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" ..at times the Spring flood of memory sets with force up the dark River of the Nine Bends." Joseph Conrad "Nigger of th~ Narcissus"

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A MEMOIR

B Company 37th Tank Battalion 4th Armored Division

On the Eve of Combat in 1944 and To All who Served

" ••to leave no room •.for anything but the old verities and truths of the ·heart•••love and honor and ~ity and pride and compassion and sacrifice." . William ,Faulkner Nobel Prize Speech

COl.. JAMES H. lEACH, USA RET. President 4t~ Nmored Division Assoc. 6 Sussex Court ~ulQrt. SC 29902 '·M'\ ,?4..l't'VI; 4th Armored Division - 37th Tank Battalion B Company As it landed on in Normandy on July 11,1944 And Before and After

Foreword , At the Pittsburgh Convention of the 4th Armored Division Associa- tion in 1979, Hoby Drew, while riffling the pages of "Patton's Third A~y at War",(&ee footnote) was leading a spirited discussion on who was driving and commanding tanks at Singling in France early in De- cember 1944. In the soil of rambling reminiscences, watered by fa- ding memories, sprouted the idea of reconstituting the whole company as it was the day it crossed the Channel to France. Knowing how we started out would then help sort out the rapid changes brought about by battle casualties. Everyone with the Company before and after the cros~ing must be included for all had a hand in the forging of the Company and many a humble crewman rose through the turrets to leader- ship in battle. Herein lies the source of our pride. We believe that the very essence and glory of every unit of our great Division was based on thorough training, outstanding leadership, mutual respect, and love for each other. Early on it became evident, since no one walked,that we had to e~tablish the T.O. for vehicles as well as for men. The Center of Military History (U.S.Army) kindly supplied TO&E 17-27 of le Novem- ber 1944 which included all the changes in manpower and vehicles from September 1943 (Regiments to Battalions) and thus covered the organization of B Company in July 1944. There was, however,one change that T.O. does not reflect;namely,the assignment of one me- dium tank each from A,B,and C Companies to then Abrams' Battalion Headquarters. Major (now Major-General Retired) Ed Bautz, Battalinn S-3,got our tank with four men. Thus,the actual T.O. on July 10-11,1944 reflects: Vehjcles: 16 Tanks-7~ guns (the 17th to Bn.Hq.) 1 Tahk-l05't-'!MHowitzer-The Assault Gun 1 Half-Track 2 Peeps 1 Kitchen Truck 1 VTR (Vehicle Tank Recovery) , Note: a second truck, perhaps borrowed'from Service Com- pany,can be postulated and would be convenient to reduce the ten man total assigned the Kitchen Truck and Half-Track. We do not think there was one. Personnel~ Enlisted-l08(4 from the official T.O. to Bn.Hq.) Officers- 5 l13(The T.O. counting the 4 above has 117) ,Since we ca~ count 117 names,it appears we were 4 overstrength. Footnote: British author It.-Col. George Forty R.T.R.(Royal Tank Regiment) included in his book pictures of B Co.'s 1st Platoon and of Drew, furnished by our Jimmie Leach. -2-

This memoir is rlivide~ into 5 parts:

Part 1 - A I'ab le of Or-garrl z.at.i.onby R;:nll{

Part 2 - 1he Calculation of the Actual Crossing 3trengt~ Part 3 - An Outline of the Company - Each man in his vehicle Pert 4 - Our Dead - Killed in Action Part 5 - An alphabetical list of men-all who could be remernbered- from Pine Camp in 1941 to Czechoslovakia jn 1945, together with ~ome to~ms and appropriate notations. As nore names are recalled they 'trillbe added in a future edition of the memoir. Of special interest jn Part 3 is the near perfect recall of the name of every vehicle except,alas, for that of the Half-Track. The author of this project is the Company itself. I am but the scribe, remembering little of B Co.'s days in England prior to cross- ing to France Bince I ~as then in Battalion Headquarters. Previous memoran~a on this endeavor have cited numerous comrades with remark- nble memories but it \vould now be necessary to list just about every- one. By word 0: mouth, photographs, letters, lists, local and long 0i~tance telephone calls, everyone approached has eagerly responded. We have even found long-lost comrades in the procese. Let us now all share in the work we all have produced. Francis N. Magliozzi Co. E 37th Armored Regiment Hoo Co. 2nd Bn. 37th A.R. Ho. Ce. 37th Tank Battalion

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3rrlEditton, reviRed November 1981 9th Edtt Lon , November 1990 4tl-tEdition, February 19E'2 5th Edition, July 1982 6th Edition, June 1985 7th ErJ:ition,July ] 9~6 8th Edjtion, August 1990 -)-

Part 1 Table of Organization -- by rank, Enlisted and Commissioned TO&E 17-27 November, 1944

