US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Leonard Wood, MO)

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61h ARMDRED DIVISIO IN WCRLD WAR II i ill.M'1lillQ'g:l Q - ' 'i 1 Em .l - f. i fl , Armored Dlvlslons are supposixdrglxi gilqblejj fra leifyjf. buf few have eclipsed fhe .W ,W ,.'I, if vi If I, speed records sei' in France ii lfxmx inf ' iz b WV fhe Sindh Armored, who call fhemselves 'the Super X5 1lfd j'clajH !1l'hen 'n'Le.'i,Landing in Normandy on July 24. 'lhe Sixfh Arnhofr i h a 'Ji ea fgr 'rheffcoasf of Briffany. w e 4- ai' ll, - ' s if 2 f ff' in iwodwiikliieg 0.?QSki'Ti if f ? 'haf Commfnd A rappe . M lv: ,WN Nhliiwxyli-Xixv V e upei. f ipgpkwz s af yy. and in one 24 hour period cox iredfk- bmilegj-1 X Qaslflglv sorf of fasi ,fl5Division Com- mander. mvli. To a im ro f?C Liuf'tniaps are +oo small. Give me a m' f rge e w Xghci Q on'+ r n of 'i 'XX 57. AfQj 'Y'-jzsfvrl r,f',f f 2Qi,Q' J LeaviRgM gxxl ,bheihmx tryigijxe .'Su er ixi .. . uised , .Whorf f,AndQllen 'lurned -.N X '- 'C Q. 'Fu X- Rl ' V , . ,- ,' , easr and or Qirhf N f' Auru , ncy. a . e+z. !,,6s'5,,,.Eral'iC5f a'l',DiiQJ, me'r up we X ix ,, f wifhxfhe y verifh Nm i' Ndrih fro f- erra ea , and iis wayi, frhe Saar ' er. .ning-:LX xl--.YLQNXP 6 I I, .1 wi litngll Verrn X-if QQ,-IPL!-- n 'Lf' 52.4,-Q 5 'Xxx-Q-5 .Q jail . . K , Q3 cal ' ' Ewniexgbunier fe sive, an Sixih rm red was' shifie oluihiig he :gc , '-, N A . ,K , -' , Afd?H q' rsch. ux bourg, +o relieve '- nl' Armo ag,- Ivvlfwas fhe'1' if Qitheiiion ri of Basiogne. Fo I ys. + - ' uper I 4:2 M: - jf. x. I zfzf, 5,-,ff -if wx helix-1-,XA Twafgpiurref fr :- 5 041' ' fle l90l'l'S oper re n . For ai Nguk -'Fa . . f U,:..:gsL4 f M-4, , 5 W mgghurlng :si nce 9,93 '! 'b- .- L as us ed sloVtl,'f,i underllfljggaif-fig, if of + e erman l mg, -, m , ,,,,I.'f-If +he V - ulum e H '-'LL . olherii -'ihe S' +h rmored 5' ve +he ene y back. The Germans hr everyihingfrhel.-haiilcziiiglj- ' - ' - - A' F? i . - ff 'j':-- 1salfQitq ,31fjflhLeT!LQuEer Sixih ' avy arii ry conceniraiio s and barrages of rockers ra hed lnc6 pj I n7afiHiir?ian+ry or es charging behind Them. ombers blasfed +he Sixih r ored fr,Qgg,5ghgyeg5g:i-iii? -1' '--' :fern ,M .. Qifih-'2DlVl5lO du ' . 6 - -' ' ' ' ' ' A ' '- -' ' ' al in JanU5'Y-'llei??'1?l31?ii'f'ff-3525 -0 Ol 'Q - vi- . . o - GI ' v' . s o ' ' o l 0 C0Uf1i'l'Y?fgi?T3.'i -1 - Afkxfff ,jiQ.g: 'iThen 'rhe American 'rankers began rolling again. Theirs wasn'+ all a war of machines ,M ,f e3Y lm1'p'pf fqihyi if in xghmg M ' we ff 19513 we f Q -1' Wear 'ff' 6 i 6 '-'lim l M Nm fir' I' fi ily 'ii' J' fi :li 4' l f 'if i ii if ' if X lil QIAXX YF.:-X1 'X' Wire P P' if? all liiva ipesi-lf.vi Ei' V E Li agef uilheifydwn Ilirar ffhi i wh 'lion 'archl 'Qfx hlolj' -:Sev ' i ,V ,licllion .T 'lhe' jilh Il, Wien, g ivisil lean' mhe, 'wh il .,J7,f, +I yfhghlfyi Lad co' 'Ines ly' lql e ll Na? ,aybl 1 laey . f r f f-ff, In ' i i ' 1 ii ' 4 1 W- il 'f- X ff!! M fl ll li l lil iv i 1 If 14,

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HISTORY QF THE NTCKNAME: Super Sindh. ACTTVATTON: 15 February 1942 aT ForT Knox, KenTucky. TNACTTVATTON: 18 SepTember 1945 aT Camp Shanks, New York. REACTTVATTON: 5 SepTember 1950 aT ForT Leonard Wood, Missouri. TRATNTNG: 1STaTeside1 ATTer The Division was organized, iT 1eTT ForT Knox, 1CenTucky, Tor Camp ChaTTee, Arkansas, To begin Training There in March 1942. T-Taving Taken parT in Third Army maneuvers in Louisiana in AugusT and SepTember 1942, The Division wenT To Camp Young, Ca1iTornia, Tor Training in The DeserT Training CenTer in OcTober 1942. LaTer The Division was assigned To Camp Cooke, Ca1i- Tornia, coming under The 11 Armored Corps and The XV111 Corps whi1e aT ThaT sTaTion. 1n November 1943, sTi11 assigned To Camp Cooke, The uniT became a arT oT The FourTh Army Command. TES FOR FORETGN DUTY: 11 February 1944 Trorn New ' To p DEPARTED UNTTED STA Y kPorT oT EmbarkaTion. , ' d 'n The UniTed Kingdom Tor Tive monThs prior or TRATNTNG: 1Overseas1 Traine i combaT. RETURNED UNTTED STATES: 17 SepTember 1945. BATTLE CREDTTS: 1Division1 Normandy, NorThern France, Rhine1and, Ardennes, and CenTra1 Europe. OMBAT' 1Division1 28 Ju1y 1944. 1FirsT e1emenTs oT Division1 27 DATE ENTERED C . ' ' M rris, hosTi1e riT1emen enro ki11ed him. Ju1y1944. BAT DAYS' 1Division1, 226. GENERALS' Maior Genera1 Wi11iam 1'1. 1-'1. o R berT WL Grow Trom COM . SUCCESSTVE COMMANDTNC-5 . Jr., Trom February 1942 To May 19431 Maior Genera1 o May 1943 unTi1 Division inacTivaTion. ' CONGRESSTONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WTNNER: STaTT SergeanT Archer T. Gammon, Company A, NinTh Armored 1nTanTry BaTTa1ion Tor acTion near BasTogne, Be1giurn, 11 January 1945. OFF1C1AL CTTATTON: ATTer he had charged Through hip-deep snow To knock ouT an enemy machine gun and iTs Three-man crew wiTh a grenade, he again , rushed Torward To desTroy anoTher auTomaTic weapon posiTion and iTs crew oT Tour. 1'1e Then advanced To wiThin 25 yards oT a Tiger Roya1 Tank, ki11ing Two uTe. As The Tank sTarTed To wiThdraw iT Tired poinTb1ank and T .

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