI p 69 C53 93, Co B 2nid Cal: Leaf Cluster S/Sgt& lillian A. Blankensup, 69 853 923, Co B let .Oak Leaf Cluster [itt Arnold a . AZ1ing, 37 5197 651, C:o B p r Etc Frank Eertino, 32 433 343, Ron CoP/
litvKenneth a.. Ford, 37 53* 515, (0oB
1/ 3/4

ohn RoFoe,3

12, Ron (Jo

Berzmn, 32 324 106, Cc B Tee 5 Donad L.. Langdon, 33 085 355, Ron Co

Pit Joseph I.

v/n
F/

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Awards of

turple

r:

.. d/or teak Leaf Clusters thereto cont t ds n

t

PIvL mnKa Allam

tson, 37 096 335, Co B

569 9Gv,
iii.

Rex aeredith,

Co B
Co 13
Daward k. SaUey, 15 057 131, rtoa Co

Roy, 15 O3 9,

)3, non Co
1/H I. urne. Sortnson, 3 353 701, Co 13
rt (~c, Ar * Swanson, 36 125 161, flcn Co
i/ul !2orxti Vkderhouse, 33 193 561, -Ion Co
tiH
Toc > JZIos f, Upchuroh, 4 ,134 349, cn Co

lot Lt. John u. Short, 01 b23 223, Co B

Jos,ph J. Siannahan, c,S31

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Ht... 4 J4TAS701ST Tti tDSSThOYERB".-xLION APO 464 0/o Postmaster, N.Y.C., N.Y.

PERET Per Aath.,

TDBn

Initials:
Dat ,IJan 1945
1 January 1945 SUBJECT: TO Operations Report.

: Adjutant General, U43. Army, YMebington, D.C. (Tha channels).

1. In compliance with the reqtirements of paragraph 10, AR 345 105, dated March 10, 1943, the following operations repoit of the 701st
tank Destrqyer Battalion cvering the period 1 December 1944 to 31
December 1944, is herewith submitted. 2. The operations covered in this report are statements from the

meats is attached.

Unit Journal and Battalion Dairy, and supporting evidence for said state-

3. Previous operations report submitted covered period up to and

including 30 November 1944.
Fr the Commanding Officer:

/ JOHNS.DOOLEY, ( .. t. 1.It., ?01Ot TD Ba., Adjutant.

OPERATIONS OF THE 701ST TANK DkESTROYER BATTALION

Period: I December - 31 December 1944.

Locations of 701st TD Bn. beginnig of period: MAPS: 1/50,000, Sheets 96-I, 106-V, 03GS 42 , Italy. An. OP- L-818045. Ba. Trains - L-817A. A Co OP - I,-657229. let flat - L,-85672295. 2usl Flat - L-8562270. 3rd Flat - ( 1 garO)-1-025262; L-828259. (2 guns)-L--829259. B Co CP - L-843224. "A" Btq - 1-44362250; "B" Btry - L-8470224. C Co C? - Q-'700766 (Assy. Area) Ron Co OP - L-77fl23. let & 2nid Ion Plate. -4-795095. 3rd & Pioneer Plate. -tv-773127.
Period opened with A Compax (-'3d Flat) in artillery positions attached

to First Armored Division Artillery 4~th mission of reinforcing fires of the 27th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. 3d Platoon of A Company in anti-tank

positions attached to 91st Rcn. Ba. in 1 AD sector.

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December 1944 the $attalion mffered the fol During the perid 3.- 331 lowing pcronnmel battle ,asualtiess .
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3/3:t. Jmes O. Johnson, J5365, 4s. "A"
pmG. Vernon F. iWch, 37c03O07, Co. "A"
Pvu. JiaeJ*.Tweedy, 38084398, Go. "A"
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Rifhrd Wehtley Chrles W. Keith 3tle L. Zeigler Lester M. Phillips W5lliaC.King Dale P. Nolybee JohnmT.Snith Sterling L Smth DonlA J.Dlaak Earl 3. Gipson Jim W BoeMe

32033603
34071660 6985182 14004817 9833207 34336 15042538 3243 5 15077722 34147207

~icatee pe etn

not hospitalisede altiem ID 24 har 45

b.

Change. ia Stake Of Po"oel Prwtesly Reportedn4s G a Pfc Clyde Rrba 38029256 B LWA9 Feb 45

1.

AWARDS a, Legion Of Merits T/Sgt

b.

Henry D. Ripeher

37098831 Co 8, per GO #51 3q MTWS

es

Bronse Star Medls T/%';gt Howard J, Smling 35155475 a, & Eq Ce, per GO #24 1st Ard

a.

Furple Heart: Too 5 Pfc Pvt 'William c , t ,Co O r GO #18 Xq lot Azad Div ea *Lorenzo P. Fnd. 330P71, Co C per (10 #19 q slot Ana DiLv e William J. Nonk JSWTS oe C per *'#20 Eq 1st ArM Div e

III.

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Daring the period the Battalion reeived ems offier and sixteen enlisted

Seva enlistLed me departed for the 0,. pared on rotation.

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H&L.DQU1RTERS 701ST TANK DESTROYER BATTALION U.S. tirmy APO 464

I&

SECRET * t Tb *Per Auth: *Initials:

y 1945 *Date: 10 10 May 1945

SUBJECT: Operations Report.

TO : 'Aijutant General, (Thru Channels) U. S. nrmy, VWashington 25, D.C.

1. Submitted herewith Operations Report of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion for the period 1 - 30 April 1945, inclusive, in compliance with paragraph 10, AR 345-105, dated 10 March 1943. This Operations Report is taken from the Unit Journal and 2. Unit Diary and supporting documentary evidence is attached thereto. Operations Report covering period through 31 March 1945 3. was submitted previously. FOR THE COXZNDING OFFICER:

JOPiN E DOOLE& 1 Inclosure:

Opns Rpt w/allied Papers

let Lt, RF Adj

utPRTIONS R40ORT OF TLS_ 701st TANK DzSTtdAER BATTALION FOR Tid PilRIOD 1 APRIL TO

30 APRIL 1945.

Location of Troops on 1 April 1945,

Battalion CL..........................
557150
Battalion Trains........................ L581118

Reconnaissance any..L710219
4th Recon. Platoon (3 81xi Lortars).. L706231
Corpany "A"............................. L516129

lst Platoon (lst Section)............ L489151

lst Platoon(2nd Section)...,........ L507137
2nd Platoon....... ... *.. ,*.... L505138
3rd Platoon............. ....... ,, L553195

Company

*607

1st Platoon (1st Section)............ L606254 1st Platoon (21id Section)............ L601244 2nd Platoon........... L566219

252

3rd Platoon. Ist Octiun)............ L609252

3rd Platoon (2nd Section)L.........6.. L09253

Goiiiparw "C". o** bL59 3235 1st Platoon..*.b. ..... *........ L59182367 2nd Platoon........................ L60472359
3rd Platoon......................... L59262348
751 Tank Bn. (B, CG& D Co's Operationally attached) C "B"lCorpar, 751 Tank En............... L517129

let Platoon(2 Tanks)L49310 1st Platoon I Tank ............... 1st Platoon (1 Tank )................

