Attached are several comments by various officers of tank battalions, tank destroyer battalions, and tank companies which relate to various types of employment, enemy actions, and to equipment.
From back of photo: PFC Warren Capers recommended for Silver Star. With other members of his medical detachment, Private Capers set up a dressing station and aided over 330 soldiers on a beachhead on D-Day. August 18, 1944. Cunningham.
From back of photo: Protection must be maintained at all times for Engineer Construction Units operating in England. Here a machine gun is being held in readiness for action. L to R: 1ST SGT William P. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA., S/SGT Albert Bay,...
MAJ Jayson Stewart served on an embedded training team (ETT) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this August 2009 interview, MAJ Stewart discusses his pre-deployment...
In this interview MAJ Mack McCarthy, Infantry, discusses his 15-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in 2003. MAJ McCarthy brings up his pre-deployment training, issues the organization faced in leaving so quickly,...
From back of photo: Group shot of the nine remaining men of an I and R Platoon of the 24th Regiment, 25th US Infantry Division, L-R: SFC Dewey Cheppelle, CPL John Clark, PFC Charles Gillespie, PFC Carrol Washington, PFC Walter Mullins, CPL Joseph...
From back of photo: Standing in front of a Korean military installation are (l-r) PFC Henry A. Adams, T/SGT Oscar R. Hogan, PVT Lawrence Grisson, and PFC Henry L. James.
From back of photo: African American Troops Replacement Center, Engineers, Ft. Belvoir, Va., parade past the Commerce Building on Constitution Ave. in the Memorial Day Parade, Washington, D.C.
From back of photo: Detachment of African American Cavalry Troops stationed at Ft. Myer, Va., are shown participating in the Memorial Day Parade, Washington, D.C.
From back of photo: This soldier of Company E, 25th Regiment , 93rd infantry Division, member of a patrol reconnoitering in Japanese territory, squats on the alert. This is one of the first photographs made of black ground troops in action in the...