T~is table is t~e complete TO including the Company Clerk and the f0ur men who were taken in Engiand by Battalion 5-3 112 Men - 5 Officers Men Officer~ First Sgt. 1 Captain 1 rirst Lts. 2 T-8gt-r·~otor 1 Second Ltf.2 1 Platoon and Motor Staff Sgts 5 l~esf Officer were 1st Lts. 3 Platoon (B had 6) Supply Sergeant~ 12 C0m~unications Chief (Staff Sgt. in B) 11 Tank C0mm~nders 3 each platoon - 9 1 in Hq. Section-l (taken by 3n. S-3 1 ASA8ult Gun Cmrlr. 1 as were l:each ~/4,FFC, and Pvt) Corporals 20 H~ Gunners 1 C0mp;my Clerk 1 Agent Liaison 7/4 15 1 cook 9 ':'AnkDrivers- 2 tanks and 105;·-;'; of He. Section 2 in each plato0n . 1 Artillery MAchanic (~O assigns to Half-track) 3 Tank Mechanics (TO assigns 1 in Feep;2 in Half-track) 1 Radio ~epair ~an (in B started in Peepjlater in loader's seat in Command Tank) ~/5 14 1 Armorer 1 Cook 9 Tank Drivers (3 in each platoon) 1 Peep driver 2 Tank Nechanic~ (TO assigns as drivers of VTR and Half-track) PFC 19 Pvt 25 'l'hese44 include 18 Bow Gunners 18 Loaders 8 Unspecified To t a Ls 112 5 -/..;-

Part 2

5 Officers If ~3n~~ 2. mo as ~~R~¢8rt by ~~. < err c ers 17 'I'an.c s 1_ ?;:, nk - 4. :':: P. n to'')-3

]. ~~8 Sr~s2in5 m.~. 5 Officerc: Comra~y cJA~k to rs£r echel0n-cr~~~e~ Ipter 2.11:">~ 5 0fficere ...• 116

~a] cuLa t ion of :'>-. ;_~Actual Sr0ssing 3tr'~nGth ~}le Snmpany ~icturA of April 1944 - 119 (including Officers) Four who crossed but not i.npicture: 4 Johnson Clark Ya r emchuk Fitzger31d 123 m\110 in picture who did not cross: 2 Pallamallo Hoclges 121 F0ur to Bn nil. L~ 117 8o~pimy Clerk 1 116 ' 116 8ro8sing T.O. ~-o. J above 112 Overstrength 4** Distribution of the Crossing Strength-Fersonnel in Vehicles Vehicle ~en Officer~ Command TAnk 4 1 5 Assault Gun 5 5 15 Ta~~s-3 platoons 72 J 75 1 Truck & Trailer (Mess) 10 10 1 VTR (Vehicle Tank ~ecovery4 4 1 Ha Lf's-Track ,T'~aintenance 10 10** 2 Peep:: 1.\: o. 1 r;otor Of'fic er 2 1 3 roo 2 First Sgt. 4 4 III -5 116**

**cf. Page la Willard - Now read 5, 11, and 117 -5- Part 3

Outline of the Company-Each man in his vehicle (faces page 6) Abbreviations: TN-Tank NamejVN-Vehicle NamejTC-Tank Commander G-Gunner;L-Loader;D-Driver;B-Bow Gunner or Bog VTR-Vehicle Tank RecoverYiCMDR-Comrnander of Ve- hicleiOfficers and principal Sgts in parentheses)

Company Headquarters and Headouarters Platoon Company Command COMmunications-Supply- !·~ess-Ma int enanc e TN - Buccaneer Peep-VN-Back-N-Forth TC - Tiegs (Capt.) G - 1.'1illiams D - Kilanowski L - Zynn Mixon (1st Lieut.) D Blume ; Jefferis B -Connelly

'l'r-u ck-Vlv-Bd scu it; Buggy TN - Target-for-Tonight D - Quinlan Crigger TC Bautz, 5-3, Bn.Hq. Ramey(Mess)Aulicino G Slifka Garrison Colasanti L - -;arling Scates Davis D - Brindle Cocchiara Tuchinsky B - Johnson VTR-VN-Black Panther TN - Ba ck Breaker (105 1'.'Jl.1) crvIDR- Cortese TC - Grirrun D - Debevc G Haywar-d Roberti L - Boyer Strulovitz D - Ba en f.ek B - Holland Half-track-VN- ___

Peep - VN':'Beulah CJvIDR- Mullen(Haintenancel D - Mercer D - Powell Mollo " Guffey (1st Sgt) Br-ooks(Communication) Kaplin (Supply) Goss Saxon DiGangi Salvaggio (displaced G from Bautz Tk) Note:Company Clerk Luthye Matheson crossed with rear Green echelon later Davenport -6- Part 3 Outline of the :onpany-Eac~ ~an in his vehicle (:aces pa~e 5)

The T~ree Ta~~ Platoons -1st -2nd TN-Blockbuster TN-Boile!"'l!laker TN-Er'Jt::erTobv TC-Leac~ (1st Lt.) TC-Bo~~ (2nd Lt.) TC-Marston (2nd Lt.) G-Coffee G-Peskar C-Cueto L-Brown L-McVicker L-Niski D-Boggs D-Porter D-Chelmecki B-Popovitch B-Rhoads B-!·1.srtin

TN-Bettv Boo'O TN-Bock Eeer TN-Br cok Lvn Bey . TC-FitzD~i~ick(Plat. TC-Lan~eier(?lat. TC-Farese(Flat.Sg~) G-Creviston Sgt) G-Haupt~an Sgt) G-Gi-noli L-Clark L-Ross L-Daly D-Baay D-Moe D-Farks B-Reynolds _.g-r~iller B-Ritland