L88143 L,488145
2nid Platoon (3 Tanke)................ L55)170
2nd tlatoon (2 Tanks)................ L516176
3rd Platoon (3 Tanks.............. t507165

3rd Platoon(2 Tanks).........

1101

L499166

L548168

Company, 751 Tank n........ 1st Platoon .... e..... ............ 2nd Platoon .,.......... .... . ........ 3rd Platoon ... ,U.e..S. ............

iL565 227

L572207

t553195

-ww M elm* wm

Location of Troops on 1 Kpril 1945:

(Gont'd)

"D CoipanY, 75l Tank 3n Tak....................L3i2 1st Platoon lot Patoon 2 Tanks 2idtilatoon (3Tanks)....................L$27176 3rd P1atoon 3 Tanks)....................L639183 3rdtilatoon 2 Tanks)*........,......L315

As the period opened the 7019t Tank Destroyer Battalion and the 751 Tafk Battalion were in defensive positions along the entire right of the IV Corps front, Company I

of the Battalion was in indirect Group.

fire positions under operational control of the h24th F..L.

Company u ' was under operationml control of the 751st Tank Battalion
(&PRiZ m DB ). Reco-nais-nce Conipany wias attached to Ii Corps, sub

attached to the ist n.ored Diwcqicn and in Infantry positions with the Ist Tnk Pattalion (dismounted),
1

",

1:, and 'W"1aCos, of the 75l 701st T.D. 11n.

Tanc Battalion were under control of 'e-dquatels,

1Lcozml

: revrta to mpcg,s>Ce

atti-lion control on the

ist

,dld -w-s oved to the 3ILLj. ar-a (L$93136)., where the ConpanTy was pt
on their vo-tices for the first

and radio .aintcnncu

Vehicular t:me i several months. L and the prop ration of their vehicles for com'Telong winter period The ln itrpro

CL day. <at occt'ned tio-tr-Lu e for the next ten (- s.

a prer
to) refit

hier had resultod in toh.e Tact tttt their vehicles had not had prevn*tativc maint.na-ce sAd a long period of wourk was needed
thoir vehicles for comb-at.
K,

For thec oth er umits <f the 3attali.rn the fURCz

kDDNJ-

FOCIGE

YJ DDT G tactical srouplig hxeld until the 9th of april, when all re vorted to exunmt unit control, During this period, positions of units

rd..aind escrnt ially the Sjtu obsrv

fro b

vitil

soL:,.F.,-r a:.:ceptions, and non.el f

-and uno b r vWc.,lirect end indirect fires were carried out

;hilo these activities wore

static deieisivo fire positions.

e ns cairi.d out, p1
were being rd:. for thc prospecWvo of c ,ig earsivoortu soon)to takePl-ace The >attalion (and thu 75l

I!ount inftry -n to b in direct support of the 10th U.u. Ta:k .t) w .ivi sion (U.S. IV Corps; in the Fifth hY atbampt to break out of the
i-to thu & River Jalloy. Te Division Cor:znder had do

<.ninhs

ciced tiLt onTT aic Coi.-y.a

ad one Ta-nk Destroyer Cormoxiy would b

of the attached to e ch infantry Regknnt

for the initial stagos

operation.
th

The attzch:eifs (to trlco eflect 120 hrs

Inf. .,mt. Rgt. 110" Co':p.ny, 701st T.D. Bn. 751Lst Tank
in. opny, HI U Co

-1) as follows

6th I.

nf. Rogt.
iegt.

'UmClY,701st Panic ,"C' Cotj@ -ny, 7Slst T.

Zn.

"A" oip-ay, 701st

' ora G .2 D

37th it:.1nf.

.
It.

officers

7 ,)n-ny, 1,st

T-ink

Ki jutual agrocuilnt batrc.on the 7Olbt end 75lst (oeraa.-nding it s fu-rthcr agreed that each Tar. .,:,

Destroyer Com.ny -. uid send e1c

t A --o n to its corresponding Tank Comp.ay,

and oach T nk Cor;:any s id one <latoon to its corr spondng Tank Destroyer Coiany. 2. is

kxld

vns done to bolster the iropovCr of the Lank Com- xityUn the 3" o ad t o give ;Wlxi~ inodii. tank. DIs t, benefit of the automrtic oxpois of 'I....

Th, conn-:unitions problc..s in

this were nil, due to the

-ct th,.t both units wore equipped with the 5CR mutual exchn--e -Aid I--lign.
It crystals

500

radio
series (a

?fs rnad).

Thu InfantrI leLcgtA Cotm.-uders vero to sexd ooe Tank or TD

Corp J / wit[h each assault Infnntry attalion,. This gavo six aiz. orod

Wm.pmios -,-ith tao six assault inf'antry 3attalions.

ions of the AL:,ur wla

to be held in rtserv with the exception of the 701st ecuRnnaisslco These too Com .ni
oD"the 751st Taink s i nd lil)"Gothm"
f ein LiGp 0s
ao...,y.nd pLse 'aere to be attached to a fonation imo-wr as Task Force UTILSUIT undur ( coLi. nd of the 3rd3i of the 86th Infantry Reginent. This force w .s

to be activated upon Division order and w s to be used to eploit any' mjor breakJthrough The period 2
rtc

,a
-

during the attack. readying for the o9Ezti1n.

12 April was spent in

TTank-

made, and on the 12th Pnk Destroyer Platoon exchange ,ows

all Gecniz movedt hrs 12th april ;3n Goa

""oOL

their asscnbly areas for the attack. as follows;

At 18,

oispesitions 'ore

are

L59o2,38 L619245
L607 252 L66 219

"B" Cerapzriy ist ?latoon 2nd Platoon, ist Section 2nd Platoon, 2nd Soction 3rd ?iatoen 11k o;1 ; r (- 1r Gun) I (1 Gun, IIo leconnissnce Company (The one
401

L6o6254
L609252 L572223 L6372 7
L60223 ZCo32py
L60 3237

Company gun at L60224{3 was for firing "star" shells This air-grouid

over given t.xget areas at night for airplanes.

cooperation to night bombing a s used several tires -wth success Char

ing the operation). The scheduled attack by the JDth hountain Division began hours lit April.
5t

@700

nJll (Dun Co .pnnies of the Battalion ntoed in sapport,

zn zy nine-idlds and drtolitiono held up progress for most of the

initial dry.

tCack progressed sletwly. The >

,n_,d -,ul~:onts were
LZ)Vi

Dy-the 15th TULE had been taken,

slowly north, against scattered resistance. si

Comp-ny

"A"

engaged three encny tanks this date, and put one of

thail out of action,

Again on the following day, "A" Company destroy

1
Q1

ed another enwty tonik, and Gopany

destroyed 2 anti-tank guns, 701st Tank Destroyer Bn,

The 85th Regiment and Corpary "B"

secured the left flank against counterattack as our attack progrssod. This left "B" Company well in our rear for the next few days, and ci ficulty was exerienced in maintaining comunications. however, On the 18th

"B" Company was detached from the Battalion and attached to This Company was destined to ro

CC."M' of the 1st anmored Division. .mai

dctached for the ruainder of the operation.

