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Major General Desobry then served as Commanding General of the 1st Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas from 1969 to 1971. In 1971, he became the Commanding General of the Armor Center and Armor School at Fort Knox, Kentucky. While there, he was appointed President of the XM1 Tank Task Force, which led to the M1 Abrams.
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A task force commanded by Maj. William R. Desobry went north to Noville, while a similar group under Lt. Col. Henry T. Cherry wheeled east to Longvilly. Lt. Col. James O'Hara's group shifted southeast to Bras. At the same time, German forces moved westward with increasing momentum.
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The battalion sailed for Normandy in July, and was landed at Utah Beach on the 18th, equipped with M18 Hellcat tank destroyers. [2] After two weeks of being held in reserve, they were moved to the front line on the 31st [1] and attached to a task force of Third Army which was assigned to capture the ports along the north coast of Brittany; [3] it pushed through Avranches and turned westwards ...
The Main Battle Tank Task Force was established under Major General William R. Desobry. [a] The task force prepared design studies with the technical support of Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM). [24] In early 1972 Lieutenant General William E. DePuy met with other generals to determine the Army's most important priorities. The ...
On 19–20 December, the 1st Battalion of the 506th PIR was ordered to support Team Desobry, a battalion-sized tank-infantry task force of the 10th Armored Division assigned to defend Noville [6] located north-northeast of both Foy and of Bastogne just 4.36 mi (7.02 km) away.