.- TN-Bulldozer TN-Ballantine TN-Blenheim

,.,C• -l·lorp,U' 'L...ew TC-Del".Vecchio TC-v.Thi tes ide G-Sandrock G-Wenrich G-Chernick L-Hale L-Gellman L-McGuire D-Kelley D-~rachen D-Paulus 'B-Tyler B-S Lmc i.k B-Ayotte

TN-Berlin Bound TN-Budweiser TN-B1ondie TC-Grady TC-Lew·is TC-Heintz G-Litherland G-Checki G-Bordner L-Nelsen L-Grieb L-Graham ,.. . T D -I.Ialsey D - t.\,r -0··; cr'" t D-Peck B-Fitzgerald B-Kacz:r.arek B-Gagliardi

TN-Beer Barrel TN-Blue Ribb:m TN-Beaufio-hter TC-Kobela TC-Sowers TC-Krassner G-VTeitzman G-O'Hear::1 G-Gregor L-Simo L-Bradley L-Cariello D-Levins D-Dre',.., D-Irish B-Yaremchuk E-Cunning~~ F. B-Troxell

Not.e: In USA::i.EURarticle on Singling I'liorphewcommanded Bottlebaby -7- Part 4 ..•.• Kil1erl in Action No greater 10ve ..... cf. 33 ce Low 1. leonard L. Blume Auz', 10 17. Frederick F. Lockwood Nov. 12 nd R -; , "I. ~ ,. AT c~I1." ~ Chancenay 2 Lt. Obrick 2. Ewing B. Boggs S e pt . 20 16. Charles R. McCreer Dec. 17 Ley it T!.'alsheim G 1( \-, ..... <, /) If" 1. William J. Bradley Dec. 6 19. Edward !v1. McGutre Sept. 19 ~\ c.. l \ Singling T,.\I..)I ('r<- ~. Nichola~ Chernick Nov. 21 20. William J. McVicker Dec. 6 r-; ~ n~\ G l \ '" Francaltroff Singling 5 • Edward H. Clark De: . 23 21. John H. Park~ DeC. 23 Flatzbourhof L A"l' c:..- u. ~ Flatzbourhof ~I • I' L

6. Arthur M. Connelly Au£'. 30 22. Lester H. Pec~ J Aug. 9,-' I~T 6 ~\. Chancenay 'A' I' /"'{ It I / / e "! n (;;I- Brittany 1,...-1 r')r:L~Gt-t ~ G-A l{l~-j,d 7. James N. Farese Dec. 6 2). John O. Peshek Nov. 21 2nd Lt. Singling R Francaltroff e. Charles T. Fibranz Mar. 19 24. Stanley F. Pielak Mar. R G 2nc! Lt. R Bad Kreuznach G

9. Everett T. Finch Dec. 6 25. George ?opovitch Se pt . 20 37th .:eMd' ~c J~'[' 11 ..... \ Singling Tel ",IL c;. I 1\ Ley IO. John H. Furlow Dec. 6 26. Er-n e s t C. Ritland Feb. R IIIA.-\>...h \..( Sjngling Bitburg G 11. Angelo 3inolj, Dec. 6 27. Joseph M. Ross Mar. 1 t 't~ ..l. 'f, ~ Singling Sefferweich G ,..' 12. Leo J. Gnatowski Feb. "0 28. John P. Simo July 31 '0 G H f I + f Brittany 13. Wa+.ter P. Kaplin 7'() Dec. 24 29. Bernard Tuchin=:ky l\ia r . 19 L G ~'" ~.1-c Flatzbourhof 14. Lloyd J. Kelley Mar. 30. Conrad T. ~enrich July 31 Koblenz G Ulqtl- (~,," H.t--l.{lU).-vtErit'tany " ~'l' "d_l < 1 15. Matthew K. Krassner Nov. 13 31. James A. ~hite~i6e Aug. 7 ,q'( Gk_{1' ~w Lt cr-e z Lng , sT (", ' ( I.:{ t ,;..".;:,.( I ' Brittany or - 16. Gerhard J. Liese 'Mar, 18 32. Ber't C. Wright July 31 1st It.err.eg.R Bad Kreuznach G Ace. I '-> ' (of Brittany 33. Robert H. Bailey ~1ar. 26 R Schweinheim No t es : 1 )l-Luxe::ncc',lre;,G-Ger::;any,ot.her'w i se France, ~-n.eplaceme!:.'t 2 )Rec{)rd Gr-oup 407-CF!'i 161, Nat.dorraL Ar ch i ves , Suitland IIIffi lists 'the Divi5ion dead. Of the IJe 37th T~.En. dead, 32 plus Finch, medic serving 3 Co. ,are E Co. men. 23 of them and Finc~ crossed to rr2nce on JuJy 10-11. 9 are re~lace- ...... """""... e- T+- ~~ """1i'lto1,, 1-'h~'r ~.,.,'r m.~T"C) "f ,.._h~ ~~p. ~l'"'P nur-=. -8- Part 5 Alphabetical List ~f the Company-Pine Camp to Czechoslovakia From 1941 to 1945 Almonci., George Pawtucket ~eplaced Lt. Mixon ....T ~\. .- . Aulicino, Louis Schenectady Suglar. Oldest man in Company (T.,!. Died 1978

