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   In the 2001 HBO show, Band of Brothers, a 10th Armored Division officer, George C. Rice, played by comedian/actor Jimmy Fallon, is depicted handing out ammunition and supplies to paratroopers of Easy Company, part of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge.

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   Siege of Bastogne: The Battle for Noville. A scratch force of an American armored division held a German panzer division at bay north of Bastogne during World War II. This article appears in: Spring 2018. By Kevin M. Hymel. It was December 19, 1944, one day before the Siege of Bastogne. Shortly after 10:30 am, 26-year-old Major William Desobry ...

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   Major William R. Desobry (Commanding Officer of the 20th Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division) set up a perimeter defense of the town under Captain Gordon Geiger of Battalion Headquarters Company. He sent forward three outposts, each consisting of a depleted platoon of infantry and a section of medium tanks.

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   —Ralph M. Mitchell (1986), 101st Airborne Division's defense of Bastogne, p. 38 As a result of the powerful American defense to the north and east, XLVII Panzer Corps commander Gen. von Lüttwitz decided to encircle Bastogne and strike from the south and southwest, beginning on the Winter Solstice, the night of 20/21 December. German Panzer reconnaissance units had initial success, nearly ...

   • Date: 20-26 December 1944

   • Result: American victory

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   During its eight months in combat, the 10th Armored had compiled a sterling record. The Tigers had traveled 600 miles through five countries, seized 410 towns and cities, and taken 56,000 prisoners. When hostilities finally ended on May 7, the division had lost 951 men killed and had 3,109 wounded.

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   Why did the 10th Armored Division get a Presidential Unit Citation?

   • After the battle, the 10th Armored Division's 21st Tank Battalion and Combat Command B were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for their actions from 17 to 27 December 1944 Battle of the Bulge. The 101 Airborne Division was also honored with the Presidential Unit Citation for their actions at Bastogne.

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   Who was the 10th Armored Division?

   • In the European Theater of Operations the 10th Armored Division was part of both the Twelfth United States Army Group and Sixth United States Army Group. 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.

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   What happened to the 10th Armored?

   • The division was activated at Fort Benning, Georgia, in July 1942, with Maj. Gen. Paul W. Newgarden, a Patton disciple, at the helm. “Terrify and Destroy!” became the 10,610-man unit’s battle cry. The 10th Armored went on to complete its training at Camp Gordon, Georgia, but tragedy struck even before the division could be deployed for combat.

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   Who commanded the 10th Armored?

   • Two of the 10th Armored’s Combat Commands, CCA and CCR (R for Reserve), each about the size of an infantry regiment, headed to Luxembourg City to hold the southern shoulder of the rapidly developing bulge, while Colonel William Roberts led his CCB to Bastogne, Belgium, to receive orders from Maj. Gen. Troy Middleton, the VIII Corps commander.

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   The Screaming Eagles rolled into the Bastogne area to join Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division none too soon. The Germans were closing in, and the strategic town was soon to be under siege. The men of the 101st Airborne hastily dug in and set up a defense perimeter, led by Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, a peppery but genial ...