The 756th tank Battalion (light) was activated here on June 1st, 1941.

(David Redle)

A 756th Tank Battalion M2 "Combat Car" maneuvers through the mud of a training course. M2s were the first "tanks" used by the battalion. They were introduced in 1938 and already obsolete by 1940.

(David Redle)

Two M3 light tanks and an M3 "Lee" medium tank of the 756th Tank Battalion depart camp for a day of training.

(David Redle)

2nd Lt. Roger Fazendin uses hand signals from his m3 light tank to alert his platoon during training maneuvers.

(David Redle)

Profile of 2nd Lt. Roger Fazendin while training in an M3 light tank. The M3 was later replaced by the newer M5A1 light tank.

(David Redle)

2nd Lt Edwin Olson of "C" Company prepares to ship out with his platoon of M5A1 light tanks as part of the Operation Torch landings near Casablanca, Morocco.

(Library of Virginia photo C1:2/01/019)

756th Tank Battalion M5A1 light tanks equipped for amphibious landings await loading for Operation Torch.

(Library of Virginia photo C1:2/01/047)

A crew from "B" Company prepares their M4 Sherman for battle. In November 1944 the 756th Tank Battalion was re-designated a medium tank battalion and equipped with M4 medium tanks.

(Gene Palumbo)

Captain Edwin Olson (by this time the battalion Communications Officer) sits in a jeep with Major Welborn Dolvin.

(Edwin Olson)

The crew of a T2 tank retriever awaits a tow from an artillery crater.

(National Archives photo SC-187536)

M4 tank number C-14 (from the 3rd Platoon of "C" Company) stuck in the mud near the Rapido River.

(National Archives photo SC-212639)

Sgt. Doyle Cody receives the Bronze Star from 756th Tank Battalion commander Lt. Col. Glenn Rogers.

(Doyle Cody collection)

M4 tank of the 756th Tank Battalion passes a knocked out British M4 on the drive to Rome.

(National Archives photo SC-190187)

M4 tanks from "B" Company of the 756th Tank Battalion unload from LCTs near the beach.

(National Archives photo 80-G-258079)

Only hours after landing in southern France, and amphibious DD-tank and crew from Lt. Orient's 3rd Platoon/ "B" Company watches as German prisoners are rounded up by the 15th Infantry Regiment and marched back to the beach .

(National Archives photo 80-G-258079)

DD-tanks from "A" Company parked on the beach after assisting the 7th Infantry Regiment with the southern France D-Day beach landings.

(National Archives photo 80-G-255870)

An M4 tank of the 756th Tank Battalion burns after being knocked out by a German anti-tank gun.

(National Archives photo SC-193406)

The same M4 tank as photo to the left. Close up shows the tank penetrated twice--once just below the driver's hatch, and a second time in the transmission plate.

(National Archives photo SC-193047-S)

M4 tank of the 756th Tank Battalion destroyed and charred as the result of German anti-tank fire.

(National Archives photo - reference number uncertain)

The knocked out M4 tank of 2nd Lt. James "Red" Harris of "A" Company. Harris and most of his crew were killed while defending the 3rd Battalion/ 7th Infantry Regiment HQ from a German attack. Harris was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for this action.

(National Archives photo - reference number uncertain)

A new M4 Sherman outfitted with a larger turret an a long-barrel 76mm gun arrives for use with the 756th Tank Battalion. The higher velocity gun was a long overdue improvement over the short-barrel 75mm gun.

(National Archives photo SC-195943)