“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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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
Frank R. Cockerill, Jr.
Frank passed away on Sunday May 17th, 2009
in Omaha, Nebraska.
He will be deeply missed...
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The 2009 756th Tank Battalion Association reunion will be held September 10 - 12th
in the Cincinnati Ohio 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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