In May 1988, the Battalion moved to Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany. • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1957 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 37th Armor, an element of the 4th Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated) • Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1963 as the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor 1, BOX 141, MARLINTON, WEST VIRGINIA JOSEPH G. GORUP 1536 SOUTH KEDVALE AVE., CHICAGO, IL. In actuality, the entire 37th Tank Battalion did not reach Giessen the night of the 28th, for Company C and one platoon of Company D's tanks had been detached for a special mission called Task Force Baum. He stood on the smoking tank and strained at the hatch until he had been hit so many times he could no longer stand. The 4th AD sailed from the Boston Port of Embarkation on 29 December 1943. Captain Baum directed the remnants of his force northeastward, but by now the area was swarming with German infantry and armor. It is often remembered as the successor to the 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division, commanded by then Lieutenant Colonel Creighton Abrams (Abrams tank) during World War II. Courage Conquers- NO SLACK! Prisoners from the German 10th Woodchopping Battalion surrendered to the advancing tankers. Silver Star. All rights reserved. On 16 August 1991 the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division was reflagged as the 3d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division. Their mission was to liberate 1,500 American prisoners of war in OFLAG XIII-B, a POW-Camp for officers, located at Hammelburg, sixty miles behind German lines. At dawn on 26 December 1944, the 37th struck again, taking Remichampagne, and then seizing the high ground near Chochiment, only three miles from Bastogne. [citation needed]. The battalion was deployed again in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the end of 2005 and returned to Germany in the beginning of 2007. On 16 December 1944, Sherman tanks of Company A, 37th Tank Battalion were the first 4th Armored Division vehicles to enter Germany when they chased several German tanks back into the woods near Rimling. Some of its component units were stationed in West Germany in the 1960s, home base being Fort Knox Ky, attached to the 194th Armor BDE throughout the nineteen sixties and seventies. Farther north, the U.S. First Army was fighting its way into Cologne to set the stage for the dash to the Rhine. In early June 1943, orders came for the 4th Armored Division to dismount at Camp Bowie, an Armored Division training center near Brownwood, Texas. The 3rd Battalion was reorganized and redesignated as the 706th Tank Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 4th Armored Division. By February 2007, the "Iron Dukes" had returned from their second tour in Iraq, during which they served in the city of Tal Afar, and later to Ar Ramadi. On 27 March a weak radio transmission was monitored reporting enemy troops marshaling at Gemünden. On 8 March 1945, Colonel Abrams left the 37th to command CCB and Major Bautz assumed command of the 37th Tank Battalion. The 3rd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment saw combat in the Persian Gulf War from 24 February 1991 through 4 March 1991 organized as Task Force 3/37th Armor, the Unit was composed of HHC, B, and C Companies, 3/37th Armor; A and D Company, Second Battalion, Sixteenth Infantry; First Platoon of B Company and Second Platoon of C Company, Second Battalion, Third Air Defense Artillery; C Company, First Engineer Battalion; and Ground Surveillance Radar Team B, One Hundred and First Military Intelligence Battalion. 1–37 Armor deployed once again to Iraq in November 2009. In October 1942, the 4th Armored Division moved to Camp Forrest in Tullahoma, Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau for maneuvers. It was at Valhey, that Sergeant Joe Sadowski of Company A, 37th Tank Battalion, would become a Medal of Honor recipient. At Moyenvic, the 37th saw one of the largest tank-to-tank engagements of the war, losing 14 Sherman tanks while claiming to have knocked out 55 Panther and Tiger tanks. From 19 September through 22 September 1944 the Germans tried to push the 37th back across the Moselle River. 23 juil. On 7 March 1945 the U.S. First Army thrust north from Cologne, pinning what was left of the German Seventh Army between it and the 4th Armored Division. The 37th Tank Battalion (37th TB) was now, together with the 35th Tank Battalion and 8th Tank Battalion (redesignated from 3rd Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment), the nucleus of the 4th Armored Division. The first filler personnel arrived at Pine Camp four days later, and two weeks after that a thirteen-week basic training cycle was begun. In a short six-month period during 1990 and 1991, the 37th Armor, was alerted for deployment to Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, deployed all of its personnel and equipment over 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from an already forward deployed location, fought a major battle against a well equipped enemy over terrain they had never trained on and then