![]() Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, Abilene, Kansas (**) and courtesy of the Tank Destroyer Association by L. Part 2.14 Pagesģ.) After Action Reports - from the Combined Arms Research Library of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the Dwight D. Courtesy of the Tank Destroyer Association by L. Last five pages of Part 2 contain autographs of numerous personnel. Provided courtesy of his son, John Ahrenholz.Ģ.) Yearbook - 1942, Fort Bragg, NC - Includes a short history and photos of unit personnel in 1942. Numerous unit members named throughout text. Ahrenholz, former Company Commander in the 609th. attachedġ.) History of the 609th Tank Destroyer Battalion - written in 1988, by Col. Shotola (1/6/45)Ĭampaign Credits: Northern France.Jul. Used by permission.Ĭommanding Officers: Major Russell T. History text from the book The Tank Killers by Harry Yeide. Attached to: 101st Airborne Division 10th Armored Division 90th, 94th Infantry divisions. Supported attack south and east out of Mannheim bridgehead across the Rhine in late March and April and reached southern Bavaria, near Füssen, by the end of the month. Participated in capture of Trier in March. Deployed to Saar-Moselle triangle in February. Entire battalion fought to eliminate the Bulge in January 1945. Most of Company C moved to Bastogne on 18 December with 10th Armored Division remainder of battalion fought along Sauer River. Joined operations against Siegfried Line in November and early December. Went into corps reserve, beginning 28 September, east of Moutier, France, where crews fired artillery missions through October. Landed at Utah Beach on 20 September, 1944, equipped with M18's. Unit History: Activated on 15 December, 1941, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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