274th Armd FA Bn 20 Dec 44-31 Dec 44 Mar 13, 2018 - The 8th Tank Battalion was one of three tank battalions in the US Fourth Armored Division. From the day it was activated, the 4th Armored Division has scorned a nickname. 191st FA Bn (155 How) 9 Nov 44-21 Nov 44 2nd Armored Division. The Division participated in Operation Cobra, the Normandy Breakout. Percent of T/O Strength 98.4, Normandy 15th AIB 46th AIB 47th AIB. [4] It is currently responsible for Canadian Army operations in the Canadian province of Ontario and is headquartered at Denison Armoury in Toronto. The 4th Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army. Entire Division 28 Jul 44 If you have any data on units and those who served we would be interested in adding it to our digital project-library; please Contact Us. Missing 503 It played a key role in cutting off the Brittany peninsula, made a lightning sweep across France north of the Loire River, defended the Moselle bridgehead against crack panzer units, and made the first crossing of the Saare River. 177th FA Bn (155 How) 22 Dec 44-31 Dec 44 23rd AIB 38th AIB 48th AIB. 704th TD Bn (SP) 25 Apr 45-still atchd 20 Jul 45. Arrived ETO 8 Jan 44 It was formed from the 37th Armored Regiment upon completing training at Pine Camp NY. To capture Hill 145, forces which were supposed to attack the Pimple were redeployed and captured Hill 145. 24th Armored Engineer Bn But it never slowed down. The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division was created during World War II by the conversion of the 4th Canadian Infantry Division at the beginning of 1942 in Canada. 2 talking about this. View some pictures of recent Exhibits. Northern France Total Casualties 10,496 177th FA Gp 8 Nov 44-7 Dec 44 Six months after they had been in combat the men of the 4th Armored Division had received 1,959 decorations. 179th FA Bn (155 How) 24 Feb 45-6 Apr 45 Die 4th Armored Division (deutsch 4. The commander of the lead tank unbuttoned the turret and called to the worn soldiers in a ditch: “It’s all right, boys—this is the 4th Armored.”. 21 Mar 1945 Brig Gen William H Hoge Bronze Star: 3,443 Battle Casualties 5,988 10th Armored Infantry Bn 177th FA Gp 25 Feb 45-13 Mar 45 5th Armored Division. 177th FA Gp 20 Aug 44-15 Oct 44 See more ideas about wwii, world war two, world war ii. 3d Bn 134th Inf (35th Div) 28 Dec 44-31 Dec 44 The then 32-year-old Currie was a Major in The South Alberta Regiment. The 4th Armored Division, after training in England from January to July 1944, landed at Utah Beach 11 July and entered World War II combat 17 July. The 4th Armored Division landed at Utah Beach on July 11, 1944 and spent 230 days in combat on the Western front during World War II. 84th Infantry Division. The 4th Armored Division landed at Utah Beach on July 13, 1944, a month after the D-Day invasion (June 6, 1944) of the French Normandy coast. 35th Tank Bn The LFCA was created on 1 September 1991, taking command of what was previously Central Militia Area and the Regular Force Army units and formations in Ontario from the northern Lakehead region to the border with Quebec. During the defense of St. Vith, he commanded an ad hoc CCB task force from a foxhole at the base of … During the Battle of Falaise, Normandy, between 18–20 August 1944, Currie was in command of a small mixed force of tanks, self-propelled anti-tank guns and infantry which had been ordered to cut off one of the Germans' main escape routes. Gen. Holmes E. Dager, and its 8th Tank Battalion, which I commanded as a young major. 253d Armd FA Bn 22 Aug 44-7 Oct 44 Copyright, 2021, Sons Of Liberty Museum, Inc.,All Rights Reserved, Technician Fifth Grade Raymond J. Abraham, Technician Fourth Grade William E. Burden, Technician Fourth Grade Victor P. Scattone, Technician Fourth Grade William J. St George. 28 Aug 1944 Lt Col John H Himelick, 11 Jan 1944 Lt Col David A Watt Jr 695th Armd FA Bn 7 Aug 44-16 Aug 44 This is a fantastic really complete WW2/KW Armored Officers grouping named to Calvin P Becker. 