Info on Italian campaign

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Here's an order of battle that also shows the 757th.

 

http://www.milhist.net/ordbat/2corpsus.html

 

Order of Battle • II Corps (American)

 

II Corps (American) [ of Fifth Army, 11 Jan 1943 ]

- Hq and Hq Company, II Corps

- 1st Infantry Division (American)

- 1st Armored Division (American)

- 1st Ranger Battalion

- 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion

- 202nd Military Police Company

- 209th Coast Artillery Regiment (Anti-Aircraft)

- 431st Coast Artillery Battalion (Anti-Aircraft) (Automatic Weapons)

- 432nd Coast Artillery Battalion (Anti-Aircraft) (Automatic Weapons)

- 19th Engineer Regiment (Combat)

- 62nd Engineer Company (Topographic) [u/c MedBaseSect]

- 13th Field Artillery Brigade

- Hq and Hq Battery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade

- 1st Observation Battalion

- 17th Field Artillery Regiment

- 36th Field Artillery Regiment

- 178th Field Artillery Regiment

- 51st Medical Battalion

- Hq and Hq Detachment, Provisional Ordnance Regiment (Field)

- 42nd Ordnance Battalion (M & S)

- Hq and Hq Detachment

- 78th Ordnance Company (Depot)

- 14th Ordnance Company (Medium Maintenance)

- 9th Ordnance Company (Medium Maintenance)

- 87th Ordnance Battalion (Medium Maintenance) (Q)

- Hq and Hq Detachment

- 3485th Ordnance Company (Medium Maintenance) (Q)

- 3486th Ordnance Company (Medium Maintenance) (Q)

- 30th Ordnance Company (Medium Maintenance) (Tank)

- A Company, 205th Quartermaster Battalion (Gas Supply)

- D Company, 244th Quartermaster Battalion (Service)

- 1st Engineer Amphibian Regiment [u/c MedBaseSect]

- 53rd Signal Battalion

 

II Corps (American) [ of Fifth Army, 9 Apr 1945 ]

- 6th South African Armoured Division

- 34th Infantry Division (American)

- 88th Infantry Division (American)

- 91st Infantry Division (American)

- Legnano Combat Group (Italian)

- 91st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron

- 752nd Tank Battalion

- 757th Tank Battalion

- 804th Tank Destroyer Battalion

- 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion

- II Corps Artillery

- 15th Observation Battalion

- 178th Field Artillery Group

- 248th Field Artillery Battalion

- 527th Field Artillery Battalion

- 765th Field Artillery Battalion

- 12th Battery, 54th [brit] Super Heavy Regiment

- A Battery, 530th Field Artillery Battalion

- 77th Field Artillery Group

- 173rd Field Artillery Battalion

- 631st Field Artillery Battalion

- 936th Field Artillery Battalion

- 423rd Field Artillery Group

- 178th Field Artillery Battalion

- 536th Field Artillery Battalion

- 985th Field Artillery Battalion

- 11th Battery, 54th [brit] Super Heavy Regiment

- 71st Anti-Aircraft Brigade

- 209th Anti-Aircraft Group

- 401st Gun Battalion

- 403rd Gun Battalion

- 105th Automatic Weapons Battalion (Self-Propelled)

- 432nd Automatic Weapons Battalion (Self-Propelled)

- B Battery, 360th Searchlight Battalion

- II Corps Engineers

- 19th Engineer Combat Group

- 401st Engineer Combat Battalion

- 402nd Engineer Combat Battalion

- 39th Engineer Combat Group

- 404th Engineer Combat Battalion

- 643rd Engineer Combat Battalion

- 1755th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company

 

II Corps (American) [ of Fifth Army, 23 Apr 1945 ]

- Headquarters and Headquarters Company

- 6th South African Armoured Division

- 88th Infantry Division (American)

- 91st Infantry Division (American)

- 752nd Tank Battalion

- 757th Tank Battalion

- 804th Tank Destroyer Battalion (Self-propelled)

- 805th Tank Destroyer Battalion (Self-propelled)

- Flight B, 121st Liaison Squadron [-1det] [att]

- 209th AAA Group

- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment

- 71st AAA Operation Detachment

- 105th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (Self-propelled)

- 432nd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion (Self-propelled)

- 403rd AAA Gun Battalion (Type C)

- Battery B, 360th AAA Searchlight Battalion

- 1438th Engineer Searchlight Maintenance Detachment [att]

- 100th Chemical Mortar Battalion

- 172nd Chemical Smoke Generating Company

- Engineer Section, II Corps

- 19th Engineer Combat Group

- Headquarters and Headquarters Company

- 39th Engineer Combat Group

- Headquarters and Headquarters Company

- 402nd Engineer Combat Battalion

- 404th Engineer Combat Battalion

- 643rd Engineer Combat Battalion

- 1755th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company

- Field Artillery Section, II Corps

- II Corps Artillery

- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery

- 15th Field Artillery Observation Battalion

- 77th Field Artillery Group

- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery

- 178th Field Artillery Group

- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery

- 423rd Field Artillery Group

- Headquarters and Headquarters Battery

- 173rd Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun)