The breakthrough into the O Valley was made on aipril 20th. TPv

Inf,.ntry Batta1ions supported by "A" and "C" Coripanies were out of the Appenines and atl3OO hours the Reconnaissance Company passed through with orders to cut Highway # 9. This wlas affected by ltfO hours. gun. In destroy On

this dy., Compamy "C" destroyed one SK IV and one 150 in numerable prisoners wore taken.

("B' Company, with C.C,',

ed 2 SIP guns in the L69W grid square at 191200B).

positions at 201800B ,april were
1'A1' Coup mny C1Q11 any Com ltA Pl7toon "B" ' Oormpany 1st Platoon 2nd Platoon Reconnaissance Company lst Platoon

Battalion dis

.1'-1UP751506

752255

733567

741563 680399
683396
772546
777548

2nd Platoon
3rd itlatoon
4th rlatoen

778543

737563
774552

The Divisional objective for the next day was to secure the

B,,,LP1OR O bridges intact,

"A" and I'C" Companics were to support the

o "
ne am-

advance of the 2nd am.

of the 86th Roginont.

Reconnaissance Corpw.Ir

was to prcvides a reconnaissanco screen for the divisional advance. +t 0910 hours one L-8 and one L-2s omp~ay wore d;stroyod by enemyI armored car of the Reconnaissnce fire. The Platoon Leader of the

First Platoon was killed, and his Platoon Sergeant was seriously tWundcd in action. The Company was forced to vAthdraw and choose

another route of advance. &wor resistance suddenly collpsed in this area. &th Recon

naissance Company in the lead, the 2nd Bn.

of the 86th Infantry

moved (iuotorizod) protected in column by the guns of "M' Gompany 30 sP.H, .timnt5 along the roads to RL VRIV at speeds approxiating of Rcn Goarrived at OLPORTO- at approximately 1600 hrs., somewhat

bridges intact. In in adwance of the main column, and secured both involved the vill--ge, hoevver, the 2nd Platoon of the Company bocaxac in a street fight with German Infantry. One L-8 Armored Car was hit

killed. -;d burned by ,ii ena-:y bazooka and the Platoon Sergeant was unThe vlatoon was forced to withdr-aw back across the canal bridge til Infantry and TD's ccIe forward to secure the towne. .t 2118oo

o April, dispositions of the Eattalion were

Pa CFj

"i101Company Reconnaiss nZce Compary "C" Compni 1st Plato on 2nd vlatoon 3rd Platoon

L 7515o6
L 6557 53 L 6557$3
L Ylh&3 3

L,747 60 3 L 73459 5
The 10th

AdvancO&5 to the North contirnod the neAt morning.

Division attacked regiments abreast, the 86th Infantry (Route IIBU)

and the 87th Infantry (Route "A" ).

Conpany

'1A

supported the 86th

and Conpany "C" sxpportod the 87th.

lioconnaissnnce Coifany provided

a screen for Route 1,&04 the }{ River.

of S.

Objective for the day -ias G4l-TTi (F5913) on

Resistince Yws slight :and CopwH011"eached the town n " r The colulm

B&ML1T1[O (l5811)about 2000 hours in the evening.

proceeding along Route "B" was not able to roa"ch objective that nighU but elconts of the Reoonnaissnce Conp ay arrived at Ci"LTtt at 0900 hrs,
Road blocks were n.ii.-ediately established along all routes of Eeay resistance that rauained in ap

proach by Cmp nios "M' and "0". the area wa.s mopped up,

Infantry units cf the .0th Division ixnediately crossed the river. Compnies ",'" and "C" a1pported this operation by direct fire. Thu

crossing of the tO iver by Tanks and Tank Destroyers, however, pro. scnted a most difficult problem, due to the fact that there wre no bridges available, It was not until the 25th of Lpril that elancunts

of this Battalion wore able to cross the River to support the Infantry bridgehead. Rcconnaissnce Company crossed on an -l treadwoy bridge

about 2513D0OD pril and joined the 86th Infantry Regin:int in their advance to the ever, was nt orth (objective VJ1ON;). This treadwy bridge, ho-:;

a suitable mreans for the L-10s to use in crossing, and

a capturud ferry waas utilized in ferrying the Destroyer Companies across, The progresswas slow nd the methcd tedious but by 26lOOB

April Com:.pany t'. nnd " crossing.

seven l-lOs of "C" Co.,pany had completcd the

These Destroyers then set about to carry out their assined 2ai~ents of the Recennaisstnce 86 Infantry at 26O[ J0B april.

u:issicn of flank protection advance. Company were in Vz iNA witlh the 3rd Lb.

Lopping up by all elements continued throughout the dsy, and at lCOOhrs

Reconnaissance and "C" cupnies movcd to 3JSSOLiGO (F5458) to occupy

and defend the tovn for the night.

The Battalion asscabled at 0800 hrs the follovtug norning and nioved
in spport of the a.dvance of the 87th Infantry Reginont along the shores of Lago di Grdc. 88 rz, clualepurpcse Linor resistance vas net during the day, nostly fron /TjT guns, of which Coup,Iy
A".0

destroyed two Forw-xd

and Ron Conptny destroyed one during the days operations.

ela.-ents of the Battalion reached F4578 at 200 hours on the 27th vhen relieved by elcuents of the 751 Tank Battalion lho continued in the
advance, (During this entire perio4, Corioy
SIB:1

of the 701st Tank Destroy-

er 3attilion had been detached from the BattalLn and had been in atpport of the attackin Ist mnored Division. The Battalion was

unable to t-aintain contact with this GoLJ,'ny throughout the greater

part of the 4pril operations. Coripai-w "B" on the 28th of the LlontL

;,vas attached to the 81st Reconnaissance Squadron and on this date

entered SOI&I

( 54o0ip). 0
An

ibtensive dci.olitiuns at F5696 and tunnel destruction in this area prevented further aimured advance in a northerly direction.

engineer estinate of the tine to construct a passable rcute wa s 7 days. In the afternoon of the 28th, Infantry units ofIthe 10th Division ade

an arihibious operation (by neans of "IJKvt's")

readt area and pruceedud north.

around the denolished

The Gun Companies of the Battalion

"ahen the advancing Infantry

sipported this operation by direct fire. vrs out

f effective support range of the Destroyer's guns, the

Ccrnanies were withdrax and road blocks were set up throughout the Divisional rea9 Dispositions remained essentially the sone throughout
"no OEM4as_-t MW

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the rat'indor of the period.