Ayot t e , No rmand ::. ~1aterbury ·:::rossedin ··.llitesi,:'e-7aulus tank Conn. Gunner for 3~~e~s at Singling. Jied 19cO, not knowing of A~s~ciction, :3Aay, Joseph J. Tank c.:::"iverfor ?itzpatrick. :'iL~ ~;isc. Bailey-see page 19

'3i.1? ni ~!{, e::ba r L r! S W. ..·'l'-"'n...)(").- v rank d~iver l05~~~.Idem at 3inglin~ ~J• Y • Blmne, Le oria rd L. ~.s.nkdriver fer :::0. Cmd r . KIA Aug 30 8.;rolir:A '.,I: '::1", :-:ce!18y. :'·Ionu:nent in t own

Bog~s, C::':ring J. Tank ririver f~r 1st Flat. Gmdr. Leach -i, v«. r:T.:'.. Ley "3 ept ?O

t':ayne~ville 2nd L~. ,2n~ ?lat >1i:: scur i Bonanno, Philtp Jr, Brooklyn Bog ~ar Mor~he~ a~ 3inglin~ N.Y. ~()r,J.ner, Harry A. Camden T&~ker, G fac Heintz;at SinglinglG N.J. for Lt. 8ook; lAter Tk 8mdr.

Avon.::-lOre AS3'7.'.l:t ~un 8re-,oJrnan. Ca!:le to ::3 C::. ?en-r4. iI''");;' ·:-;erv::'ce::>,. in T~x2.s ·~'lit,r1:-i!)lla.t1.

'i'~ nk e . 'Brac11ey, ··..1.::.1ir;'1'i .;. _C.L.~ t:

~,-~nk drj.ver;·.r:~t:1 tank :'0 3n. :t.I. in Cevize!= Brooks, C~RrJ~s ~. Louisville :::o!':1.!Uuni.ca:tii)rls'".;gt. ~(y•

Tanker, 1st Flee. '·~e.ine ,.,~ 8ubar, HAr()ld ""1. ...I' , • w Fine T.:J out later

Ce.f::ey, !-!er:nan:::. Gu~~er at 3ingli~~ -9- Caisey, Joseph E. Chelsea Tank driver (f1rst platoon) riTass. Cariello, Vito ~. N~w York 3rd Plat. tanker H.Y . Checki, John .~~lkes-Barre Gunner Pp.nn. Chelmecki, Pet8r r-,~. Tank driver, ;~.·!IA.Died. Cancer later

Chernick, richolas Jr. Harrisnn Gunner, Tank Cmdr. KIA Nov 21 iHch.

Cheverette, ~rthur J. Escanaba Tfd in Devizes after Simo affair. ,('[.1C:1..

Christian, Raymnnrt B. Fine Camp, E Co. Calif. Clark, Rud~lph C. Tanker, loader for Fitzpa~rick at Mic~. crossi!1g.

Cle.rl-~, Ed~·,ard ~:. Tankerjin Parks tank at Singling

ClutA, Le") Tanker; Bog f~r Fitzpatrick at 2inglir

Cochrane, Vincent F. C·:). s, Lt. Tfd

~offee, ~e0rge ~. Lawr eucav i Lle Gunner and t ank cr-ewman '~LJ. Socc~iara, Joseph ~. :·'lonessen Tankar; ''1IA Bad Kreuznach. same day Penn. Capt. Liese killed

Ve\-, Yo r-k N.Y. Connelly, Arthur M: Bog Co. Cmdr. tank;KIA Aug 30 with New Jersey Blume,at Chancenay. Mon~~ent in town. Conra Iii, ~o'ill iam :1. Tfri to 'Air Force .trom ~amp Bowie, 'I'e xa:

Cook, Robert M. 1st It 3rd Plat at Singling;Sv~A Dec 2, at 5igonville 'C \./1 r -11 t.\.~ ( t ;.t Cortese, John J. Glendale Maintenance; Cmdr of VTK 1. I. , ~T• Y. -10- Creighton, Bernard J. Queens Co. E, Pine Camp , N. Y. Creviston, Patrj ck O. Springfield Gunner; ST.,'fAChateau Sal ins Ill. . Crigger, RufuR P. Swj.tch Back Crossed in Bi§cuit Buggy;Kitchen Crew "Test Va. Cueto, Herman J. Newark Gunner; Tank Crndr.SWA. Died cancer N.J. July '73, news received at Convention. Cummings, Robert F. Loader for Pappy Gri~n at Singling

Cunningham Francis T. Bronx !.;.Y • Tank Crewman N.Y. Cunningham, Lee Robinson Maintenance;later Bog for Leach Ill. Daly, Robert P. Kew Gardens Tanker 3rd Platoon L.T., N.Y. Darke, Raymond E. Gunner for Pappy Grimm at Singling

Darling, Walter A. Loader in tank tfd to Bn. 5-3 Penn. Davenport, Arthur I. Capt. Co. E early in '42

Davenport, Don N. Houston Tanker;driver for Hauptman at Singling Texas Died '70 near Ft. Sill, Oklahoma Davis, Daniel Crossed with Company (not verified)

De Carlo, John ~. N.Y. Co. E Pine Camp N.Y. Debevc, Anthony Driver of VTft Conn. Del Vecchio, Emil Tank Cmdr in second Plat. Died soon Conn. after the war DiGangi, Joseph N.Y. Armorer after Goss; tanker; Bog for N.Y. Sowers at Singling Dmochowski, Steven J. Tfd. to Air Force from Camp Bowie,Tex.

