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  2. Separate tank battalion - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II

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    The U.S. Army enlisted rank insignia that was used during World War II differs from the current system.The color scheme used for the insignia's chevron design was defined as golden olive drab chevrons on a dark blue-black wool background for wear on "winter" uniform dress coats and dress shirts or silvery-khaki chevrons on a dark blue-black cotton background for wear on the various types of ...

  4. Category : Battalions of the United States Army in World War II

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    717th Tank Battalion; 735th Tank Battalion (United States) 741st Tank Battalion (United States) 743rd Tank Battalion; 745th Tank Battalion; 746th Tank Battalion (United States) 747th Tank Battalion (United States) 752nd Tank Battalion; 754th Tank Battalion; 756th Tank Battalion (United States) 758th Tank Battalion (United States) 759th Tank ...

  5. United States Army during World War II - Wikipedia

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    A field army theoretically consisted of three corps, an anti-aircraft artillery brigade, engineers with three general regiments, six separate battalions, two heavy pontoon battalions and a battalion for topography, water supply and camouflage, three tank destroyer battalions, two signal battalions and a large number of companies and service ...

  6. 12th Armored Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 714th Tank Battalion was sent to Fort Jackson, SC and the 779th Tank Battalion went to Fort Knox, KY as separate tank battalions. The 44th Tank Battalion was detached from the 12th AD and sent to the Pacific Theater of Operations , where it distinguished itself as the first tank battalion to enter the city of Manila and liberated American ...

  7. 761st Tank Battalion (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 761st Tank Battalion was an independent tank battalion of the United States Army during World War II.Its ranks primarily consisted of African American soldiers, who by War Department policy were not permitted to serve in the same units as White troops; the United States Armed Forces did not officially desegregate until after World War II.

  8. Tank destroyer battalion (United States) - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  9. List of tank destroyer units of the United States Army

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    A 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion 3-inch gun M5 towed anti-tank gun at Le Bourg St-Leonard, France during August 1944. Twenty four tank destroyer groups were formed. [6] US Army doctrine called for at least one tank destroyer group to be attached to each corps and army. [7]