On the 3Jth the Battalion prepared to

rmove to vicinity of R1V, (,55Whh) cnd TUhOL- (A57025) by ferry the directics north on Lake GorADD and thence to continue to the North in ro-Lnner -vdItZSL passes to OJSTILA in support of the 10th o~f the .Infantry Division, which was assexblying to attack.
The Vst repcrted lcation of Company "" was TREVIGLIO (K5668)

on the 29th of

pril.
n great valley

The imonth ha-d beon a period of continual mov.eent.

h7d been crossed as the Fifth rxzy advanced from the ACpenincs to the
e Alps. ntJOr wa-ter obstacle had been crossed, and the Genaan aZ.ties

in Italy had virtually boon destroyed. gratiiying succoss.

The spring offensive had been

For the Officers 7ad Len of the 101st Tank Destroyer Battalion this rmonth r_,eant the completion of 35 long, ardous months of overseas service, This as porhrps the -;st singly important .onth of tha.1all

to usp for at long last the end of the Aropean Jar seemed in sight.
u:eLnts of this Battalion wore am.ong the first rserican ground forces
to engage the Nazi enQmy in this w'. It ;tas a gratifying thought that the end wtas so near; and that the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion had been a part of that Fifth Ar kxose priveJlego it had been to

assist in tho destruction of the enemy in iTttY.

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of the period (302ipQ) F52591h F 519 39 F 512888

Bn. Trains Ien Company ,Coconpny H," Ist ?atoon

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F 512888

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1
1-OD 30 APRIL 1945 Name

Russe~l Simmons

4 Lonnie W, PI*ilips
John J, Carroll

lt Lt Lawrence V. Burke Tec 4 Charles H. Scott Raymond R. Stum Pfc 1st Lt J .hn NMIC Hudson

T., Spaulding T/Sgt Howvar Tec 5 N,4b H, Midkiff Joueph H. Metzeder Pvt * Tec4 Crlos Snell Jr Pfc Claude A. Crowder Tec 5 Robert E. Leasure Willard J Cummins Pfc * PV John T O'Rourke Rex MI Meredith fro * Sgt Robett *Dunhai * Tec 5 Eugene W. Bakex * Capt John NMI Hudson 2d Lt Joe H. Patterson S/Sgt Anthony G. Schepici Tec 5 J. T. (io)Dial Norman Vigderhouse Ffc Pfc Clayton N Ii nderson John M. Wiwi Pfc Sgt Clyde T. Gephart Cecil W. Thompson Pfc Pvt Eldridge C. King S/Sgt Julius J. Fussell
alfred L. Parks Sgt Tee 5 Deloss B. Morgan Kenneth D. Coleman Pfc Tee 5 Gordon B. Bernhard Tec 5 Donald L. Carrington Te 5 Dallas A. Holcomb
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Ralph D. Higgins John R, Foster Marshall R. Nuzam Sterling C. Brown Clauide N. Gilliland George L. Baldwin James E. Upchurch He rman Adams Rov 0 Peterson Ton T., Cunn Oscar E. Swanson Earl L, Urban Arnold . Asling John NMI Hudson

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REPLCLO-NTS:

two (2) officers and

Darig the period the Battalion received eight (8) enlisted men as replacements.
IV
ROTATION AND T-,1POPARY DUTY:

men returned to the

Dring the period twenty five (25) enlisted men returned to the U. S. on
U. S. on rotation and eleven (11) enlisted Temporary Duty.

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IIErDQU t .PT&{S
701ST TnNK DESTCItR bATTALION
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APO 464

1 May 1945
CQ4BAT LESSONS9 S
W-I IQ ..APRIL4.9..I

During the entire month of April 1945, the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion yes in support of the 10th IMotnta!in I:fantry Division; withme perd 7 - 30 Aprfl the exception of Company "B" which, dilirv the ander operational control of the Ist. Arnrei Dir&.i.on, Operations, for the greater part, were offensive; consisfiy of iant.-moving irfantryTank - Tank Destroyer Combat Teams ,-nder Tnf 0nc:y ;omani. Resistance varied from strong to nil, and the upeeat: r.e,'ed the enti"e area from the Appenines through the Po Rive Vi) e; t&he Alpt. Terrain varied from flat cultivated valleys wih gcou road neicc to high barren mountains where roads were a nonexistant facsor. Every conceivable German anti-tank devise from the A/T Grtnade and Bazooka to the 88m gun was contacted by elements of this Battalion. From the many and varied combat experiences of our personmel during the period, a wealth of combat lessons have been derived. For the sake of simplicity, these Lessons will be discussed under the following
headings:
1e 2.
3.

Tank Destroyer-Gun Companies. Tank Destroyer Reconnaissance Company.

Tank Destroyer Headquarters and Headquarters Copany.

Commnica t ions.

1.

TM ( DLSTROYRGUNI

N CO tANI

4S

During the period 130 April the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion
and the 751 Tank Battalion worked in close conjunction supporting the
10th 1ountain Division.
Innumerable Tank - Tank Destroyer tactical groupings were attempt ed, all arranged to meet a given tactical situation. Proper comuni cation enabled each of these organizations to successfully carry out
their assigned missions. The two Battalions initially interchanged
crystals on all 508 and 528 radios within their respective organizations. This autom.atically insured comrnication of any combined groups of Tanks and Tank Destroyers.
Initially in the period each Tank and Tank Destroyer Company inter changed one PLatoon. This gave each tank corpany two*platoons of 1'4 's and one platoon of L-lO 's, and gave each TD Compcny two tlatoons of -lQIs and one Platoon of L-h's. One mixed company was then sent in support of each assault Infantry Battalion. Later in the period -ll conceivable combinations were profitably used. (Note - The integral Platoon construction always remained unaltered. Exchanges were not made involving units smaller than the Platoon) The actual assault on enemy positions wats carried out as follows: The Tank Destroyer p-Ltoons were used as a base, firing in direct support of the advancing Infantry, The lediun Tanks were slightly i rear as a mobile reserver, after the TD direct fire had softened the encny strong points, the medium tanks caie forward, passed through the TD's, and pushed forward to the objective wth the Infantry. The TD's continued to over-watch, engaging all targets of opportunity. In the initial stages of the Divisional attack (vicinity of C-stel d' &iano) some Tank - Tank Destroyer companies had engineers platoons attached. Numerous mines and demolitions were encountered and without irmediite engineer assistance the progress of the aror would have been frequently deltyed. In the advmnce across the Po River Valley, one platoon of Tank Destroyers usually operated with the forward elements of the Lotorized columns. The rcaininder of the TD coLp'ny were interdispersed (by sections) between the trucks of the Lotorixed Infcntry to protect the column from roving German self-propelled guns, which after being by passed, often fired on the trucks in rear of the an.or.