Donnelly, James P., Jr. 2nd L~. in E Co Pine Camp;tfd. to A Co. of 37th Tank Battalion. KIA -11- Drew, Hobart Bloomingdale 2nd Plat tank driver;driver for Leach N.J. at Singling. Died in Florida Dec '79 Duffy, Bernarct F. Vissed the boat in Boston as Company departed Myles Standish Eshelman, Clarence F. iITaintenanceT/Sgt in Pine Camp

Ev~rman, Carl G. S/Sgt in Pine Camp and desert. Hit by truck in the desert, F3rese, James N. Jersey City 8/Sgt Jrd Plat. Battlefield Commission H.j, to 2nd Lt. KIA Singling Dec 6 Fibrcnz, ShBrles T. ~unner 1st Flat at Singling; KIA Mar]

Fitzgp-rald,'~obert S. To J C0, _'.ay as ':;,), leavine;Devizes ':'anker. Tank 8rndr 1st Plat CItS in61i:1

1:;'.... t' 1~ J' T . luz~a rlcK, on~ v. 3wnmit ,j/)~t Ls t Flat :r.·;A flatzbourhof, Lux. N.J. ::ec 23

?url()'.·r~John ;'I, Jackson Dog 8. t ,Singlin6 ;:IA i:1 Haywar-d te.nk Mississippi Gagliardi, Thomas, J. .\ccidentally 'r i lled Peck '/dth Low l''iG in Brittany A~0.9 Tfd. Garrison, Albert H. 800k

Gatlin, ~.rj ley :J. Soak, tfd

Gellman, Saul .N8"·' York Tanker, 2nrl Plat~on-Fost-war company photographer Gi.noli, Angelo Phf.Larte l phia Gunner 3r,1 Plat, EIA Dec .-J Singling Penn. Gnatowski, Leo J. Gunner at Singling; KIA Feb 26

Goble, ~illiam F. 1st Lt. 1st Plat Cmdr at 8in~ling ~IA

Go~s, John R.. Sast Orange Company Armorer; WIA,Dec 4 N.J.

Grady, 10bert G. Indi~.n8polis Tank Cmdr 1st ?la~, Only E G oinpa ny Trid . tank cornnande r to s t;3 rt and finish war twice iVIA and returned. Waterbury Lanker 3rd Platoon Conn. '. -12- Green, Charles Tanker; 'llIA by own burp gun in turret r~aine of Cueto tank and when laid out in field was attacked by a bull. Grego~, J~seph J., Jr Cleveland Tanker Jrd Platoon. G~nner. Was Sgt. Ohio Phila •.lelphia Tank er 2nd Plat. ''v'IA near Conthil Wooe Penn. tIov 12 or 13. Returned to combat. Rohert G, Harrisville Pappy at 37 in '42 second oldest in W. Va. Company. Cmdr of Assault Gun. Native . of Ohio. Guffey, LAHis A. Topeka 1st Sgt. of Company B from Pine Camp Kansas beginning,to end in Czechoslovakia. Guglielmelli, ~eil In Pine Ca.np

Hale, Th= rman E. Dallas Tank er ; ~IJI.;' at Singling Texas U.,ArrJ.S•

HauptmRn, J~seph 8rooklyn '3u:!!pl~'Sgt in ?ine Camp. Later tanker I,! • Y • j.ncluding Cmdr in 2nd Plat at Singlin[ Haus s , Albp.rt G. Tfd to Air Force from Camp B.)wie:Taxaf

Haywa rd , Giles "', Spokane T::IA as t ank cndr at Sin:::;line;.Died ~:;ash. of heart att~ck in lata '70's.

;'T <; in t z , Hen ry ~'!. Huc:son 3rd Plat tank cmdr. \'lIA at Lorient l'! • Y • . on August 7; Bronze Star Himli, Ray~one C. Loader for ?itzp.3tri~~~at Sin...;;line;

~itching~, ~erritt B . Driver for Lt. ~o()k at Sindling e,J..

HaigAs, ~~muel ~. Left ~~mpany in Bn~land; deran~ed ~e!1n. Had t~e~ drivsr 3rd [latoon H~lland, RUBsell K. Carbondale To B Co. frQm Service Co. in Texas Ill. with Boyer. Bog ~or Pappy Grimm. Tank driver at Singling At Pine Camp Co:E Ohio

Irish, Alfred t. I30(i 1st Flat to) dr-!..ver3nl 2lat in England, vice Hodges,q.v.

