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As it drove into the heartland of Bavaria, the "Tiger" division overran one of the many subcamps of Dachau in the Landsberg area on April 27, 1945. Recognition as a Liberating Unit. The 10th Armored Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1985.
- Command and Staff
- Statistics
Campaigns
1. Ardennes 2. Rhineland 3. Central Europe
Individual Awards
Prisoners of War Taken 43,208
COMPOSITION
1. Headquarters Company 2. Combat Command A 3. Combat Command B 4. Reserve Command 5. 3d Tank Battalion 6. 11th Tank Battalion 7. 21st Tank Battalion 8. 20th Armored Infantry Battalion 9. 54th Armored Infantry Battalion 10. 61st Armored Infantry Battalion 11. 90th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) 12. 55th Armored Engineer Battalion 13. 150th Armored Signal Company 14. 10th Armored Division Artillery 15. 419th Armored Field Artillery Battalion 16. 420th Armored Field Artillery Batt...
- 15 July 1942
- 23 September 1944
- 23 September 1944
- 1944
In May of 1945, the 10th Armored Division moved into Garmisch and shortly thereafter, the Garmisch Military Post and the Garmisch Recreation Area (now Edelweiss Lodge and Resort) were established. The military history of this area is very interesting and involved and needs far more detail than is allowed here to fully encompass it all.
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Originally assigned to the Third United States Army under General George S. Patton, it saw action with the Seventh United States Army under General Alexander Patch near the conclusion of the war. The 10th Armored Division was inactivated on 13 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
The U.S. Army moved into Garmisch on 29 April 1945. The photos above show Sherman tanks of the 10th Armored Division moving through Adolf Wagner Platz following the town's surrender.
Divisional Administration Troops. HISTORY: The 10th Armored Division ("Tiger Division") was activated 15 July 1942 at Ft. Benning, Ga. and assigned to the Armored Force. After participating in the Tennessee maneuvers June to September 1943 under the Second Army, the Division was transferred to Camp Gordon, Ga., where training was continued.
There are 30 soldiers of the 10th Armored Division World War II still listed as missing in action. Private First Class Morisie J. Autin 21st Tank Battalion 03/21/1945. Corporal Kenneth N. Baker 3rd Tank Battalion 11/20/1944. Private Frank J. Bellino 20th Infantry Battalion 03/22/1945.
