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4TH ARMORED DIVISION

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

GENERAL General Sources.....p.1 WW2 -General Sources.....p.1 -Specific Engagements.....p.4 -General John Wood.....p.5 Since 1945.....p.5 Miscellaneous.....p.5 Personal Papers.....p.5

GENERAL SOURCES

Controvich, James T. Bibliography, 4th Armored Division. n.p., 1986. 8 p. Z1249.M5.C652.4ARM.

Wilson, John B., compiler. Armies, Corps, Divisions and Separate Brigades. In the official Army Lineage Series. Wash, DC: CMH, 1987. pp. 187-93. UA25.W547. Lineage & honors from WW2 through Dec 1984.

WORLD WAR II

-GENERAL SOURCES

"Blitz Through France--4th Armored Division Spearheads Third Army." Cavalry Journal (Nov/Dec 1944): pp. 30-31. Per.

Cameron, Robert S. “The Army Vision: The 4th AD in World War II.” Military Review (Nov/Dec 2003): pp. 59-68. Per.

Carr, Caleb. "The American Rommel." MHQ (Summer 1992): pp.76-85. Per. 4th Armored Division p.2

Craig, Berry. The Legacy of the 4th Armored Division. Paducah, KY: Turner, 1990. 111 p. #05-4AR.1990.

Erickson, John R., & Ray, David W. The Long Look: The Out-of-the-Ordinary Life of David W. Ray. Perryton, TX: Maverick Books, 1987. 153 p. D810.C36.U55. Chaplain’s memoir

Ellis, William D., & Cunningham, Thomas J., Jr. Clarke of St. Vith: The Sergeant's General. Cleveland, OH: Dillon/Liederbach, 1974. 344 p. U53.C6.E46. See Chaps. 2-7 on 4AD.

Forty, George. 4th Armored Division in World War II. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith, 2008. 128 p. #05-4AR.2008.

Fox, Don M. Patton’s Vanguard: The United States Army Fourth Armored Division. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003. 484 p. #05-4AR.2003.

Frankel, Nat, & Smith, Larry. Patton's Best: An Informal History of the 4th Armored Division. NY: Jove, 1984 reprint of 1978 edition. 224 p. #05-4AR.1978.1984e.

Freiwald, Eric W. “The Building and Training of the 4th Armored Division: 1941-1944.” PhD dss, Temple, 2001. 291 p. #05-4AR.2003a.

Hardison, David C. Data on WWII Tank Engagements Involving the U.S. 3rd & 4th Armored Divisions. Ballistic Research Labs, 1954. 39 p. D769.305.H37.

Irzyk, Albin F. A Warrior’s Quilt of Personal Military History. Raleigh, NC: Ivy House, 2010. 377 p. E745.I79.

Jacobs, Bruce. Soldiers: The Fighting Divisions of the Regular Army. NY: Norton, 1958. pp. 318-45. #05-1958.

Krucker, Herbert F. "Quartermaster Supply in an Armored Division in Combat." Military Review (Oct 1945): pp. 62-63. Per.

Koyen, Kenneth A. The Fourth Armored Division from the Beach to Bavaria: The Story of the Fourth Armored Division in Combat. Nashville, TN: Battery Press, 2000 reprint of 1949 edition. 295 p. #05-4AR,1946.1949e.2000.

Leach, James H. Genesis to Greatness, 1940-1945: Creating Patton's Best-The Fourth Armored Division. n.p., 1982? 8 p. #05-4AR.1982?/2.

Luciano, Eugene W. Our Blood and His Guts!: Memoir of One of General Patton’s Combat Soldiers. Chapel Hill, NC: Professional Press, 1995. 203 p. D811.L82. 10th Armored Infantry Battalion. 4th Armored Division p.3

Pattison, Hal C. Papers. 2 Boxes. Arch. Includes CGSC Paper entitled “The Operations of Combat Command A, 4th Armored Division from the Normandy Beachhead to the Meuse River 28 July to 31 August 1944.”

Sheldon, Paul W. "AAA with the 4th Armored Division." Coast Artillery Journal (Sep/Oct 1945): pp. 32-34. Per.

Stanton, Shelby L. Order of Battle, U.S. Army, World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1984. pp. 52-54. UA25.5.S767.

Stars and Stripes. The 4th Armored: From the Beach to Bastogne. Paris: Desfosses-Neogravure, 1945. 33 p. #05-4AR.1945.

U.S. Army. ETO. Order of Battle of the United States Army, World War II: European Theater of Operations, Divisions. Paris: 1945. pp. 448-59. D767.U52.

