“Tankers didn’t sleep unless there was nothing going on, and there was always something going on...”
-- Captain David Redle,
Former Commander of "B" Company
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NEWS:
The 756th Tank Battalion
Algeria-French Morocco ~ Naples-Foggia
Rome-Arno ~ Southern France ~ Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace ~ Central Europe
World War II
TAPS
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to:
Denis Hannan
medic,
passed away on February
5th, 2010
Roy Collins
veteran of HQ Co.,
passed away on November 11th, 2009
Marvin Kempf
veteran of A Co.,
passed away on August 8th, 2009
Frank R. Cockerill, Jr.
passed away on
May 17th, 2009
Frank was a veteran of B Co.
All men are deeply missed...
*****
The 2010 756th Tank Battalion Association reunion will be held in September in the Lexington, Kentucky area.
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An up-close account on how
the tankers of B Company /756th Tank Battalion and the GIs of the 3rd Battalion /15th Infantry Regiment fought together in 1944 Southern France!
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The 756th Tank Battalion was reorganized in 1949 as the 73rd Heavy Tank Battalion, re-designated in 1962 as the 73rd Armor Regiment, and then inactivated in 1997.
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