2d Bn 320th Inf (35th Div) 12 Sep 44-16 Sep 44 Members of the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division demonstrating the use of flame throwers across a canal, Maldegem, October 1944. Pattons Vanguard) gehörte zu den gepanzerten Großverbänden, die im Zuge der sich zuspitzenden Kriegsgefahr Anfang der 1940er-Jahre durch die Vergrößerung der US-Armee entstanden. Becker was in the 126th Ordnance Battalion 4th Armored. In 2013 it was announced that Land Force Central Area would be redesignated 4th Canadian Division. 219th FA Bn (35th Div) (105 How) 20 Aug 44-24 Aug 44 I added names sent to me by former members of the Division: - Amos Cambron for the 47th AFAB. Within weeks, the "Breakthrough" division was sweeping across France. Let the other outfits give themselves tricky, blood-curdling, or humorous nicknames, but not the 4th Armored. 191st FA Bn (155 How) 20 Aug 44-21 Oct 44 The 16th Armored Division arrived in France, 11 February 1945, and was attached to the Third Army. 276th Armd FA Bn 3 May 45-8 May 45, 13th Inf (8th Div) 27 Jul 44-3 Aug 44 Aus der Einsatzgeschichte stechen bes… After Currie led the attack on the village of St. Lambert-sur-Dives and consolidated a position halfway inside it, he repulsed repeated enemy attacks over the next day and a half. 94th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 126th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion At that point in time, the six subordinate militia districts were reorganized into four: Northern Ontario District, London District, Toronto District, and Ottawa District each one garrisoned by a brigade of militia troops and a small number of regular support staff. Combat Command A After training in England from January to July 1944, the 4th Armored Division landed at Utah Beach 11 July 1944 and entered combat 17 July, driving to and securing the Coutances area, 28 July, The Division then swung south to take Nantes, cutting off the Brittany Peninsula, 12 August 1944. 10th AIB 51st AIB 53rd AIB. 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However, when they attempted to capture the hill, they were hampered by fire from the "Pimple", which was the other prominent height at Vimy Ridge. Working with the Seventh Army, the 4th Armored crossed the Rhine near Worms and gave the territory in that vicinity a terrific pasting. Cordialement, Good evening/morning, I would have a question to ask you concerning the service dress of the 4th armored division of the US army and more particularly the awards of this unit visible on the dress. ROSTER OF THE. If you have information to share, send a copy - no originals please - to Scott Thorpe, Webmaster, to help us update our records. The personality of the 4th Armored Division was a true re- flection of its commander’s character. 21 Feb 1945 Col Walter A Bigby They secured Coutances, Nantes and … It hammered and slammed at Nazi defenses from the time of the Normandy invasion until the collapse of the Wehrmacht, and it never failed to break through. See more ideas about battalion, armor, tank. 8th Tank Bn The division was first created as a formation of the Canadian Corps during the First World War. 5TH ARMORED DIVISION IN WWII "THE VICTORY DIVISION" 5th ARMORED DIVISION HEADQUARTERS. 4th Armored Division. During the Second World War the division was reactivated as the 4th Canadian Infantry Division in 1941 and then converted to armour and redesignated as the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division. 158th Armd FA Bn 9 Apr 45-17 Apr 45 To the 4th Armored Division, the primary tank weapon was t.he machine gun, which became the weapon of choice when the division engaged in aggressive exploitation and pursuit. 