Tt&NK DxSTRY2 GUi

COiJ4I.ZJ (Cont 'd)

It h.s been the policy of this Batt,lion th-t t latoon Leaders are on the -lO for more effective control of the guns and for his In flat terrain, such as the Po Valley, the fire ovm protection. of all platoon guns are brought on each ta:rget (in rountainous ter KL.toon Lusderbrings the If th rain this is not alvways possible). fire of his gun onto the targct, he no longOr comrimds a platoon but one gun; if ho does not engage the target, but continues to control On. the fire of his plaotoon, he looses the fire of one of his guns. Cor.mpan3 Co riu'nder suggests the addition of the fifth gun to the platoon mother Company Caa (Organization then similar to the tank platoon). - - a light tank in the TD pla.toon as the Platoon Command nander suggust ors vehizlu (in licc. of thu authorized L-20). It is impurativo th4t Tanks nd Tank Destroyers keep moving hen No'th roadbound in mountainous terrain when under enemy observation. A40 three tanks were destroyed by enu-y tcnk and artillery of aVIGN 1 fire when the column j-.ted and stopped on the road as the lead tank reached the objective. In this connection, it m.iay be sa.id that when operating ith dismounted Infantry columns in mrountainous terrain, only a aall portion of the TD ccapny should be kept forw-nxd (pos The column that Avanced up the cast sibly a section or a platoon). side of Lago di Ghrdo ably proved this point in tha.t the entire at tached TD coap my was kept well forwnrd.e blow in the ro.d was reached and the entire aoored colu.m was j7r.ud for-ard (it being The entire left column was next to impossible to get off the road). thus exposed nd offered a rost promising tavrget to urn-my guns across the la7ke (rnge 2500 to 3000 yards). Germn anti-aircraft gunners on the du-_JIpurposc 88 rm gun ap of amor scCr. s p.rently themnot make good nerve.gunners. trained to make do loose their 4T -. so, The presence to tking LaEds on fL.st m.ioving aircraft the ,/4 gunner firing on tanks will invariably overestia.te th lad, q and fire in front of the tank. Four tinmes in t;v m /,i guns used for JT purposes fired on anaored crs days enew 88 ru and TD's at ranges under one thousand (1000) yards,a' d missed. One p -rticulor gun firWd five rounds, missing each time. Then the crew evidently ab-ndonud their gun hen a TD cnane foraxd to engage and destroy it.

'

USE OF Sb R SLLS
illuminating, 3 Dring the past sevcral nonths the n..al shell, has been used by this Battalion L 24, Lod 0 1 x/Fuze T & Sg Ih inch in the following three roles : (1) Illninaition of trgets for night bombing., (2) Illur1Lnation of ene.iy strong points to becng!agecd by cd:" eat fire 0

(3) UKghGaoJUSt of targets for Field iirtillury obserwrs for J lu.-mnion nt st 0

Night Poerbing: Our night bombing missions were preorrrnged by the ir Corps and .,e have found trans.itted to the Tttalion thr-ugh Corps rtillczy

that is necessn..y to havc or o(fficer, fomiltar ;ith methods of fire nans, wvith the solo mission of fir-
rw ,and tvvo direction nd sial, several hundred rounds of shell W-ero alwaya ing illminating shl!. ,2.so on hond 2t the Battalion duaap
s to The gans had to be well forv.wrd so ..
be able to engage of feciently the targets selected by the
dar Corps for the nights opcrations. afternoon of the locations
The Batta-ion xwas never informed until l (centers of coljmauiCation, road junctions, etc) whir'
of the tarxgets usually were well in front of our lines.
Registration by ir OP or ground 0? on area targCts is desirod
On sevcral occasions) Wen tie did not per but not alw-ays necessaxy mit daoy-light registration, the guns were laid by compass and fired
with satisfactory results0
The r.ethod of engaging targets by the Battalion was laid do-vi by
the ir Corps and IV Corps urtill ry
t TOT (Tine over Tnrget) - 2 minutes, an aircraft releases a flare in the target area, This served as an alert notice to the gans which fire two illuminating shells over the ctnter of the target at TOT.

over the center

S.t, t dditionl shells re fired Then from TOT plus 2 minutes to TOT plus 6 minutes both
of the target guns tire as nmm illuminating shells as possible directing than in the

manner: Cnter of target, three hundred (30) yrds iSt of tnrget znd three hundrod (3)0) yards right of target a hgggingTarget swt h di:'oct fire ?t night at one tne daring the O10th Lountain Division operation in the Castel d'nizno sector thu enerqywas knovm to be building: strong 7a:Th frot our front line. It was.pi1r point about eight hundred (,(00)
y, 701 TD Bn fire stax shells over this point
j-)QL-p ned to have TM1 T>n engage the t'trget with direct fire.
and have "B" Gonp'.wn, Time did not perrit ragistrt.in during day light on the tar6et. The
not having been registartd, ii ,hen guns we-re laid b'y oo.iass dcfs.ection fired,inst ead of lighting up th; and x i-ere off several iIs - never fired this type tha1 w-s to fire target, lit up the plcbo t Liission again,Lbt tm'- necossiby for re.isration is obvious.

Registration of Field

~]cyby ED)Kni,,hjt using llltuuminating. Shel.

th During our operationr wi; the- 1,th Loimtrin Division in the 9 si sccuss.. illinating Castel d Aino ector wc used, -ith soi The nethod although aoe-h.,ai t
for right adjusraent of Fie.ld nrtillery. crude, is .s follows:
extrciaely difficult. .e Comanications with the ,,rtillery dh Lountain- artillery cmn find 5f.ring positions without much trouble, few suitable positions trajctory, very lt for our gun with it disznccs betrosn zxtillcry and TD's ware, Therefore, m_-pr cticable, could be found, The !%R510 and SCR 508, due as a rule, great, and wore to the nountains -wre not reliblo, So the following ethod TI%3, d". ihern the FO picked un or was inforimed of a target the coordiP vised. natos were sent to the Battalion -hich in turn figured the d.ata for The F mould be rea.dy to fire but would not fire until so the target. then only after he had seen the star shell ovur Knd the Q ordered by The area then would be continually lighted until the the target na. registration as cor.pleted which usu.aly took five (5) to six (6)

minutes.

It is felt that soie better riethod could bc ; rked out to insure good illunination using a LdiniLu of shells.

V
cTROYS-:7 2. TnlNK DES.