redeployed the unit to its home station. The 4th AD, spearheading Patton's Third Army, attacked the Germans at Bastogne and, on 26 December, … The 37th Regiment's Headquarters and Headquarters Company and its 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion (less Company D) were redesignated as the 37th Tank Battalion. From there, they deployed on LSTs in support of Admiral Chester Nimitz' wing of the Pacific Island Hopping Campaign. Messages later that afternoon told of losing four medium tanks, two officers and eighteen men wounded or killed. The Battalion was constituted on 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as Company A, 7th Armored Regiment, 4th Armored Division. Ardennes American Cemetery . However, From July 1969– May 1988 the battalion was stationed at Bismarck Kaserne in Katterbach, Germany. The Sherman in 1/72: M4A3E8 “Thunderbolt VII,” 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division, Germany 1945 The Dragon 60297 “Thunderbolt VII” Sherman is a particularly special release because the actual tank it represents was commanded by then-Lt. Col. Creighton Abrams, considered the best tank commander in the U.S. Army by General George Patton, and in whose honor the M1 Abrams Tank … [5]:142 Only a few made it back to the US lines, to tell what had happened. Converted and redesignated 11 December 1951 as the 37th Tank Battalion, still Inactivated. The orders came directly from General Patton, who wanted to get his son-in-law, LtCol John K. Waters liberated. In a short six-month period during 1990 and 1991, the 1st Battalion, 37th Armor, was alerted for deployment to Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, deployed all of its personnel and equipment over 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from an already forward deployed location, fought a major battle against a well equipped enemy over terrain they had never trained on and then redeployed the unit to its home station. On 12 July 1944, the Battalion landed at Normandy and began combat operations in the European Theater of War. On St. Patrick's Day 1945 the 37th entered the Spa City of Bad Kreuznach, and on 21 March 1945 it returned to the banks of the Rhine at Worms. 4–37 AR saw combat in the Persian Gulf War as part of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division. After attacking all day on 26 February, TF 1–37, part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, made contact with a brigade of the Tawakalna Armored Division of the Republican Guard Forces Command (RGFC) which had established a defensive position to protect the flank of the RGFC and facilitate their escape from Kuwait. The next month was spent task organizing, training, rehearsing, and preparing for the ground war. 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Bridges were blown in front, both sides and behind the onrushing tanks. The 37th moved out in a downpour on 9 November 1944 to deprive Hitler of the industrial Saar River Valley. Company C's mission was to barge through these defenses in high gear, stopping for nothing and leaving the mopping up to the companies following, which were supported by the 53d Armored Infantry Battalion. The armored infantrymen who had not been wounded rode the remaining tanks. Then the 37th moved to the Rhine and took up positions over watching the river. On 24 March, TF 1–37 moved back into Iraq and established a defensive position in the vicinity of the Rumayilah oil fields. The 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, known as the Iron Dukes, or simply Dukes, was a forward deployed tank battalion located in the Federal Republic of Germany. In April 1957, the Army reinstated its regimental system. Companies C of the 37th and 51st took the high ground around Rittersdorf and established a base of fire while the combined A Companies of the two battalions took Rittersdorf and a bridgehead over the Nims River. It is often remembered as the successor to the 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division, commanded by then Lieutenant Colonel Creighton Abrams (the namesake of the M1 Abrams) during World War II. On the same day, the 101st Airborne Division was moved by truck to establish a strongpoint at the key road and rail junction of Bastogne, in Belgium. This would be the 4th Battalion of the 37th Armor Regiment, even though in the modern United States Army, regiments exist mostly for heraldic purposes, as opposed to operational purposes. On 10 September 1943, the 4th Armored Division including the 37th Armored Regiment was reorganized in a new table of organization and equipment for most U.S. armored divisions. See more ideas about battalion, world war ii, world war. 706th Tank Battalion was on Guam by 22 July 1944; on The Philippines by 23 November 1944; on Ie Shima by 16 April 1945; and on Okinawa by 25 April 1945. Over the next ten days, the battalion engaged in some of the most intense urban warfare experienced by a single unit of the US Army since World War II. Armored Artillery Battalion U.S. 4th Armored Division December, 1944 8th Tank Battalion 10th Armored Infantry Battalion x 9 x 3 x 1 x 1 x 15 x 3 x 7 By Greg Moore gregpanzerblitz.com November, 2008 24th Armored Engineers Battalion x 9 x 3 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 35th Tank Battalion x 3 x 6 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 1 37th Tank Battalion A small advance party deployed on 14 December and the main body began departing on 26 December. Beyond Assenois was a heavy wood, concealing the blockhouses that enclosed the road to Bastogne. The 37th advanced through the 5th Infantry Division perimeter; by noon Company D's light tanks and Infantry from the 10th Armored Infantry Battalion captured a railroad bridge intact near Aschaffenburg over the Main River. When hostilities commenced on 15 January 1991, the battalion was in the process of closing the last elements into TAA Thompson. Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster. Over the course of the next eleven months, the soldiers of 1st Battalion conducted thousands of area security patrols, and several hundred operations ranging in size from a few "[3] The lead vehicle in that attack was a Sherman tank nicknamed "Cobra King"[4] and commanded by 1st Lt. Charles Boggess Jr., of Greenville, Illinois. After a thirty-minute fire fight, TF 1–37 was ordered to assault the enemy position. Two towns lay between the 37th and Bastogne, Clochimont and Assenois, and they were both heavily defended by German troops. Maintenance and Service Companies were disbanded, with the personnel and equipment distributed throughout the two battalions. By this time, the 37th had advanced 700 miles (1,100 km) in seven weeks, crossed three major rivers and was within one day's motor march of the German border, only seventy miles to the northwest. During the last 28 hours of the attack, TF 1–37 destroyed an additional thirty-one tanks, thirty-one BMPs, numerous other APCs, air defense weapons and trucks, and captured over 200 EPWs. The Task Force then attacked 300 kilometers across southern Iraq into northern Kuwait, severing Iraqi lines of communication, and then drove north once again into Iraq to assist in the seizure of the City of Safwan, Iraq, and the securing of the Safwan Airfield; the Scout Platoon (HHC,3/37 AR) was part of the guard force under command of 1LT Craig Borchelt for the Coalition Forces-Iraqi Cease-Fire negotiations. The 37th was relieved on 12 October 1944 by elements of the 26th (Yankee) Infantry Division. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 571-842-0020. On 2 April 1945, under heavy air attack, the 37th crossed the Werra. By the time the 37th arrived at the south flank of the German penetration, the 101st Airborne was cut off on all sides by the enemy drive. The 706th spent the war as a separate battalion. On 29 March 1945, 4th Armored Division headquarters reported "No news of Baum". On 19-20 December 1944, 4th Armored Division began moving north towards Belgium. Finally, on 9 April 1945, Captain Baum returned to American lines and the fate of the task force was determined. In response to the Global War on Terror 37th Armor deployed to Iraq in 2003 and again in 2006. It is often remembered as the successor to the 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division, commanded by then Lieutenant Colonel Creighton Abrams (the namesake of the M1 Abrams) during World War II. 37TH Battalion Diary From Jimmie Leach 1990- Click Here, Jimmie Leach 37th Tank Battalion Memoir- Click Here, 1st Battalion2nd Battalion3rd Battalion4th Battalion, WWII Excerpts from 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division AAR’s. [citation needed]. Counterattack followed counterattack, until on 9 January 1945, the German penetration had been pushed to the east of Bastogne. The 37th became the spearhead of the 4th Armored Division's drive to relieve the paratroopers in Bastogne. The 4th Armored Division, after training in England from January to July 1944, landed at Utah Beach 11 July and entered World War II combat 17 July. After a fierce fight, the prisoners were released, armed, and mounted on the back decks of Company C's tanks for the ride back to friendly lines. In 1943, the Army had re-designated the unit as Company A, 37th Tank Battalion. The 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division fought many hard-won battles in France, but Cobra King and its crew earned their place in U.S. Army history during the Battle of the Bulge. CCR, the last to head north to the Ardennes, was at that point, made up of the 37th Tank Battalion and the 704th TD. For its tenacity in the Moselle River valley, the 37th was awarded (4th AD cited) its second French Croix de guerre with Palm (its first when the 4th AD was cited for Normandy). A span was blasted as American and German infantrymen fought on it. New Jersey. It was assigned to the 4th Armored Division on 25 February 1953 and then activated on 15 June 1954 with the rest of the division at Fort Hood, Texas. On 13 September 1944, the M4 tanks of the 37th crossed the Moselle River. On 14 August 1944 the siege of Lorient was turned over to the 6th Armored Division and the 37th turned eastward with the rest of the Third Army, which was beginning its historic race across France. 1957 706th Tank Battalion relieved 01 APR 1957 from assignment to the 12th Armored Division. They secured Coutances, Nantes and then turned east driving across France. Boggess was the commanding officer of Company C, 37th Tank Battalion. The fight was not over. 