94th Infantry Division. Ardennes Hello, and welcome to The AceDestroyer! Then the “Breakthrough” outfit really shifted into high gear. Air Medal: 103 137th Inf (35th Div) 20 Aug 44-24 Aug 44 319th Inf (80th Div) 30 Jan 45-4 Feb 45 1st Bn 318th Inf (80th Div) 24 Dec 44-28 Dec 44 359th CT (90th Div) 16 Mar 45-19 Mar 45 Battles and Engagements on the Western Front, Land Force Central Area and 2013 reactivation, Learn how and when to remove this template message, 44th (Manitoba) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 47th (British Columbia) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 50th (Calgary) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 54th (Kootenay) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 75th (Mississauga) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 87th (Canadian Grenadier) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 102nd (North British Columbia) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 38th (Ottawa) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 51st (Edmonton) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada), CEF, 73rd (Royal Highlanders) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 78th (Winnipeg Grenadier) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 85th (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion Canadian Infantry, 67th (Western Scot) Pioneer Battalion Canadian Infantry, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's), Major General F.F. At the time of its creation in the early-1990s, it was housed on the grounds of the former base and subsequently moved ca 1993 to the Place Nouveau office tower at Yonge Street north of Finch Avenue; this was controversial as the offices of the area commander, Major-General Brian Vernon, were lavishly renovated, attracting political criticism and attention from the Auditor General of Canada. US-Panzerdivision; Spitzname: Name Enough bzw. In the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917, the 4th Canadian Division was given the job of capturing Hill 145, the highest and most important feature of Vimy Ridge. 144th Armored Signal Co, 22d Armored Field Artillery Battalion The casualties suffered by a typical American infantry regiment serving in World War II were horrendous. As a result, the Canadians became known as masters of offensive warfare and an elite fighting force.[6]. 974th FA Bn (155 How) 24 Feb 45-13 Mar 45 Soldiers Medal: 11 The division is headquartered in Toronto and covers the province of Ontario. 216th FA Bn (35th Div) (105 How) 19 Sep 44-24 Sep 44 One way we promote public education of military history is through our exhibits. 31 May 1944 Lt Col John B Sullivan, 11 Jan 1944 Lt Col Herbert F Krucker 53d Armored Infantry Bn 914th FA Bn (89th Div) (105 How) 3 Apr 45-6 Apr 45 Days in Combat 230, Killed 1,238 This photo captures the actions that led to him being awarded the Victoria Cross, Canadians enter Bergen-op-Zoom, early November 1944, Plaque on the World War II Memorial in Moerbrugge. 177th FA Gp 15 Mar 45-21 Mar 45 179th FA Bn (155 How) 1 May 45-8 May 45 Donald P. Boyer was the S-3 (Operations) Officer of 38th Armored Infantry Battalion. Activated 15 Feb 42 Arrived ETO 25 Feb 44 Arrived Continent (D/42) 18 Jul 44 Entered Combat: First Element 27 Jul 44 Entire Division 28 Jul 44 Days in Combat 226 Casualties (Tentative) Killed 1,169 Wounded 4,198 Missing 152 Captured 7 Battle Casualties 5,526 Non-Battle Casualties 7,290 Total Casualties 12,816 4th Armored Division. In addition to the Normandy campaign, the division fought in the Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe campaigns. 1st Bn 318th Inf (80th Div) 12 Sep 44-15 Sep 44 The 4th Canadian Division was a part of the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which attacked and defeated the Germans, driving them from the ridge. The acting commander of the 101st had thrilled the Allied world by his reply of “Nuts!” to the German demand to surrender or be destroyed. The division proceeded overseas in 1942, with its two main convoys reaching the United Kingdom in August and October. 