NNI 3s-JCE CCPT,.NY

During the period the Reconnaissance Company of this Battalion seldom operated under Battalion Control or with or in support of the Gun Companies of the Battalion. None the less, the information they
derived would be of general value to all Reconaissance Troops. In general engagements between Infantry arid Reconnaissance froopt', -S Armored Cars are the Infantry wll inwariably come off second best. used as a moblie base of fire arainst enemy Infantry while 1/4 ton, 4 x 4, crews of the Reconnaissance Platoon nperate'dismounted, attack-* ing agressively under covering fire of the U-8's. Six (6) kilometers south of Bomporto, Italy, one Reconnaissance Platoon attacked some one hundred (100) enemy Infantrymen using the ab N3 procedure. By segmenting the enemy Infantry into small groups by wedging the M-8's between them, the Platoon captur d, killed or wounded bhe eniire group of enemy without casualty to themselves. This enemy group conc-rined thirteen (13) Officers while the total strength of the attacking Platoon-was only seventeen (17) men. (Note - Although all of the enemy group were armed with small arms and machine guns, they possessed no useable A/T weapons). Under similar circumstances, however, this same Platoon some five (5) days later engaged a similar number of enemy SS Troops near Bardolino, Italy. In this case the Platoon procedure for attack was the same, and a wedge was driven between the enemy. This ti;Ae, however, the enemy troops withdrew a short distance, v orking to the flanks, and began to at tack the armored cars launching a/T Grenades and Bazookas. This agressive action by the enemy forced the Reconnaissance Platoon to withdraw, but only after it had succeeded in inflicting an estimated ten (10) to twelve (12) casualties upon the enemy. In action against enemy Infantry in towns and villages, Reconnaissance troops often do not fare so well. In Bomporto, Italy, there were two river and canal bridges which the Division Colm,-n icr had ordered to be secured intact, if possible. This Oompany was the first unit to reach these bridges and found them intact upon arrival. Some fifteen to twenty enemy Infantrymen were on tho far side of the bridge, plainly visible. Suspecting the bridge to be mined, the Platoon Leader none the less
elected to attack. He ordered his armored cars across the bridg.e firing upon the enemy as they advanced. The enemy Infantry scattered, and by this agressive action the Pla.toon Leader saved the bridge. (Some six hundred pounds of TNT was later taken from the bridge by the Company Pioneer Platoon) The second bridge was in the center of the town. The Platoon Leader advanced swiftly and crossed thu second (It too wa~s pre pared for demolitions). He had dropped off a 1/4 ton, 4 x 4, and crew at each bridge for protection, and now found that he must advance on

the houses border-M ing the street as he advanced, Eneiny Infart.y evidently realized this
and launched A/T grenades from the
hcuses at -le i-8's One Armored car was hit, set on fire, and the Platoon Sergean. and radio operator were
killed. The German Infantry then counterattacked
and forced the Platoon to withdraw back across the bridge. Rrzom thts action it may be said that, against agressive and determined enemy troooz in towns and villages, all houses along the route of advance must be cleared abreast of the advance ing armor.

When Armored C.'rs are compe8lea tn engage Tanks or AiT Guns, the results are usually disas1v-, Dn fnghw'y 9 i -iKaly cne Pl.atoon was 8 heading west toward Mo una This PlatQe-.e wri ere by an anti-tank gun firing at a range es hmdr d "30) ye dc, Tie keraan A/r gunner evidently realized the limit :c ur.rjg raoi.a t toe ,-2 for he knocked out the second armored ear i the eol-mn firt, th'en rnstroyed the lead M-8 before it could turn avay The PilAtoon Leader was killed, but the Sergeant in command elected to .:ttack the qua dismounted, He found the gun to be protected by detemined Goran Infanti y. Th's, one wrll placed A/T gun hopelessly block-d a sajCr highway to the Reconnaissance elements and a new route of advance had to be chosen.
In this action the Platoon
suffered nine (9) casualties while the enemy lost only one (1) man. Throghout the operation, an armored Field ILrtillery Battalion used the same 500 series radio channel as the Reconnaissanci Comp"ny of this Battalion. Thus, without official sanction and .ntirely by the lairs of chance, an all-important and life-saving arrangement was worked oat mutually between the air-OP's of the AFA Battalion and the Reconnaissance Platoons. The Observers and Platoon operators gradually learned to distinguish radio voices, and even though the call signs changed iaily,
each group was able to recognize the other. The Reconnaissance Platoons were habitually in the lead of all north bound coluins, and when airbound the air OP would call the Platoons asking if he could be of any
help. The Platoons would reply
with their forward location, asking the OP to observe to their front. This resulted several times in the location of enemy valuable tanks and A/T guns to the front and in the passing down of ininfonmation to the Platoon from the OP. This procedure was work ed many times in the auvance to the north, and the possibility of its use in future operations in any theatre should be seriously consiucred by all
echelons of Coinranci.
The Reconnaissance Company, through the above means virtually assured at all times of adequate FL support. At Antola, Italy, on Highway 9, the Reconnaissance Company was utilized -in the defense kt night, German truck columns came west frau Bologna of the town. to approximately five hundred (500) yards of the forward Platoon outpost, and German Infantry began to detruck4 The Platoon leader immnediately called for fire from
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through the town without stfficient

-.sorreA to clear

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prospective counterattack. In retrospect, however, although the damage inflicted upon the retreating enermy by the Reconnaissance Company of this Batta) ion -s beyond measure; Reconnaissance, as befits the name, was a dismal failre.
DurIng the entire period, although every Corbat Comriand
of the Division used during the period had reconnaissance elements, the Task Force Cora rander at no time had communication with this reconnaissance. Thus, al though the Reconnaissance Platoons ever carried out their assigned tmiss ions and ere htbiw.milly first on objective, they served no purpose than that they .ere firs% for they could not transnit that information which they obtained to timt prooer authorities, In addition, when the Reconn aissar-nce elements enagud the enemy they ,,,erc often forced to fight the rkhole action by thernel'es, for they wecre unable to c-li upon the Task
Force cownanders for adequate support. This resultzd in relatively high casualti-s in '"i and equinment and lolvered morale among the personnel. n

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,_.~~_ g it is i ,.t pr1s0t sector, -ny Cl:' of :undqu rt ur s to the C&oo, BtoliOfl.
-ihne

iles from th Bttli -. ntoen) sire:--re thr.i.115 Reconm'Jss.ICp c ofd p ls c- r s b these .i stvc -~c iaistittivoprobi(a.s cr :ti C.:. one of the Pntt:in, Durina thL prst pltu--l str:flA Up)on the f.cilitis Co- ns opui'nr:--in eflXr n s rLt'lon :-co- cu -r oprer , .p-rtod .n-th-z f-r ncrow' thm -r4 the -antc in ;-:.hilo r,the Vueccnhc-iss-no o_ co_.letcly_ ni>, s -]ust Therd1-,.-bcing of thcse Pf-r serncl Cc front. upon the interest dis-l'ed i thc:. by tle units to ;tcich they w.-re Dc.pends aLttachod. p-.stprtion-,ith five (5) LC trucks oA A This Pztt.lion b.-n the IV corps trucking Coippy. ,..st of the service to the,rovisonnl 6et~ch'cd y tn.- (2),2trik r.'' one lc during the oper.tion ttm stt-lin. (1), This usu tirc jimposed - suply str2A ttt to Cou.p 2W~s c,:'u ,sre oupp ly ffic:4ieh the 'r-nssort.t ion lntoon -ieC_.c ";ttmliou just not .nvcibl P h:-ul thu r quix, unnblc to ovrcoiuo, n Trucks .cre supply, -ad ,i, unition.-, Ukitchsi, tunt.., gesoltm, diesel, other umpip -ont hd to be dropped? abon the ;:yi. f-e to0 i.ek cf <tqu.t nuccss,ry for tho porsorvnl oi the u-it to forfdit thnr tRCl-.., it ;s Culd be 2:like r-itiuns, i othtrxg but 1 itc.s f.bsolut. necossit beer for -short sh-rt 7 1 cvi.ted tis r oturCd cfnL.y vehicles c-rrid, put -n tVim , but . r<y ourdors for the turn in of ctnrA- tc.n v;chIlrs
0this, oud to

