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Table of Contents |
Brittany Campaign |
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Table of Contents |
Brittany Campaign |
| Homer Armes | Daniel J. OLeary |
| Tobea Avino | Warren M. Owens |
| Williford D. Bland, Jr. | Leo B. Peak |
| Fred K. Blaylock | Carmine L. Peduto |
| Charles J. Brand | William P. Pendergraph |
| William G. Busby | Herbert P. Perkins |
| Ansley D. Bush | Raymond R. Polk |
| Duane H. Callister | Lytle R. Porter |
| Louis J. Capozi | Hubert C. Powell |
| Thomas O. Carriker | Gilbert D. Powers |
| Dominick D'Amico | Robert F. Pulham |
| Vincent L. Dixon | Philip J. Rocco |
| Edward N. Doyle | Charles A. Rogers |
| Lawrence B. Dunford | Eugene C. Rosenacker |
| Vernon L. Edwards | Emil E. Rusch |
| Alfred R. Ehlers, Jr. | Frank J. Rzesutek |
| Samuel W. Fay | Frank A. Sauro |
| Raymond W. Fetterman | Peter Schmeda |
| John Fine | Max Schulman |
| Ralph F. Fish | John D. Schuyler, Jr |
| Joseph B. Gagnon | John H. Siedenburg |
| Alvin E. Haffner | Charles B. Shaud |
| Johnnie Hallman | Carl B. Sheldon |
| James E. Harvill, Jr. | Charles E. Shimashus |
| William Hehr | Charles R. Shunk |
| Arthur H. Herzing | Theodore Skarzynski |
| Thomas G. Hill | James T. Smith |
| Leon Jacobs | Norman Spanier |
| Rene L. Jacoby | George E. Stark |
| Clarence L. Johnson | James F. Sullivan |
| Harry R. Joyner | Aulsey M. Sutton |
| Thomas M. Kernan | James L. Sutton |
| Stanley J. Kowalcik | Joseph D. Taylor |
| Coy C. Lee | Maxon P. Thomas |
| John W. Little | Albert C. Thompson |
| Lacy Marlow | William J. Tobin |
| James J. McGowan | Raymond G. Wall |
| Cecil V. G. Melton | William H. Walls |
| Cordell W. Miller | Webster W. Willis |
| James J. Murray | Herman C. Wilson |
| James R. Nowell | Oscar G. Wilson |
| John G. Nieckarz | Walter Yadlosky |
| Santo D. Nunziato | Joseph A. Zay, Jr. |
This is a history of an organization which did a great deal of hard effective fighting, of a unit which received little credit, but which was truly one of the "work horses" of the western front. It is a history which each of you helped to write - and one in which you can take deep pride. It is a history made possible by your skill, courage, stamina and determination. And it is a history written in blood, the blood of those of us who failed to return. To them, it is therefore dedicated.
It was my honor to command the Battalion during much of the time in which this history was made. Of that, I am very proud.
In your
future life, I hope that each of you, individually may attain every happiness.
And may your individual efforts be as successful as those you made as a
unit. To you and yours, the best of luck.
Sincerely,
LT. COL.
INF.
This
will be the record of the 68th Tank Battalion's participation in successive
campaigns from the historic breakthrough in Normandy to "VE" Day in the
heart of Germany. Before beginning this narrative, however, there are some
remarks we must make. Firstly, this history was made possible by the heroically
spent blood and sweat of American men, who gave their best for their country.
They did well, these men, and though some of them are no longer with us,
their deeds will never be forgotten. Some were singled out and cited for
their gallantry and heroism, they cannot be praised too highly. Then there
were those who were not conspicuously recognized, but who, day in and day
out, week in week out, month in month out performed steadily and efficiently,
these men under the leadership of their Battalion Commander, Lt. Colonel
Harold C. Davall, and his Officers and non-commissioned Officers, are the
unsung heroes who made this writing possible. The word "Defeat" never had
any meaning for them, unless it were inflicted on their enemy. So, although
five campaign stars or this story cannot tell all that they accomplished,
we hope that this will help recall, in part at least, why we are proud
to have been members of the 68th Tank Battalion.
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