Je~fAris, ~enneth~. Down i.ngt.on 1a:i~ ~ep2irman. Taken into Leach Penn. tan~.... rrom !.>leap ~nen• ~e2cl- 1 to ~o..,,., urn d r. -13- Jocis, Frank J. Driver at Singling

Johnson, John, K. B~g in ta~ to En 5-3 in 3nglGn~

Francisco To B fr)ITIA :ompany Ind. .._.ac'l.!i\prer..,,~ "''"'rr.eo dore Chicago Tanker all the way to end of war Ill. last heard of i~ VA hospital. Affectionately, t1e Ga~6ster ~arlin, Valter P. Pitts'turgh Supply Sgt later ta~k cmer. KIa Pa. at Flatzbourhof tee 23. r.a~marek, Joseph J. In Pine Camp

Kelley, Lloyd J. Kansas City 1st Plat driver. Driver for Sowers Ki.~ at Singlin~. F.IAat Koblentz at a~in crossing. Ki1anow~ki, Roman A. Brooklyn l.r.a intenance mechanic N.Y. Kimsey, Charles L. Pilot Mound E Co. Captain before Capt. Tiegs Iowa Severa~ commands in Division. Kirchenblatt, Jacob Tanker, 1st Plat at Sipgling

Kleintop, Harold A. Allentown Gunner . Loader Penn. at Singling Kobela, Andrew Hartford Ta~k Cmdr 1st Plat. SWA July 31 Conn. in first tank KO'ed-Simo first KIA Krassner, Matthew M. New York From cook to tanker to tanll cmdr at N.Y. the crossing. KIA Nov 12 ·or 13 near Conthi1 Wood. Langme1er, Adolph T. Potosi S/Sg£ 2nd Platoon Wisc. Lanza, Francisco M. -.Aguirre Pancho. Joined B Co at Commercy Aug. Puerto Rico. Bog for Krassner, Gunner for Sandrock Grady,Ritland,Mil1er then tarik cmdr. Leach J James H. Houston Co. D 2nd··Ltto 1st'Lt 1st Plato! "ItB"a Texas crossing. Co c:mdr'after Tiegs WIA .** Multiple WIA. DSC.(!.sgd.to "F' in T~ Levins, Alex Worcester Ace tank driver-tfd in Texas Mass. Levins, Joseph Worcester Brother of Alex. Driver 1st Platoon Mass. i - -, Lewis, Harry B. Tank Cmdr in 2nd Platoon ~-~-- **First at Rennes, then Aug,.7-Lorient l -14- Liese, Bernard Joseph Co Cmdr,after Leach1from 1st Plat. (Leach to U.S. Jan·.~) KIA Bad Kreuz- nach,Mar. 18 by old man with bazooka. Litherland, Travolia M. Chicago Gunner 1st Plat Tallest man in Co. Ill. SWA Francaltroff late Nov. ~Lockwood, Frederick F. 2nd Lt. KIA Nov 11 or 12 near Obrick

Lord, Paul B. Co. E, Pine Camp

Luthye, Dale H. Company Clerk

Machen, James T. Scottsboro 2nd Plat tank driver N • C •

Magliozzi, Francis N. l,lTilliamstownCo. E clerk, then Gunner; tfd to 2nd Mass. Bn Ha in desert;later with S-2 37thTk. SWA ~ov 11 Haboudange Marcos, Anton~ V. Co. E Pine Camp

Marston, Merwin A. 2nd Lt 3rd Platoon Maine Martin, George N. Greenwood Tanker;Gunner for Fitzpatrick at Sing;; ~.!.Va. ling. After war car fell off jack and killed am. Always had his guitar. Matheson, John ~'1. Dayton Bog for Cook at Singling. Suicide aftE Ohio war.

McCarty, Mat t hew J . Left Company in Texas New York McGuire, Edward f·l. Ne\'lOrleans Loader in Vlhiteside-Paulus tank 3rd La. Plat. KIA Sept 19 when gunner. McCreer, Charles R. Loader for Cook at Singling. Later KIJ

McVicker, l:.Jill~amJ. New York Tanker. Loader in Lt Bohn tank when N.Y. Gunner Peskar broke marksmanship re- cord in England. KIA Singling Dec 6 Mercer, Raymond Driver of Maintenance Half-track.

Miller, Hulmer C. Millry 2nd Plat tanker. ,:Gunner for Farese at Ala. Singling

Mixon, Preston B. Jr. Ozark 1st Lt. Mo't or' Off. SvTA at Conthil \VOO( Ala. Also LWA at Chancenay when 1st Plat.

Moe, Alvin H. Mcnd.t or' Tank driver, 2nd Plat. Drove for Fare: Oregon at S..Lng l.Lng 'Fi<\""(.~ -15- Mollo, Chester A. New York Maintenance mechanic N.Y.

Moon Catskill 1st Lt. Died of overweight after war. N.Y. Morphew, Max V. Nora SpringsTank Cmdr 1st P1at~on;later Plat Sgt Iowa Mullen, .James F. Madison T/Sgt Maintenanqe Wisc Nelsen, John J. Tanker; driver at Singling New York ~.Tiski,Joseph New York Tanker 3rd Plat. StU Sept 19 Returned N.Y. to combat and finished war. 0' Hearn, John '\v. Rumford Gunner, 2nd Plat. STI'iA, lost hand. Maine O'Neil, Clarence R. Farm discharge from desert. Drowned Montana early '45 crossing ice on river. Pallarnallo, Dante New York Broke leg in England just before N.Y. crossing. Pancake, Richard Last commander wartime B Company N.J. Parks, John H. South Bend Tank driver;tank cmdr at Singling Ind. KIA Flatzbourhof,Lux. Dec 23 Paulus, Charles W. Versailles 3rd Plat driver then cmdr. Twice Ohio wounded and returned. All the way, Pine Camp to Czechoslovakia Paycheck(known as,but name was:} Tanker, KIA Nov. 21. Peshek was last Peshek, John o. B Co. KIA identified--by Bob Cook. Peacock, Bennie F. E Co. Pine Camp;tfd poor eyesight Georgia Peck, Lester H. Seattle Tank driver;3rd oldest in Co. KIA Wash. aCCidentally in Brittany,Aug. 9 Peine, Nickolas L. Co. E, .Pine Camp.:Family well-to-do wheat farmers. ' " Peskar, Rudolph A~ Cleveland Gunner in Lt.Bohn's tank Bournemouth Ohio May '44 hit 8 moving taggets of 8 in 25 seconds. t.fcVickerwas loader. WIA Pielak, Stanley F. 2nd Lt. KIA Bad Kreuznach