Three t.orc tl ,tonns (one

1-1_ frcr t -3t&W0 .::ni Q .t3y m 180 iles o: Csof 1-d

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CO.LhiICaTIO 1S

This Battalion had so long operated with the 1st were communications and cormmunications problems have Armored Division
been
success fully mastered that the difficulties encountered Infantry Division brought about almost unsolvable in operating with an
situations. Ldequate
comnnicatior was
not insured between the component elements of the
Infantry-Tane-Tr c Destroyer forces and the situation of each often be came obscure to the other.
The Tanks and Tank Destroyers both used the a mutunl exch.nGn of radios and cryst'ls insured 500 series radios and
proper and adequate
coremunication bet seen than.
Neither, however,
had adequate cormunication
with the Infantry they supported,
For this reason, Infantry Conuanders
in the excitement of battle, having no
communication vith Tank or
Tank
Destroyer Coranders would attempt to seize control of individual guns
often ordering them into impossible situations all without the knowledge
of the Armorod Platoon Copmanders.
Confusion and antagonism were the
only results of these situations;
211 unfortunate and inexcusable but
understandable.
In the
same manner, Tanks and Tank Destroyers were
often required to fire in support of Infantry actions when they did not
have an
adequate knowledge of the situation, and the resultant support
fires were somerhat ineffective.
Cormmunications between small Tank and be.n properly arranged for the Tnk-- Tank Inf-ntry units could have
Destroyer Platoon Leaders
all, possessed 300
series Infantry radios, but wore never informed of
the unit channels of the organizations that they supported.
The 528 radio has been suggested as the standard set to equip
L-lO's in lieu of the present 510.
This would give the Tank Destroyers
a set-up equivalent to that of the Ledium Tanks, rnge of commnication, and would enable
Tank would allow a greater
a Destroyer unit, which is
subject to a change of attachment within a Division, to carry integral ly the proper channels for the major units within the Division.

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Air-Ground Tactical communication is still extremely unsatisfactory;

the 'Rover Joe" and "Rover Pete" organizations are not the answer to
this acute problem. air-Ground communication should be under most echelon conmander of a given Task Force ( the control of the fore but the commander most forward vito has adequate not the Force Commander,
communication with the components of the force).
This vould normally be either the commander of the Reconnaissance elements or the comander of the Advance @ard,

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Cop)y of this Battalio In tho past operation, the Reconn.iSssnCO ifoctw -Srkored Oar-;rs diswnd nc I. 38 was strafed by Amrican ... aircraft ai7ly Taarked by te naxhLful as o r od out oven though the vuhiclc purposes n s issud for iduitb.3Ofl play of the orscrbe y:,lv: y jig by 2-? d strf , for encrj, Two other times the cj ran ;-rslhst.kCf aircrcft resui tud. 5noc 300 yards :i front of the n.orkud tine J -ea t-47 zrcraft and aL)-pTry strfinr enemy Infantry, s s-c lea_:d vohicl,- cf th. iber,7nra some srafcd fn cn:y group ,. f,'s .{jr.cy as the Compsr< fcxrtf Ct tn the 1eft rear ath proper coixlunic-tion. y-'.r(ts five hundred
the raie rath r than the 10xceOtio.L. -r. t this case c-iL ,he .e.ost sinuly Lmportant tacticoI considertion at ion
.;' without otrfe 'i o. .ry oi~erati-Ofl
is prcpC cand adequa-c cCrdunic prcpo fn ahy yuars of
of the given cor.andQ
Three to be
between a-ll ccQfofonnt eliTnts Battalion have proven this st3toment Overseas operations by this true.

LBERT B4 tDRRIJLN
Captain, Inf

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% ubmitted by Colonel W,. F, l, iilice, FA, Army Ground Forces 3oard,1 TO)
AN

HEAKDQUARTER

701ST TANK DESTROYER BATTLION APO 46h U. S. ARMY T/

2 1,it May 1914.5

APiVOR ITN SUPORT OP IJF2+-iTPY ON LAGO DI

G-ARJA, IT2LY (F5090)
(xrT
,iPNIBIOTIS OP+YT 10iOf) 0 ..

During the latter part of April 19h5, the 10th iuontain Infantry Division was attacking north against light and scattered resistance along the east shores of Lago Di Garda. The 701st Tank Destryer >atal.on (-"B" Company), with "C" and "D" Companies of the '751st Tank Pattalion attached, was in sup port of the divisi6n attack; which progressed north along the single road par ralloling the.lake- Thus, on the left of the attacking forces ars some thirtyfive hundred (3500) to twelve thousand (12000) -ards of water, whilen the right was an impassable barrier of hills up to 103h eters in height. The area wTas entirely impassable for armored or other vehicles e:.:cept along the main road to the north. Initi. enemy demolitions were encounterod at '5h3 t3 early on the mornlug of April 28th. This caused some delay to the a--mor but the infantry pro, ceeded on to+thc Village of r..,a!"enc (F5h54LT) 'rh'cla they occupied zaraitod support of armor. hen the ongihcers had completed the fi1 IV 's orocoee ed on forward to the village, where at its nortni edge n qxad car of the reconlaissance company was Lakon under Lire b" A .< &m*.'Th infantry proceeded on forw-ard, but found furtho:" Aio&iNW P556958. At th,is point they suffered considerable casualtt s fz~ntj$pm % nty4Za) aW. . fire- frfom- the mouth of a tuml on (KAm. ?<Ii9takDt'pP orought f orw-ard, the+c cro-ws of the enemy, / r mi.Ir uns evi&-,;aie g l 4&7n crtd their guns, for rot a round ras firod..)-'."_ Cat The demolitiois at.FA56M put an crd to fLrtcr advances to the north0 The road had been %6ppcd into the lake for a distance of somc bno -hundred and Li ty (150) feet and just beyond, the road tulin l +,iout'i(-to.qcrc the road
paSSsei through the steep mountainside thnat ran iea- b the w.i .ater edge) had been closed krhoe the extensbve cemolitions had dropped the tunnel reef onto the floor. This tunnel was one 6f ++anybe~tween Navene (75'h59h7) and Torbolo (2578023) en the lake shorerad. Lngimn'<+ est-vte weesve-7 t e (10) days to clear the road,

As visual rceonnaiLssance craved the other tmnels to be still intact, the + division cermmand4- r dec + ded upon an I+mphibious op;6.ration to Zoe creund the de molished area to scure the ether tunnels intact 4 "DUKgYT3", being available, -,e:re ixmcedi:telyj brought forward and a battel-.

