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The 10th Armored Division (nicknamed "Tiger Division") was an armored division of the United States Army in World War II. 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 .
11th Tank Battalion; 21st Tank Battalion; 20th Armored Infantry Battalion; 54th Armored Infantry Battalion; 61st Armored Infantry Battalion; 90th Cavalry Reconnaissance...
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10th Armored Division Campaigns during World War II. On September 23, 1944, the 10th Armored Division arrived in the French port of Cherbourg. It soon advanced eastward into the province of Lorraine and along the Moselle River valley.
On November 16, Corporal Bob Weber, the company clerk in A Company, 54th Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division, wrote in his diary, “Crossed the flooded Moselle River on pontoon bridge with the 11th Tank Battalion in the morning at Malling. Cold and snow. Saw first Germans—dead and alive—and took 34 prisoners that day.
Please Support Our Mission. Donate Today. Thank You! 10th Armored Division. November 1, 1944, is a memorable day for the “Tigers” of the 10th Armored Division. On that day the outfit began five busy months of combat during which it bagged 30,000 prisoners and took 450 cities and towns.
“Index to the General Orders of the 10th Armored Division” – available from D-Day Militaria (www.ddaymilitaria.com) Museums. Patton Museum of Cavalry & Armor, Ft. Knox, KY – www.generalpatton.org; AAF Tank Museum, Danville, VA – www.aaftankmuseum.com; US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen, MD – www.ordmusfound.org; National Archives