“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

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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.

 

Click HERE for more details.

 

 

 

NOW AVAILABLE!!

 

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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Operating Since January 26th, 2005

Last Updated on May 21st, 2009

 

 

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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