ion of infantry was landed in the vicinity of 25698. This lcncbng was sup ported by the direct fire of "C" Company of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion0

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<'-a-i this landing

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intact),

had boon securod, (the roemaining tunnls .70r7 taken support troops 'cre landed, and an attack ums launched o secure the

t.rn of Div S(_20h) and Torbole (<78023). It was then that the comand i1g general decided to attempt to use bar bc-to ferry tans and tank destroyers
nort.- on-the lake to support the advanco of' tho infanti; or if poss_ot)ib, to advanco on to the north',rth the infantry after it the initial Riva- Torbolc objective.
this r- not rc reached cd

Unfortunately, the. necessary "QUOUE,,T" barges -core not immiediately avail able for the operation, and.the infantry was on objective (.-iva - Tor"bole) long before the first of the armor arrived.
A.firry point was established at FSL79SO, and by afternoon of the 1st of Ma"11.y 'QUON'SETT" barges -ere in the 'ater. 2nd rcady to receive. the It was decided b, agreement betw:een tie cormnuanoJ.ng officer, 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion and G-3, 10th 1 ountain Infjtntry Division to move the armor in the following order: 1 a
-

1 b-2 a-2 b 3 a

2 M-8's (701 Rn) 2 .'-iQ's (./701) Engineer Equipment.

IV.

-RLIVA
-TOBBOLE

2 11-8's (701 Bcn) 11 (D/7$l )

1
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(c/7Sl

Engineer Equipment. 2 if-l0Ts

DIVA

LORBOLE

All remaining armor to TORBOL? in tie follo-,ig order:

Medium tanks, light tanl,s TD's of "A" and "C" Companies, TD Battalion, and. 701st Reconnaissance Company. 701st

2,

This order was brought about by the fact th-t the vehicles in classes 1, and 3 'core to be used initially on road blocks in the Torbolc - Riva area.

Tro unforscen factors entered the picture. iirst, although tn "QUOTST" barges -reo said to be of the seventy (70) ton class, their actual load limit as not in excess of fifty (50) tons. This meant tuice the orfiinally schedul o-1 number of runs. Next, the motor on the "QUONETLr" was not rmechanicallv cp,.-rative, and it was necessaiT to propcll the barge by tying "dakir's" to the port and starboard side and using-tn "dukrw" po-w:er to move the "QUONSET." This added to the ninimur_ time limi'it of each trin up tnelrake.

.,lonthe!ess , tiec fery7 was in oscr .tion, by 1,!.O0, hours, I lay, and by 1715 " _ hours the first lead a . ,rrived at Dliva. (110 entire ferry trip consume.d
som.e tie and one-half (2%-) hours time. This meant a max:imum of twelve (12) tanks 2ould be handled each day). The ferry continued in epe-ration throughout

the n-ght, and by 021700? ilay tiw fullo .ringvehicles had arrivU~ at dostina
tion:

Ist 3rd let Ce.

Pla~toon, Platoon, Pla~toon, Mqh's

Ben. Ce., 701st T.D. hen. Co., 701st T.D. "K' Co.; 701st T.D, men., ", 701st T.D.

Bn. Bn. Bn. Bn. RECTRICTED

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2 Ledium Tanks of "C" Co.; 751 Tank Bn. I Light Tank of "" Co. , 75l Tanj Bn. h Quonsett loads of heavy engineer bridgi.ng equiprent. This list shows that the contemplated schedule of movement was not follow ed to th-e letter. It was learned that although the barge could not handle two (2) tanks each trip it could nonetheless carry additional light vehicles. it model load vas one (15 medium tank and one (1) 1-8 armored car. 1/h ton, It x 41s of' the reconnaissance company could also be added to the load as

IThus problem.

the vehicles of the reconnaissance company presented no

A change in the priority of equipment was -ade the-next day in that en gineer equipment was given load priority over th'e armor, so Uht by 031800B May only five (5) additional nedium tanks of the attached Q"C1mpany, 7S1 o Tanrk Battalion had been ferried. No further trips were made with the armor. The road to the north raLs opened at 0800 hours on tue h1th of l'ay and tle ferTy was put out of operation.

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x x x

Although the quonsett barge was only in operation for a matter of four as transported by this fcrry, the operation "ras nonetheless deon,- a success. The use of quonsett barges in such operations is tactically a sound proposition and their use in ft ure operations by domanders faced v,th similar fircunstances chould be seriously considered. The operation just described could have boon carried out in the face of enemy fire and, had the quonsett bergos been available, tanks and tank destroyers could nlave landcd ,ith the infantry.

(1) days, and. although only a portion of the available armor

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In arny similar operation, the follo-ing factors must be taken into con sideration: 1. Effective control must b exercisedat toer ,,,.k~tionnont. Only vehcelos to be imczdiately available for loan.Vr , nest b in ti area. (This bttalien ith battalion headquarters. embarkation pont ith hon and telephone placed an officer at the contact The loading offrce radio called for
xrehicdes a's dcesirod for loading). 2. Effective control_ erst be exercised at tc debark,tison point. 7?hen eQ~ a limnited number of quonsett barges are av.ilable, small portions of :'etr ci-,units .,nay become lost atter debarkation,

3. lien quonsett ba.rges are to he usoc' to carrr arm or in the assault a thorough 2ic-study must be nade of the lancd :-g area, to insure adequ: .tc land.P lag *pints. 1;.
eriods of nejor operations.

uonsctt bc.rges are engineer equipment tlt

For this roson, t_.1ogh long stndtho

arc used only for short Two motors woe tried

use, To po-w-er m-otors are liable to become inopcrativo.

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REST-.LTCT:ED-.

in gin

opora1tion, and roither one worked _ast in the quipment is north hauling all ti lon pin opcrative stabo.

r 3,pei Pf such a heavy mioco of entaly, it is-ort way

rmst 1>. md o oiic to L. A sufficicnt nuabrr of the quonsctt bargos to -ot'J operation, it would have taken tao (2; .o, the aror. In the past of this battalion. T ic usc ol quonsett barges or units the ombat vohiclos
lAr.r th.n battalions is almost out of to quostion.

In assault operations, some form of protnetion from enemy fire be <-r:ed thu crews of t'-piquonsotts.
7.

ust

b rges daylight.

in oporations in. wich it is contwplater to ;tc tan s in quonstt ftor soon

s ocssiAO nd as t, planned to in tho assault, it ust be ng quon oa-ts lprsc )t :Iost fi,.craM: barget
1

Tankson the
low movi

to nay guofirJ.

3.

.hon-it s contcm abe.-d to use qaensotb Jgr inan opcraution, some id trcand mouonsts rust
-

fnrebhought must be f'VO- to tat

.not
h ,c d:rs were lost bee,-ao 7 ti

c. In he avail "!orrdtobL_y
~r rt--s ".,-;ere(t on h-z..
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ast

o:c

tion three (3)

/s/

Albert D. Ilorrison
S-3

ITORRISOI
.1,T_.? 3,. Captain, Infant r

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