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bill alexander Junior Member Member # 9509
Posts: 1 From: baconton ga Registered: 7/18/2012
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posted 7/22/2012 7:04:01 PM  Anyone out there remember my father.He was a truck driver tank driver,tank gunner medium.He trained at camp piney,n.y.with 37th armored regiment. when it shipped to england it became 37th tank bat.Discharge papers say he was in 771st tank bat.Any and all help very much appreciated. thank you bill alexander
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MikeWoldenberg Junior Member Member # 16
Posts: 1067 From: University at Buffalo (NY) Registered: 6/1/2004
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posted 7/22/2012 9:53:26 PM  Hi Bill, I just used Google to find out that the 37th Tank Battalion was part of the 4th Armored Division. There is information on the web about the 4th Armored Division. I do not know if they have a veterans association. Perhaps you can search the web.
If you have further information that indicates that your father also served with the 12th Armored, please let me know. Our tank battalions in Europe were the 714th, the 23d and the 43.
Mike Woldenberg
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MikeWoldenberg Junior Member Member # 16
Posts: 1067 From: University at Buffalo (NY) Registered: 6/1/2004
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posted 7/23/2012 5:48:52 AM  Also, recently we learned of another person who was discharged from the 771st tank battalion after spending the war with the 12th Armored. Men were reassigned after the war as they were shipped home.
Mike
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posted 11/19/2013 4:17:19 PM  THE 771ST WAS A TANK BATTALION. Served after the war as a constabulary unit. Men who didn't have enough points to go home were often sent here.
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