359th CT (-3d Bn) (90th Div) 29 Mar 45-3 Apr 45 New Apr 2020 "814th Tank Destroyer Battalion: December 1944: (Attached to 7th Armored Division) Combat Interviews, After Action Report, Morning Reports" by Wesley Johnston.Maj. 177th FA Gp 28 Mar 45-6 Apr 45 Operations Report: 4th Marine Division, Iwo Jima 19 February To 16 March, 1945 This is the main 4th Marine Division report on Iwo Jima for this time period. During the Battle of the Bulge, the unit provided badly needed support to the encircled US forces in Bastogne, Belgium. 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division. One of its component units, the 23d Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (mechanized), was relieved of security duty and attached to the 86th Division. Someone had to break through the German ring of steel and men and effect their rescue. 5th FA Gp 7 Aug 44-16 Aug 44 28 Aug 1944 Lt Col Robert M Connolly, 11 Jan 1944 Col B C Clarke 177th FA Bn (155 How) 3 Aug 44-4 Aug 44 319th Inf (80th Div) 11 Sep 44-15 Sep 44 Here the 4th Armored fought off numerous counterattacks by the heaviest German armor. 99 th Infantry Battalion (Separate) 106th Infantry Division. 2 Aug 1944 Lt Col David A Watt Bastogne! It aided materially in the rapid advance of the Seventh Army by seizing intact a bridge across the Main River, and then drove on to Hanau, 10 miles east of Frankfurt-am-Main. The 4th Armored Division had already become the 1st Armored Division, “Old Ironsides”. New Books on 7AD in the Bulge. 16 Nov 1944 Lt Col James H Van Wagenen, 11 Jan 1944 Lt Col John H Himelick David Vivian Currie VC was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in command of a battle group of tanks from The South Alberta Regiment, artillery, and infantry of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, during the final actions to close the Falaise Gap. 10th Armored Division. 2 Aug 1944 Col Walter A Bigby The 101st Airborne Division had been surrounded at Bastogne by the Nazis' last great counteroffensive. 1 May 1945 Brig Gen William L Roberts, 11 Jan 1944 Col Ernest Bixby Rhineland Division Commander:- Major General Lundsford E. Oliver. 3 Dec 1944 Maj Gen Hugh J Gaffey Division Chronicle. It was thrust on the Division by outsiders who fought along with it in France, Germany and Czechoslovakia. The division proceeded overseas in 1942, with its two main convoys reaching the … 7 Sep 1944 Col Ernest Bixby 104th Inf (26th Div) 24 Mar 45-26 Mar 45 Arrived Continent (D/37) 13 Jul 44 In the United Kingdom, it participated in war games together with the Polish 1st Armoured Division, and later fought in France, the Low Countries, and Germany; both divisions followed very close paths. For example, by the end of January, 1945, the 47 th Infantry Regiment (which fought in France and Germany) had lost well over 100% of their strength to battle casualties, where men were either killed, wounded, missing, or taken as prisoner of war. Armoured cars in the Belgian-Dutch border town of Putte – 11 October 1944, Major David V. Curry (with pistol), accepting the surrender of German troops at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France, 19 August 1944. 7th Armored Division. It was given a security and training mission at Nurnberg, Germany, beginning 28 April. These photos are (with a few exceptions) from the period 1943 to 1945. It has been quite a long time since I last uploaded a video, but finally here’s the latest one. Legion of Merit: 16 Wounded 4,246 The 4th Armored moved so fast that it often stretched its supply lines to the breaking point. The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division was created during World War II by the conversion of the 4th Canadian Infantry Division at the beginning of 1942 in Canada. 9th AIB 44th AIB 50th AIB. 7 Sep 1944 Lt Col Alexander Graham 3rd Armored Division. In an all-out blitz it roared 65 miles in 48 hours, coming to a halt opposite Coblenz. 7th AIB 49th AIB 50th AIB. 943d FA Bn (155 How) 7 Apr 45-17 Apr 45 2d Bn 318th Inf (80th Div) 24 Dec 44-29 Dec 44 191st FA Bn (155 How) 22 Oct 44-30 Oct 44 Activated 15 Apr 41 355th CT (89th Div) 3 Apr 45-6 Apr 45 13 Sep 1944 Col Walter A Bigby, 11 Jan 1944 Lt Col Robert M Connelly 4th Armored Medical Battlion The 4th Armored did not rest on its laurels after the brilliant rescue of the 101st at Bastogne. Four medium tanks from the 4th Armored rolled up to a forest-lined roadway, all guns firing. The remnants of two German armies were denied an escape route. 