![]() ![]() Advanced through Gotha, Eisenach, and Zwickau in April. Returned to Moselle River area in March, crossed Rhine River at Boppard on 26 March. Fought through Siegfried Line in February. Supported operations against the Bulge in January 1945. Transferred to Belgium during Ardennes Offensive, arriving at Neufchateau on 21 December. Supported operations leading to capture of Metz, France, in November. ![]() Committed to battle along Moselle River on 9 September. Arrived in Scotland on 29 July 1944 and at Omaha Beach on 26 August. Equipped with M10s, then M18s before leaving the States. Attached to: 1st Armored Division 1st, 3d, 9th, 34th, 36th, 45th, 103d Infantry divisions.Ģd Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion converted to 602d Tank Destroyer Battalion on 15 December 1941. Helped capture Nürnberg in April and ended the war occupying Hitler’s retreat at Berchtesgaden in Bavaria. Battled along the Siegfried Line until crossing the Rhine on 22 March. Participated in reduction of Colmar Pocket in February 1945, then converted to the M36. ![]() Advanced to German border in the Vosges region. Conducted fourth assault landing in southern France on 15 August. Made third D-day assault at Anzio on 22 January 1944 and entered Rome in June. Participated in invasion landings at Salerno, Italy, on 9 September. Converted to the M10 at end of North Africa campaign. Fought in Battle of Kasserine Pass in February 1943 and at El Guettar in March. Reconnaissance Company landed at Oran, Algeria, on 8 November as part of Operation Torch, and rest of battalion arrived in December. Arrived at Gourock, Scotland, on 9 April 1942. Company C of the original battalion consisted mainly of Battery D, 5th Field Artillery, the only Army unit with a continuous history from the Revolutionary War. 1st Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion converted to 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion on 15 December 1941. ![]()
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