U.S. Army. 4th Armored Division. Combat History 4th Armored Division, 17 July 1944-9 May 1945. n.p., 1945? 190 p. #05-4AR.1945/6.

_____. The History of the 4th Armored Division. n.p., 1971? 22 p. #05-4AR.1971.

_____. Fourth Armored Division Association Eighteenth Annual Convention, 9-10-11 July 1964. n.p., 1964. 28 p. #05-4AR.1964. Contains WWII rosters, photos & division commander biographies.

_____. Historical and Pictorial Review, Fourth Armored Division, United States Army, Pine Camp, New York, 1942. Baton Rouge, LA: Army & Navy, 1942. 164 p. #05-4AR.1942. Contains rosters and photos.

_____. What They Said About the Fourth Armored Division. Landshut, Germany: 1945. 88 p. #05-4AR.1945/3.

U.S. Dept of Army. Historical Division. Combat Chronicle: An Outline History of U.S. Army Divisions. Wash, DC: 1948. p. 10. #05-1948/2.

Vandergrift, Donald E. “Before there was Digitization: How MG J.S. Wood’s 4th Armored Division Stormed across France without Written Orders.” Armor (Sep/Oct 2000): pp. 20-27. Per.

Wilson, Charles E. From Bastogne to Bavaria with the Fighting Fourth Armored Division, 1944-1945: Scenes from the War and Holocaust. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen, 1993. 442 p. D811.5.W54. Memoir of World War II service with CCB.

Zimmer, Gregor. "The Presidential Citation." Typescript, n.p., 1945? 6 p. #05-4AR.1945/7. 4th Armored Division p.4

-SPECIFIC ENGAGEMENTS

Balish, Harry. "The Battle of Nancy--A Double Envelopment." Military Review (Jan 1950): pp. 16-23. Per.

Barnes, Richard H. Arracourt--September 1944. Ft Leavenworth, KS, 1982. 207 p. #05-4AR.1982.

Bestor, Richard J. "Armor in the Exploitation: The Fourth Armored Division across France to the Moselle River: A Research Report." Ft. Knox, KY: Armor School Paper, 1949. ca 75 p. #05-4AR.1949.

Gabel, Christopher R. The 4th Armored Division in the Encirclement of Nancy. Ft. Leavenworth, KS: USACGSC, 1986. 27 p. #05-4AR.1986.

Irzyk, Albin F. “4th Armored Division Spearhead at Bastogne.” World War II (Nov 1999): pp. 34-40, 88 & 90. Per.

Morgan, Bernie F. "Armor in the Saar-Palatinate (4th Armored Division from the Moselle to the Rhine): A Research Report." Ft Knox, KY: Armor School Paper, 1950. ca 150 p. #05-4AR.1950.

Oden, Delk M. "The 4th Armored Division in the Relief of Bastogne." Military Review (Jan 1948): pp. 39-44. Per.

Peterson, Evar P. "Armor vs Mud and Mines: (4th Armored Division in the Sarre-Moselle [sic] Area: A Research Paper." Ft Knox, KY: Armor School Paper, 1950? 107 p. #05-4AR.1950/2.

Slaughter, S.D. "The Cavalry Group as an Economy Force: (4th Cavalry Group in World War II, 19 December-31 December 1944): A Research Report." Ft Knox, KY: Armor School Paper, 1950. 179 p. #05-4AR.1950/3.

U.S. Army. 4thArmored Division. Combat Command A. The Nancy Bridgehead. Fort Knox, KY?: US Army, 1985? 29 p. #05-4AR.1946.1985r.

U.S. War Dept. Historical Division. Small Unit Actions:....France: 4th Armored Division at Singling. Wash, DC: GPO, 1946. pp. 179-211. D769.1.A54.

Vannoy, Allyn, & Desch, John. "The Battle of Singling, 6 Dec 1944 (and More)." Command (May/Jun 1994): pp. 38-61. Per. 4th Armored Division p.5

-GENERAL JOHN S. WOOD

Albright, John. "Introducing 'P' Wood--4th Armored Division." Armor (Jan/Feb 1972): pp. 24-29. Per.

Baldwin, Hanson W. "'P' Wood of the 4th Armored." Army (Jan 1968): pp. 45-54. Per.

_____. Tiger Jack. Ft Collins, CO: Old Army Press, 1979. 198 p. E745.W65.B34.

Ganz, A. Harding. "Patton's Relief of General Wood." Journal of Military History (Jul 1989): pp. 257-73. Per.

