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The monument features four black granite tablets surrounding a life-size marble sculpture of a 761st Tank Battalion fighter kneeling atop a black granite pedestal engraved with a tank on the front and a panther on the back. The monument is located on 761st Tank Battalion Drive.
Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes. New York: Broadway Books, 2004. p 92–99; Medal citation: Potter, Lou, William Miles and Nina Rosenblum. Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II. New York: Harcourt, 1992. p 173. ^ Wilson, Joe Jr. The 761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World ...
Acclaimed longtime actor Morgan Freeman is bringing history buffs a brand new documentary about the “original Black Panthers” of ... new documentary about 761st Tank Battalion appeared first ...
The battalion fought in France and then Germany, where it pierced the Siegfried Line, and in Belgium, where it fought the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge. The 761st also fought in Luxembourg and Austria. In all, the 761st Tank Battalion went from Vic-sur-Seille, France, to the Enns River in Steyr, Austria, where it linked up with the Soviet ...
Using interviews, photographs, and diary readings, it tells the story of the primarily black 761st Tank Battalion and 183rd Combat Engineers during World War II, including their experiences of racism in the United States and their involvement in the liberation of Nazi concentration camps.
On 8 November, the 26th then went on the offensive, along with first all Black tank Battalion, the 761st, who spearheaded the assault, the 26th Division took Dieuze on 20 November, advanced across the Saar River to Saar Union, and captured it on 2 December, after house-to-house fighting.
Anderson wrote the book Come Out Fighting: The Epic Tale of the 761st Tank Battalion, 1942-1945 (1945) about the United States Army's 761st Tank Battalion exploits during World War II. [6] The battalion was made up of primarily African-American soldiers.
The 761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II, Joe W. Wilson. McFarland & Company, 1999. ISBN 0-7864-0667-4; The Exclusion of Black Soldiers from the Medal of Honor in World War II, Elliott V. Converse. McFarland & Company, 1997. ISBN 0-7864-0277-6