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

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6Ih ARMORED DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II l if M: lill l ljl H l V l ll ii ll ll Armored Divisions are su' ifilfl-oils: IIV- llilfrav l ' e++yff !Wf buf few have eclipsed ihe speed records sei' in Frans. bg iie f 4 :ffl Armored, who call fhemselves Ihe Super Sixilis d lcla,i !fI5 Landing in Normandy on July 24. ihe Six Xrmo hig Aj ,ff!i?4f!.41E :warg ifcoasf of Brifiany. ln 'rwo weeks fhe x.I. N in Ou+skiris1,QlijgZ,,,y,e,ysEg reygyfi if4,j, mba, !Command A Irapped 4O.QOO KDII1 xurinyilflHxdashleihe Super by ,f,f4'a'!.e,l and in one 24 hour asv. sor'r iasr 'IN Division Com- mander, Malo ixsynerakfqxifiheiiiiy Io x ai +o 'A ffiff I',l rryap5gQ 'roo small. Give me agwiak iigenpxlf Txliltcdxg won'+ un of il day. l,, , pe Six+h ru ed fn furned easifgaxndr Auf n, an , nd e . Acro5sZ'France:-?:aj'?D!vi6n, ii' wi+hb+ l'g . , ri15ygmw'vgiXiiorih fr m e M rrane , nd pusl'iedAyivf5y ro,fr fk' ',,Ri'ver, wilhiighi if 'f ,ei Couni' off nsive, and rhe Sixi r r was giZ'P'figii'rh6fg' b 'foigrhex lusrxrmcfrflg-eoi iersch Lu mbourg, 'Io reli : e Ten moreclf yfkxbacksiiff Iirgfaciion or - E--1.-Elin Baa., - 'Su er Sixilifiii fhe k mf S an boils X op a+ onl .- ade or five1if .Supen3j3?'Z QQFwasurin di ences 241-unrap S', pu e slowly ii A of e erman ull. Then i held, and slowly Jrhe pe ul 'rhe lx+ Armore drove +he ene back. The Germans Thr w veryrhiifiijei 'aid PZ Six+ eavy arfillery concenrrafio and barrages of rockers cr he Jff,yj.g':La:.1La-Er-ilgiggginfanir fo - . ' . u- e - . o 0- a -0 e IX ' mor cl from 'A,' :TQBuVfjjI 'fDivision ug in, and by fhe lime 'Fhe enemy fhreai'had'been crushed'IEie in 's - be Mix Six+h had pushed The Germans across +he Our River and back inlo +heir own counfry. A if i H Clyiiijfiel E-cykedl, ll7'23' Aleriiuhf ana: 'lrheny lrunni 'Q 'rlygee m andj . age'l'5fQl+heWfOwn V jliiari lilisig ialwhe y, Qch jxlyfhe-'yxhjrd wg' af lfycfiony 'rhe l fini-pi mivisi9Y1lan?l51e Si' Ad' - 'IAV ed: S,EQier vljywas I p'Zi3h,,jfWad yihce la' loil elhlazlki La+'m5ybe',si Ey wif' Il? sr illrmaiflilaffer all. MW W ,f my y . I . A y' ' 7

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T' 'I NICKNAME: MSuper SIxIh. ACTIVATION: I5 February I942 aI ForI Knox, I4enIucky. INACTIVATION: I8 SepIember I945 aI Camp Shanks, New York. REACTIVATION: 5 Sepjrember IQSO aI ForI Leonard Wood, MIssourI. TRAINING: ISIaIesIdeI AIIer Ihe DIvIsIon was orqanIzed, II IeII ForI Knox, KenIucky, Ior Camp AChaIIee, Arkansas, Io beqIn IraInInq Ihere In March I942. I'IavInq Iaken parI In ThIrd Army maneuvers In I.ouIsIana In AuqusI and SepIember I942, Ihe DIvIsIon wenI Io Camp Younq, CaIIIornIa, Ior IraInIng In Ihe DeserI TraInInq CenIer In OcIober I9-42. I.aIer Ihe DIvIsIon was assIqned Io Camp Cooke, CaII- IornIa, commq under Ihe II Armored Corps and Ihe XVIII Corps whIIe aI IhaI sIaIIon. In November I943, sIIII assIqned Io Camp Cooke, Ihe unII became a parI oI Ihe FourIh Army Command. DEPARTED UNITED STATES FOR FOREIGN DUTY: II February I944 Irom New York ForI oI Embarkahon. TRAINING: IOverseasI TraIrIed In Ihe UnIIed Kmqdom Ior IIve monIhs prIor Io oornbaI. RETURNED UNITED STATES: I7 SepIen'wber I945. BATTLE CREDITS: IDIvIsIonI Normandy, NorIhern France, RhIneIand, Ardennes, and CenIraI Europe. DATE ENTERED COMBAT: IDIvIsIonI 28 JuIy I944, IFIrsI eIemenIs oI DIvIsIonI 27 JuIy I944. COMBAT DAYS: IDIvIsIonI, 226. SUCCESSIVE COMMANDING GENERALS: MaIor GeneraI WIIIIam FI. FI. MorrIs, Jr., Irom February I942 Io May I9433 MaIor GeneraI RoberI W. Grow Irom May I943 unIII DIvIsIon InacIIvaIIon. CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER: SIaII SerqeanI Archer T. Gammon, Company A, NInIh Armored InIanIry BaIIaIIon Ior acIIon near BasIoqne, BeIqIum, II January I945. OFFICIAL CITATION: AIIer he had charged Ihrouqh hIp-deep snow Io knock ouI an enemy machIne qun and IIs Ihree-man crew wIIh a grenade, he aqaIn rushed Iorward Io desIroy anoIher auIomaIIc weapon posIIIon and IIs crew oI Iour. He Ihen advanced Io wIIhIn 25 yards oI a TIqer RoyaI Iank, kIIIInq Iwo hosIIIe rIIIemen enrouIe. As Ihe Iank sIarIed Io wIIhdraw II Iired poInIbIank and kIIIed hIm. N I Icol cembjrus jgirmanif V I Arfngred I Re can of Ihe 86 .con BaH'aInon en-,ers

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