761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II

An Illustrated History of the First African American Armored Unit to See Combat

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

This is a comprehensive record of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first African American armored unit to enter combat. Assigned at various times to the Third, Seventh and Ninth armies, the "Black Panthers" fought major engagements in six European countries and participated in four major Allied campaigns, inflicting heavy casualties on the German army and capturing or destroying thousands of weapons, despite severe weather, difficult terrain, heavily fortified enemy positions, extreme shortages of replacement personnel and equipment, and an overall casualty rate approaching 50 percent.Richly illustrated and containing many interviews with surviving members of the 761st, this work gives long overdue recognition to the unit whose motto was "Come Out Fighting." It recounts the events that in 1978--33 years after the end of World War II--led to the 761st Tank Battalion's receiving a Presidential Unit Citation, the highest honor a unit can receive. Also described are the efforts that resulted, in 1997--53 years after giving his life on the battlefield--in the Medal of Honor being posthumously awarded to Sergeant Ruben Rivers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-07-31
Mått:178 x 254 x 17 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:323
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786428625

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The son of a tanker in the 758th and 761st, Joe Wilson, Jr., is a systems accountant in Washington, D.C. He has also written for World War II magazine.

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“lavishly illustrated with photos of the participants...well documented, with a good bibliography. Recommended”—Choice; “well-documented...heavily illustrated”—C&RL News; “a worthwhile book of tank combat”—The Military Book Review; “complete history”—ForeWord Magazine; “Your book on the 761st is excellent. It is the best researched and best written book on the battalion. You have put together an accurate accounting of the achievements of the 761st and it should stand as the definitive history of the unit.”—Baron Bates (son of the late Colonel Paul L. Bates, the 761st commander).

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Julius W. Becton, Jr. 1. The Fight for the Right to Fight 2. Camp Claiborne 3. Camp Hood 4. Destination E.T.O. 5. Last-Minute Preparations for Battle 6. The Big Hill Up There 7. The Living Nightmare of Bloody Hell 8. Hill 309 9. The Baddest Man in the 761st 10. Ruben Rivers Leads the Way 11. The Hot Spot at Honskirch 12. The Maginot Line 13. The 90 Degree Turn and Race into the Bulge 14. The Battle of the Bulge at Tillet 15. The Battle of the Bulge with the Paratroopers of the 17th Airborne 16. Desperately Needed Replacements 17. Cracking the Siegfried Line 18. Mopping Up the 6th S.S. Mountain Division, Nord 19. The Drive Across the Third Reich 20. Face to Face with the Holocaust 21. Advance to the Enns River 22. Whatever Happened to the 758th Tank Battalion? 23. Whatever Happened to the 784th Tank Battalion? 24. Occupation and the Fruits of Victory 25. The Presidential Unit Citation 26. A Dream No Longer Deferred Afterword by Joseph E. Wilson, Sr. Requiem of the Buffalo Soldier Chapter Notes Bibliography Index