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

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if fr ry. f 3 C' I BRIGADIER GENERAL NORMANDO A. COSTELLO Assistant Division Commander ,fa COLONEL C. R. ROSENBAUM Chief of Staff

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,. . L A - N., -, R ,gs t. .iggs ll Q i , kt gg -tx th in X , SW Nj' .41 .A Q5 A .4 ... .. E75,3JQ. Ag' 4 -7,1 '1 7- ', ,W -' Q'- 'Q . f t - 'ff 1 ,Q-my .sign , ,..,Ns.hng4, RlGll'l' UP FRONT? .Xn ollicer of Hezxclqnarters. 2131511 Armored Field Artillery, fith Armored Di- vision. rcalcls the Articles ol' War to men ol' his organization in Nia- gerct. livlginni. tt short tiigggnqg front the lront lines. The date , , , -ljilllllllff' 20, 1945. tL'. S, A1-mv l hotoj ' liiigiiit-ws ol' the tith Armored Division, Li. S. Third Army, clear the debris li-ont a road in Dasburg, iit'1'1i1,itiy. The town was tht' target oli t'ont't'nt1'ztted bonibcr attacks. ss ,m . A '-,, 'A' an Q. ti all M f 'vhi ,L I 5 EJ 73 lg li li A i L h E . V. . . . fE.,, F ,A A Anicrittin vvliiclcs in tht- town ol' Lurka, fit'I'Ill21I1y2llill'I' its capture by the bth Artnorecl Division, lf. S. Third Arniy. l.uc'ka, Gt-rtitatly. lil April 1411.3 ll Illll IN WUHIH WHH II Leaving Brest, the tanks ofthe 'gSuper Sixth turned south to rumble past Lorient, then east and through Urleans, south of Paris and to the Fortress city of Metz. lt was assigned to the Seventh Army which had landed in Southern France. As the 6th Armored came within sight of Germany the winter counter-offensive began. The Division was sent north to relieve the 10th Armored Division. Then for more than 3 weeks the tankers and infantrymen of the Division fought in the Battle ofthe Bulge. It fought in the winter hell north of Bastogne. The Germans threw everything they had at them. The freezing cold froze the mechanical parts of tanks, ma- chine guns and rifles. For five days the Division was pushed back slowly but soon the tide of battle reversed and the men ofthe 6th Armored slowly began pushing the Germans back into their own country, across the Our River. Then the tanks began to roll once more. The Division thundered on to Saarbrucken, crossed the Rhine River near Manheim, rumbled through Frankfurt and continued to- wards central Germany. The Division passed the historic city of Wfeimar and as the WVar came to an end, the men ofthe now famed 6th Armored Division had reached Rochlitz. The Division was brought back to the United States and was deactivated at Gamp Shanks, New York on September 18, 1945.

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COLONEL LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROBERT E. MOORE JAMES E. WILKINS Cr-1 G-Z W K. Vi- 53 , - L ' A 4 . 'WN ,ypvwv . ,i,N..Zf,,-,L:,ffq,f,,.5 Q RR Sq ! s i JJ M JSE A COLONEL LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM S. CROCKER, JR. IRVING W. FINBERG C'-3 G-4 mv '53 59 ,g X' jx W - -5 ,ffg19v'42QfLaiQaf,mf LIEUTENANT COLONEL FRED W. MAY MASTER SERGEANT J. F. TAYLOR Public Irmiormation Officer Post Sergeant Major