Kirkpatrick, Charles E. "'Tiger Jack' Wood's Enemies had Better Watch out when they had him Surrounded." World War II (Sep 1988): pp. 10 & 63-66. Per.

Morelock, Jerry D. "Major-General John S. Wood: Redleg Combined Arms Leader Supreme." Field Artillery Journal (Nov/Dec 1985): pp. 26-30. Per.

SINCE 1945

Adler, George. "Composite DSU in the 4th Armored Division." Armor (Mar/Apr 1960): pp. 16-22. Per.

U.S. Army. 4th Armored Division. The Fourth Armored Division. n.p., 1954? 19 p. #05-4AR.1954.

_____. The 4th Armored Division. Texas?: n.p., 1956. 46 p. #05-4AR.1956.

_____. The 4th Armored Division. Darmstadt, Germany: Stars & Stripes, 1959? 50 p. #05-4AR.1959.

PERSONAL PAPERS

Abrams, Creighton W. CO, 37th Tank Battalion, CCB, 4th Armored Division, ca. 1942-45. Oral history transcripts of interviews with Abrams' associates. Several, such as those of Bruce C. Clarke and DeWitt Smith, deal with his service with the 4th Armored Division in WWII.

Adams, Paul. ADC, 45th Infantry Division, 1944-45. Oral history transcript on career; section 3, pp. 40-41, 43-45 provides material on effect of 4th Armored Division operating on flank of 45th Infantry Division in late German campaigns in WWII. 4th Armored Division p.6

Armor-4th Division. Miscellaneous after-action reports, reminiscences of division veterans (including Gen. Pattison's memoir on relief of General Wood), and historical summaries of division in WWII. 1 box.

Armor-66th Regiment (Battalion). 1940-67. Retained copy of official reports of 66th Armored Regiment and 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, including some documents from parent organizations, 2nd and 4th Armored Divisions. 17 boxes.

Clarke, Bruce C. CO, 24th Engineer Battalion (Armored), Chief of Staff, and CO, CCA, 4th Armored Division, l942- 44. Oral history transcripts covering career and personal papers. Two separate efforts in MHI/AWC OH program in addition to Abrams project (see above). Numerous papers scattered through collection allude to WWII experiences to illustrate points made on training, doctrine, organization, and operations. 13 boxes.

Columbus WWII Round Table-- Furman Allen. Officer, Message Center, 144th Armored Signal Company, 4th Armored Division, 1942-44. Brief memoir of service with the division while it was stationed in England. 3 pp.

Columbus WWII Round Table-- Waldo R. Mowen, Jr. Personnel Officer, 51st Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division, ca. 1944-45. Memoir (5pp.) and completed questionnaire.

Crittenberger, Willis D. Chief of Staff, 1st Armored Division, 1940-41, CG, 2nd Armored Division and III Armored Corps, 1941-43. Retained copies of official papers and text of memoirs written by associates at Ft. Knox concerning creation of the earliest armored divisions of the WWII era. ca. 17 boxes.

Dager, Holmes E. CG, CCB, 4th Armored Division, 1944-45. Retained copies of official papers, after-action reports. 1 box.

Field Artillery--US--94th Battalion. 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Armored Division, 1944-45. Unofficial operational log, newspaper story, unit historical sketch. 1 box. 4th Armored Division p.7

Hoge, William M. CG, 4th Armored Division, 1945. Oral history transcript on career. Section 3, pp. 12-13, 15-20, covers service with 4th Armored Division, but transcript contains several illustrations from WWII which do not follow in chronological sequence, and so other references are possible. 1 box.

MacDonald, Charles B. Historian. Research notes for the book A Time for Trumpets, includes a folder on 4th Armored Division. Many notes in this collection are photocopies of historical summaries and other documents from Record Group 407 in the National Archives. Other material consists chiefly of correspondence with WWII veterans.

Pattison, Hal. XO, CCA, 4th Armored Division, 1943-45, Chief of Military History, ca. 1963-70. Includes unit history, documents, articles on 4th Armored Division in WWII and 1960s, and some correspondence with John S. ("P") Wood in early 1960s (see also folder in "Armor--4th Armored Division" for recollections of Pattison on the relief of Wood.). 2 boxes.

World War II Miscellaneous Collection--Jimmy Leach, CO, Company B, 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division, 1941- 45. Memoir, "The Relief of Bastogne by the 37th Tank Battalion on 26 December 1944," 12 pp. 1 folder.