Popovitch, George Barre Bow, Gunner Leach tank KIA with Boggs Vt. Sept 20 at Ley -16- Porter, Leslie M. Belfast Drove Lt. Bohn 2nd Plat tank. At , 'Maine St. Quentin seat shot out under him as tank "Boilermaker" K.O.ted. Powell, Lester L. India~ Springs Peep driver. Won 2 Silver Stars, Ind. Salvaged men and tanks. Also 2 " Bronze Stars and 5 Purple Hearts. Privett, Fred L. (illed on Pine Camp maneuvers in '42. Sowers took body home. Pugh, Oliver-To Paulding Bog at Singling Mississippi Quinlan, William P. Queens Village Driver Kitchen Truck L.I.,N.Y. Ramey, Guy T. Mess Sergeant Ky. Resnick, Samuel J. New York Tfd from E Co. in Pine Camp N.Y. Contact regained in NYC in '70's. Reynolds, June'sF. Topeka Tanker, 1st Platoon Kansas Rhoads, Finis A.(Dusty)) Dallas Bo~ for Lt. Bohn. From Sv. Co. in Texas Tex. U'-lAin arm St Quentin just before tank K.O. 'ed. Ritland, Ernest O. Tanker, then tank cmdr. KIA near Bit- Iowa burg Roberti, Domenick A. Jr. New York Maintenance N. Y. Ross, Joseph M. Chelsea Tanker, 2nd Plat. KIA,buried Harnm,Lux. Regular Army 1939 Mass. beside brother,Gerald,KIA,75th Inf.Div. 4 Ross brothers served in WW II. Salvaggio, Anthony F. Boston Tanker ..Displaced from Bn S-3 tank . Mass. Gunner for Del Vecchio at Singling Sanchez, Izaiah, Sr. Gunner for Morphew at Singling

Sandrock, Kenneth L. Franklin Grove Morphew's gunner, then tank cmdr at Ill. Singling Sapp, Lowell W. Loader for Morphew at Singling , , '

Sator, Thomas D. San Francisco Tanker, replacement-Fall o·f'44 Calif. Bog at Singling Saxon, Marshall T. 1,Qatkinsville In Peep with 1st Sgt. Georgia Scates, Joseph D. Jr. Cook '. -17- Sccpd ni ch , Clifton J. ' Tfd from E Co. in Texas when Bn former

Shafer, Robert G. Muncie Bog for Farese at Singling Indiana Simcik, John A. Jr. Pittsburgh Tanker 2nd Plat. Penn. Simo, John P. Sheboygan KIA Brittany JulYjfirst B man killed, l:1is c. as loader for Kobela Skirvin, Lee R. Drove for Morphew at Singling

Slifka, Frank Livingston Sgt,became gunner in Bn S-3 tank. Ill. Smith, William W. Clarksville Loader at Singling Tenn . .~ ~oderstrom, 'Gustave N. Pine Camp to Texas then tfd out. Was sgt. Told Paulus to fire anyway after ammo exhausted Sowers, Bernard K. Rocky Gap Tank cmdr 2nd Plat. Plat Sgt for Va. Lt. Farese at Singling Stein, Mathias R. In Pine Camp

Stern, Harry Bog for Pappy Grimm at Singling

Strulovitz, Philip Crossed with Maintenance

Thomas, Vern L. Loader at Singling;WIA

Thompson, Paul In Pine Camp

Tiegs, George E. Columbus Capt. Co. E already in Pine Camp, then Wisc. of B, first combat commander, WIA** returned to command C Co. Troxell, Sherman Anderson Tanker,3rd Plat. ,Died heart attack Ind. after war . ' Tyler, Arthur R. Brooklyn Tanker 1st Platoon N.Y. Tuchinsky, Bernard Crossed with Kitchen Truck,soon a tanker, Bog at Singling; later KIA

**At Rennes and again Aug.? at Lorient where turret hatch crushed hands. -18- .'.'!egner,Otto In Pine Camp

Peinberg, ~alter In Pine Camp;refugee from Germany Tfd out . KIA-On MACY '·!.Y.C. store ~emarjal plaaue. Weitzman, Wilbert , New York Gunner 1st Platoon rr • Y • ~enrich, Conrad T. ~est Reading Gunner 2nd Platoon, KIA Brittany Penn. while on guar-d 'duty, July 31 h~jt~side, JameR A. Tank Commander 3rd Plat. KIA Brittan Ky, between Hennebont and l'Orient,Aug.7 a't St. Gilles en route to LoChrist. Willard, Oharles H. Frederick To B in Bowie eve of move to England. Md. Crossed Channel in Half track. Tiegs then sent-him to Recon/37. T"j1.liams, Joseph S, Vine2:ar Rend Gunner for Company Cf)~~and tank. ..Ala.