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division. Sadowski had his crew dismounted and took shelter behind a building after running a gauntlet of machine gun and small arms fire. In the After Action Report of the 4th Armored Division from March 1945, it was recorded, that all medium tanks of the division received .50 cal MG from Army Air … By 9 August 1944 the 37th was approaching Lorient, on the southern edge of Brittany. Announcing the plan to relieve the surrounded 101st Airborne Division, LTC Abrams, commanding the 37th, made the undramatic statement, "We're going in to those people now. In April 1957, th… C Company 37th Tank Battalion photographed 1 June 1944 at Devizes, England. 20. By dusk, the 37th's M4 tanks were in Giessen, 40 miles (64 km) north of Hanau. After consolidation and reorganization, the task force continued the attack throughout the night of 26–27 February, reestablishing contact with the RGFC at approximately 0530, 27 February. Bldg 20300, 9955 Pomerado Road San Diego, CA 92131 Duty Phone: (858) 537-8000 (858) 967-3698 September. They reported on 26 March 1945 to Captain Abraham J. Baum. Although the 3-37AR's service on Custer Hill at Riley came to an end- its former Soldiers still proudly maintain its memory and pay tribute to its rich heritage as a U.S. Army armored unit. On 18 December 1944, the 37th got its march order—to move north against the German penetration, which was causing alarm to the Allied High Command. US 4th Armored Division, Bastogne, Belgium, January 1945 . Upon receiving orders for a 90-day extension of their one-year deployment in April 2004, 1st Battalion moved 45 miles (72 km) to the south of Baghdad to the ancient city of Karbala, which had recently fallen to the control of members of the Mahdi Army, followers of the radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. According to the 4th Armored Division history: The Cold War/Desert Storm era 1–37 AR from Vilseck, Germany was nicknamed Dragon Battalion. By now the 37th was joined by elements of the 26th Infantry Division in fighting to hold the corridor open to Bastogne. The 37th was traveling at the forefront of this move with Colonel Bruce C. Clarke's Combat Command Alpha (CCA). For the next two weeks the 37th was engaged in cleaning out the Palatinate, the triangle formed by the Saar, Rhine and Moselle Rivers. This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Center of Military History document: "2nd Bn, 37th Armor Lineage and Honors". When almost to the Rhine, LT Liese's tank company overtook a German wheel column and, with assistance from artillery and light aircraft, shot it up badly. The force then broke into groups of four or five and attempted to exfiltrate back to American lines. It occupied Ray Barracks along with 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment; 501st Forward Support Battalion; Headquarters, 1st Brigade; and its sister battalion; 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment. The commander of the 37th Tank Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Creighton W. Abrams (who later became commander of all U.S. The 37th's tankers were pulled off line for a rest after 87 straight days of combat. On 6 April 1945, by which time the rest of the 37th was deep in Saxony, Company C and Company D's platoon were reported missing in action and replacements for them and their equipment were requisitioned. By April 1945 the 37th had driven deep into central Germany when it was relieved by elements of the 80th Infantry Division. Their gallantry, determination, and Esprit de Corps guaranteed victory and maintained the finest traditions of the United States Army. Bandits never fail those with whom they serve - traces its history to the 4-67 Armor Bandits before it was reflagged 1-37 Armor in Feb 1997. Its objective was the port of Antwerp and allied depots nearby. In doing so, numerous enemy vehicles stumbled into the 37th's position and were captured or destroyed. The 53rd Armored Infantry Battalion and 37th Tank Battalion would not leave until the 15th of January. During the night, remnants of the Wehrmacht tried to get back across the Rhine. On 25 February, the battalion attacked and seized the division headquarters of the Iraqi 26th Infantry Division destroying four armored vehicles, eight air defense weapons and captured over forty Enemy Prisoners of War (EPW). Battalions of a regiment are typically abbreviated as, for example, "4–37 AR BN", which is usually verbalized as "Four Three Seven Armor" (but sometimes as "4th of the 37th Armor" (archaic)). [2] Two days later it was relieved again, by elements of the 12th Armored Division, and sent to the rear for another rest, although not so far back that elements of the battalion were not in intermittent contact with German forces. 4th Armored Division (no official nickname) Looking for more information from military/civilian personnel assigned to or associated with the U.S. Army in Germany from 1945 to 1989. Converted and redesignated 11 December 1951 as Company A, 37th Tank Battalion, still Inactivated. 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