- 985th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun)

- 178th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

- 248th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

- 631st Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

- 765th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

- 936th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer)

- 527th Field Artillery Battalion (8-inch Howitzer)

- 536th Field Artillery Battalion (8-inch Howitzer)

- A Battery, 530th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Gun)

- 11th Battery, 54th (British) Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (8-inch Gun) [att]

- 12th Battery, 54th (British) Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (8-inch Gun) [att]

- Medical Section, II Corps

- 54th Medical Battalion

- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment

- 379th Medical Collecting Company

- 380th Medical Collecting Company

- 381st Medical Collecting Company

- 683rd Medical Clearing Company

- 33rd Field Hospital

- Military Police Platoon, II Corps

- 202nd Military Police Company

- 151st Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad

- 1st Platoon, 523rd Quartermaster Car Company

- 3rd Platoon, 523rd Quartermaster Car Company

- 1st Platoon, 318th Italian Quartermaster Service Company [att]

- 53rd Signal Battalion

- 3133rd Signal Service Company

- 3915th Signal Service Company (Radio Intelligence [att]

- 3422nd Quartermaster Truck Company

- 2nd Italian Pack Mule Battalion [att]

- 2nd Italian Pack Mule Company

- 13th Italian Pack Mule Company

- 21st Italian Pack Mule Company

- 3rd Italian Pack Mule Battalion [att]

- 1st Italian Pack Mule Company

- 9th Italian Pack Mule Company

- 16th Italian Pack Mule Company

- 5th Italian Pack Mule Battalion [att]

- 11th Italian Pack Mule Company

- 15th Italian Pack Mule Company

- 19th Italian Pack Mule Company

- 30th Finance Disbursing Section [att]

202nd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

[Walt's Daughter]

This name was also listed on the forum where she posted her request, Patriot Files.

 

757th Tank Battalion

Mr. Max Malcom

1111 Euclid

Augusta, Kansas 67010

(316) 775-6588

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A memorial page:

 

http://www.memorial.ecasd.k12.wi.us/depart...ntheiErvinE.htm

[Walt's Daughter]

From Steve's site:

 

http://members.aol.com/Custermen85/History85.htm

 

http://members.aol.com/ItalyWW2/Division34Pt2.htm

 

mentions the 757th Bn

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Another memorial page:

 

http://www.memorial.ecasd.k12.wi.us/Depart...dReinhardtA.htm

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757TH TANK BATTALION

 

 

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

 

 

 

Graham, Ralph W. "The Operation of Company D, 757 Tank Battalion, Supporting the 1st Motorized

 

Division, French Expeditionary Corps in the Attack of Radicofani, Italy, 17-18 June 1944 (Rome-Arno Campaign): Personal Experience of a Company Commander." Ft Benning, GA:

 

Inf Sch Paper, 1949? 26 p. #302-757TK.1949a.

 

 

Sawicki, James A. Tank Battalions of the US Army. Dumfries, VA: Wyvern, 1983. p. 332.

 

#302-TK.1983.Ref.

 

Brief unit history.

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http://www.jackson.army.mil/Museum/History...APTER%20II.html

 

See section:

 

First Tanks Arrive

 

Fort Jackson received its first tanks in early 1942 when the 757th Tank Battalion was transferred to the Post from Fort Knox, Kentucky . The terrain at Fort Jackson was considered ideal for tank training, and during maneuvers the armored monsters played a big part in the “ Battle of the Carolinas .†The arrival of the lumbering tanks added still another branch of service to those in training at this busy military Post that already included infantry, artillery, mechanized cavalry, and “tank-killer†units.

[ColBill]

I have recently read an excellent book about the war in Sicily and Italy by Rick Atkinson . The title is THE DAY OF BATTLE and was recently published on late 2007 .He previously published AN ARMY AT DAWN about the war in North Africa .

 

There is much detail about the campaigns and the conditions under which our soldiers had to conduct battle . An example, on page 252 he quotes ... " it soon became evident that Italy would be a battle of engineers : the speed of advance would be determined by bulldoziers, if not by nervous soldiers on hands and knees, prodding for mines with a bayonet."

 

I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the combat engineers .

[roque_riojas]

I know about the combat engineers on their knees and one hand the other

had a bayonet . two abreast and two behind putting tape.

Was there seen that. 1st. Bn. 135th Reg. 34 I.D. RJR

[CaptO]

if not by nervous soldiers on hands and knees, prodding for mines with a bayonet."

 

Sounds like something from the long gone days of WWII, but there was I, in my boot camp in 1995, learning how to prod for mines with a knife.

 

“Remember people! Palms up so you don't set the damn things off while you're prodding!!!!!!!â€