After Action Reports of the 17th Tank Battalion (7th Armored Division) http://www.7tharmddiv.org/docrep/N-17-AAR.pdf Transcribed from the original documents in Box 15714 (7th Armored Division 607-TK- (17)-0.1 to 607-TK-(17)-0.7) of Record Group 407 (Adjutant General’s Office) at National Archives II in College Park, MD by • Scott Mills, nephew of Monroe “Monty” Kretschmer of Company “B”, 17th Tank Battalion, who died 5 November 1944 of wounds suffered 28 October 1944 for August-October 1944, December 1944-February 1945 • David Hall, son of Lloyd C. Hall of Company “B”, 17th Tank Battalion for November 1944, March 1945 • Andrew Morrison, grandson of Don Ketcham of Company “C”, 17th Tank Battalion for April-May 1945 Edited by Wesley Johnston, son of Walter Johnston of Company “B”, 38th Armored Infantry Battalion. The original spellings and format are generally retained in the transcript. Word wrap in which a line of text continues to the next line is not necessarily as in the original. In some cases in the transcription, the font size is reduced from the original, in order to keep each page together. If there is any question of accuracy, please contact Wesley Johnston (
[email protected]) so that the original scanned images can be checked to assure that the transcript does or does not match the original. S_E_C_R_E_T HEADQUARTERS 17TH TANK BATTALION APO #257, U.S. ARMY COMBAT HISTORY OF THE 17TH TANK BATTALION FOR THE PERIOD 11 AUGUST 1944 THROUGH 31 AUGUST 1944 INDEX PART 1 ..................... PERIOD 11 AUGUST 1944 TO 20 AUGusT 1944 PART 2 ....................