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298th Engineer Combat Battalion 740th Tank Battalion 18th FA Group (188th, 666th, and 981st FA Battalions) 142nd FA Group (195th and 266th FA Battalions) 188th FA Group (172nd, 951st, and 980th FA Battalions) 342nd, 366th, 392nd♦, 1308th, and 1313th Engineer General Service Regiments 18th, 83rd, 87th, 183rd, 193rd, 957th, and 991st FA Battalions
The 70th Tank Battalion was the U.S. Army's first separate tank battalion, activated on 15 June 1940, from Regular Army troops. Four more separate tank battalions (the 191st–194th) were formed soon after from National Guard tank companies from California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Armor: 747th Tank Battalion, 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion 35th Infantry Division Major General Paul W. Baade Infantry: 134th, 137th, 320th Infantry Regiments Artillery–105 mm: 161st, 216th, 219th Field Artillery Battalions Artillery–155 mm: 127th Field Artillery Battalion Armor: 737th Tank Battalion, 654th Tank Destroyer Battalion
During World War II, the United States Army underwent significant changes and played a crucial role in the conflict, fundamentally shaping its purpose and structure. The primary objective of the U.S. Army during this period was to mobilize and deploy forces to combat Axis powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.
The 740th tank battalion was activated at Fort Knox, Ky. on March 1, 1943. It trained at Fort Knox and at Camp Bouse, Az. as a canal defense light (CDL) unit and as a standard medium tank battalion from October 15, 1943 to April 24, 1944 then sailed to England on July 26, 1944.
740th Military Police Battalion Camp Skokie Valley was a United States Army installation built in Glenview , Illinois, north of Chicago. Its archaeological remnants are found in Blue Star Memorial Woods, a property owned and managed by the Cook County Forest Preserve District .
The tank destroyer battalion was a type of military unit used by the United States Army during World War II. The unit was organized in one of two different forms—a towed battalion equipped with anti-tank guns , or a mechanized battalion equipped with armored self-propelled guns .
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