2 May 1945 Maj Gen William H Hoge, 16 Mar 1945 Col William L Roberts Commander: Major General John Shirley Wood Chief of Staff: Colonel Walter A. Bigby, replaced on August 2nd, 1944, by Lieutenant-Colonel David A Watt Headquarters Company Reserve Command Silver Star: 845 776th FA Bn (155 How) 22 Dec 44-31 Dec 44 253d Armd FA Bn 19 Nov 44-7 Dec 44 Captured 1 4th Canadian Armoured Divisional Signals, 4th Canadian Division Support Group, at CFB Petawawa, 4th Canadian Division Training Centre, in, Brigadier-General Jocelyn Paul, MSC, CD, – 2018 – present, Brigadier-General Stephen Cadden CD, – 2016–2018, Brigadier-General Lowell Thomas, CD, – 2014–2016, Brigadier-General Fred Lewis, MSM, CD – 2010–2012, Brigadier-General Jean-Claude Collin, OMM, CD – 2008–2010, Brigadier-General John Howard, MSM, CD – 2007–2008, Brigadier-General Guy Thibault, CD – 2005–2007, Brigadier-General Marc Lessard, CD – 2003–2005, Brigadier-General Michel Gauthier CD – 2000–2002, Brigadier-General Walter Holmes, MBE, MSM, CD – 1998–99, Major-General Bryan Stephenson, CD – 1995–1998, Major-General Brian Vernon, CD – 1993–1995, Major-General Lewis MacKenzie, CD – 1992–1993, Major-General Nicholas Hall, CD – 1991–1993, This page was last edited on 24 December 2020, at 19:43. Entered Combat: 1 Mar 1945 Maj Gen Hugh J Gaffey 177th FA Bn (155 How) 10 Apr 45-17 Apr 45 Read more and Support Us. First Element 17 Jul 44 The desperate troops of the Airborne outfit, subjected to a merciless pounding, had to have help. It started breaking through from the day it landed. The 4th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that earned distinction while spearheading General Patton's Third Army in the European theater of World War II. All the way down the line, from the big brass to the buck private, the men feel that “4th Armored” is sufficient. The 4th landed at Utah Beach, with the 8th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Division being the first surface-borne Allied unit to hit the beaches at on D-Day, 6 June 1944. 7th Armored Division. 320th Inf (35th Div) 19 Sep 44-24 Sep 44 8th Armored Division. 179th FA Bn (155 How) 23 Aug 44-17 Dec 44 66th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Central Europe, DSC: 34 [5], The 4th Canadian Division was formed in Britain in April 1916 from several existing units and others scheduled to arrive shortly thereafter. 51st Armored Infantry Bn For example, by the end of January, 1945, the 47 th Infantry Regiment (which fought in France and Germany) had lost well over 100% of their strength to battle casualties, where men were either killed, wounded, missing, or taken as prisoner of war. "Operations report of the Fourth Marine Division in Iwo Jima from February 19 to March 16, 1945. The division spent almost two years training in the United Kingdom before crossing to Normandy in July 1944. The contact with the heroic defenders of Bastogne was made by the 37th Tank Battalion and the 53d Armored Infantry Battalion. 4th Armored Division. Non-Battle Casualties 4,508 177th FA Gp 24 Mar 45-26 Mar 45 90th Infantry Division. 1st Bn 328th Inf (26th Div) 6 Dec 44-8 Dec 44 From Fighting Divisions, Kahn & McLemore, Infantry Journal Press, 1945-1946. 8th Armored Division. With this change of name, the formation was also granted the identifying patch and historical lineage of the division that fought in the two world wars.[10]. The division participated in the later stages of the Battle of Normandy at the Falaise Pocket, the advance from Normandy and spent almost two months engaged at the Breskens Pocket as well as Operation Pheasant. [9] Later that decade, in 1997, the four reserve force districts were again reorganized into three brigade groups. 6th Armored Division. 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