Woll{, Jules New York B Co. after assignments to 37th A.R. N.Y. Ha.• , J7tI~ 1':": B:: :l,~, .~ ::0 and S v Co.

r-r. r". ~,i1,t Ber t"'..... GlasGow !.)river2nd Plat")on. KIA by own burp ;':ont. gun same day ~enrich KIA. Yaremchuk, J('h!1 Arlington Tanker. Came tJ Co. in England as Va. 80. leaving Devizes Barracks. Bog fo Kob~la, gunner f1r Hauptman and for Leach at Si~gling. Later Tank cmdr. Zynn, Russell E. Coatesville To B fr~m Sv Co in Texas. Tanker, Po.. iriver. Drove also for Co cmdr Leac

Attached Frenchmen

Rourrois, Roe,;er 26 Avenue de l'Europe Helped with new Blume- 78160 Marlv-Ie-Roi (Les Yvelines) Connelly tablet in Cha France . ce~ay, Aug. 30, 1984 Didier, Louis qene Le Cedre Bleu - Entrp.e 13 Met Bourrois 1984,firs 54100 Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) time since B·Co in '44 France

Poth these comrades joined B Company at Vitry-le-Fran~ois in August ~nd were released to j~in tr.e French Army in October " See next page for more npmes, mo~tly Replacements -19-

ADDENDUM ether R Company men, majority culJed frnm Ken Jefferis' adcres~ book. '. Also see the Yellow Book, 17th Armore~ qegiment of 4th A.D., published in 1942 by A~y-Kavy Publishjng Co. 0f Baton Rouge, l~uisiana.

Staff Sgt. ~ith Company until Texas. To oes Oct.24,'43 I~ Allen, . 'nnese, Nick- Ta~~ Driver. Left Company after California desert

Grai~, Ra1"0••h b -."f)')re.,ea',.~ h d , "1'l'Jssiss~pp~" ~ckman, Jack - Chester, Idaho ~dwards, Jame~ - G]endale, Arizona Fisher, Paul S. - Pond Creek, Oklahoma Good emot.e,"Sherw')od - CoLlins, !'JewYo rk Lambe ch , -Joseph Patrick - '9rl')",rnSummit, Nor-tn Carolina

Liebhart, Edwar-d - Salem, Oh i 0 Lipscomb, -South Caroljna (late replacement-cf. F. Lanza. Livingston, Howard W. - Rayland, Ohio Mc~erey, Thnmas - Schoolfield (near Danville) ,Virginia O'Keef, David - Wilmington, N~rth Carolina Querry, Edward I. - Heber Springs, Arkansas Sanzo, Theodore - Ne\'1York City-Cf Ye LLow Book-found by R. Daly, 1984 Shumate, John - c: F. Lanza- a Seminole Indian from Florida

Bailey, Robert H. - cf. F. Lanza. Last addition to list of KIA,(pg.7). Killed at Schweinheim during Hammelburg breakthrough.

Mull, Stanley W. - In Pine Camp with Co.E Lieutenant Gilston At one time commanded 2nd Platoon in Europe Came over from another Company. Aschaffenburg area

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Medical Detachment

Each Tank Battalion of the Division had a Medical Detac~~ent cnnsisting of two Doctors and eighteen men. (T/O 17-25, change of June 16, 1944). Dr, John R. Scotti was Battalion Surgeon and Dr. Charles Voltz his Assistant, qnd later Battalion Surgeon upon the departure of Dr. Scotti to'a Combat Command. Dr. Scotti assigned two men to each line company and the others, attached to Hq. Co., served as needed to augment or replace their comrades. One was a permanent Ambulance Driver. ~ To the best recollection of B Co. men,and other Medics, the two Medics assigned to B Co. at the crossing were: 1) Fiore, Crescent A. - Westbury, Long Island 2) Gregory Others 'known assigned to B Co. were: J) Finzimer, Joseph - Southampton, Pennsylvania (In Nancy area) 4) Isenmann, Isaac (In Nancy area) 5) Finch, Everett - KIA Singling on Dec. 6 Others of the 18 or more (crossing and replacements);some doubtless served B Co.- 6) Smith, Joseph S. - KIA 7) Weinstein, Harold - KIA (Staff Sgt) S) Maione, Oswald

9) Bove, Frank M.- Hicksville, N.Y. The Ambulance, Driver 10) Levy 11) McCarthy, Matthew 12) O'Reilly 13) Wolfgang, Ben - 37th A.R. medic at Camp BOwie, Texas 14) Booth, John - Ambulance driver 15) Eames, Charles - Doc Scotti's Peep driver in France . ~ . /r. HEAD'-' 'ARTERS ~ '9r, -1;\ THIRD t;NtTf.D SThTES ARMY ~~~: ~.~1!\\ . •V\• I . ~,I • t~ '. ',J·t

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