Combat History of the Super Sixth

Introduction

As documented elsewhere on this web site, the 6th Armored Division, while still in Germany in 1945, published a formal, detailed, but somewhat dry summary of its campaigns: the Combat Record of the Sixth Armored Division.

Two years later, William E. Rutledge, Jr., who had served with Division Headquarters, privately published a new document called the Combat History of the Sixth Armored Division. Although based on information found in the Combat Record, the Combat History contained several pages of division history, photographs, and personal comments that the Combat Record did not provide.

Excerpts from these additional pages are reproduced here with the generous permission of the Rutledge family.

Section 1: Title page; Introduction; Dedication; and Statement from General Robert W. Grow
Section 2: Formation of Division; Stateside training; time in England; and photo of Generals Patton, Grow, and Eddy.
Section 3: Descriptions of major staff positions and commands
Section 3: Brittany Campaign
Section 4: Seille River Campaign
Section 5: Saar Campaign
Section 6: Ardennes Campaign ("Battle of the Bulge")
Section 7: Dasburg-Prum River
Section 8: Germany
Section 9: Graphics
Section 10: Poem
Section 11: Unit responsibilities

Table of Contents

Front matter and Dedication

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