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Morning Reports Online for all Combat Months & July 1945 7th Armored Division Association Historian Wesley Johnston digitized 34,000 pages of Morning Reports in 2017, completing the Division (organic and long-term attached: 203 AAA, 446 QM TrTr, 814 TD, 3976 QM Trk) MRs for all of the combat months (August 1944-May 1945) and for July 1945. Altogether there are now about 55,000 pages of Morning Reports on this web site. It will take years to organize and present the 2017 images, but progress does continue in spurts. Click on the "Morning Reports" link above (under the 7AD patch at the top of the page) to go to the page where the MRs are currently being organized and presented. 6 Jun 2022 Update: 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron: Apr 1945 28 Sep 2020 Update: 38th Armored Infantry Battalion: May 1945 40th Tank Battalion: May 1945 3 Aug 2020 Update: 17th Tank Battalion: now complete for Aug-Dec 1944, Jan-May, July 1945 6 Jul 2020 Update: Partial Additions: 446th Quartermaster Troop Transport Company: Jan 1945 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion: Jan-Feb 1945 507th Counter-Intelligence Corps Detachment: Jan-Feb 1945 1-8 Jun 2020 Update: Partial Additions: 7AD Division and CC-level elements: Jan-Feb 1945 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron: Jan 1945 446th Quartermaster Troop Transport Company: Oct-Dec 1944, May 1945 507th Counter-Intelligence Corps Detachment: Aug, Oct-Dec 1944, May 1945 814th Tanks Destroyer Battalion: Aug-Dec 1944, Apr 1945 3967th Quartermaster Truck Company: Aug-Dec 1944, Apr-May 1845, Jul 1945 26 Aug 2019 Update: 33rd Armored Engineer Battalion is completely posted for all combat months & July 1945. (Other units have some or most months, but these are the only ones thus far to have all months posted.) 27 May 2019 Update: 203rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion is completely posted for all combat months & July 1945. (Other units have some or most months, but these are the only ones thus far to have all months posted.) 29 Oct 2018 Update: 129th Armored Ordnance Maintenance Battalion (except Med/129 for Sep-Oct 44) and 147th Armored Signal Company are completely posted for all of these months. (Other units have some or most months, but these are the only ones thus far to have all months posted.) 23 Jul 2018 Update: 48th Armored Infantry Battalion is the first to be completely posted for all of these months. (Other units have some or most months, but 48 AIB is thus far the only one to have all months posted.)	Video General Robert W. Hasbrouck: Hero of the Battle of the Bulge by Robert W. Hasbrouck Jr. New 18 Sep 2023 Also on YouTube Web Page: 21 December 1944 Joubiéval, Belgium 7th Armored Division Men in Previously Unknown Combat New 20 Mar 2023 CCA and CCR Scrapbooks Recent donations of images from scrapbooks of veterans of Combat Command A and Combat Command R provide deep looks into the experiences shared by those men and others of the Division. Click on the link to the photo sections for each page. CCA - Maj. Robert D. Gruen CCR - T/5 Frederick Stoddard Video Manhay and Grandmenil, Belgium 24-25 December 1944 Click here for the 2021 video of then and now photos of the German attack on 7th Armored Divsion south of Manhay and at Manhay and Grandmenil. Click here for the related 2021 video of the earlier defense of Baraque de Fraiture (aka Parker's Crossroads). Although this video focuses on the 106th Infantry Division men in that defense, the defenders included men of 7th Armored Division so that this is also relevant to 7th Armored Division. 1,370th WWII 7AD Death Found New Jan 2021 After all these years, you might think that we had identified all 7AD men who died in WWII. But there is no comprehensive list. The only attempt at such a list was made 30 Jun 1947 by the Adjutant General. And it turns out that T/5 Lawrence D. Stephens of Headquarters Company of Division Headquarters was mis-identified on that list as being a member of 7th Armored Infantry Battalion of 8th Armored Division. That error has now been found and corrected in our own 7AD records. Francis Chesko (B/33) Interview Video New Oct 2020 On 15 Oct 2020, the Battle of the Bulge Association (in collaboration with the Virginia War Memorial and the Lifelong Learning Institute of Chesterfield) hosted an all-day online video commemoration "Remembreing the Battle of the Bulge". You can see all 10 sessions here. Of course, 7th Armored Division is mentioned in many of the presentations, but only one presentation covered 7AD specifically. This was the 30-minute interview with Francis Chesko (B/33 AEB). You can also watch the interview on YouTube. Sadly Francis passed away shortly after doing this interview. New Books on 7AD in the Bulge New Apr 2022 Gregory Fontenot, Col. U. S. Army, Retired gave a presentation to the World War II History Round Table that was posted to YouTube in January 2020, following publication of his book "Loss and Redemption at St. Vith: The 7th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge" Click here to see the video (length 1:47:21). New Apr 2020 "814th Tank Destroyer Battalion: December 1944: (Attached to 7th Armored Division) Combat Interviews, After Action Report, Morning Reports" by Wesley Johnston. Maj. Donald P. Boyer was the S-3 (Operations) Officer of 38th Armored Infantry Battalion. During the defense of St. Vith, he commanded an ad hoc CCB task force from a foxhole at the base of the Pruemerberg hillside at the crossroads just east of town and was captured when the positions were overrun by far larger forces after holding from 17-22 Dec. 7AD Association Historian Wesley Johnston wrote an introduction, provided annotation throughout the book and indexed the book, as well as writing an appendix to compare two different drafts of Boyer's account. Click here to see the book on Amazon. New Nov 2019 "Loss and Redemption at St. Vith: The 7th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge" by Gregory Fontenot, Col. U. S. Army, Retired. Greg first wrote about 7AD at St. Vith in 1985 in "The Lucky Seventh in the Bulge: A Case Study for the Airland Battle" -- his thesis in the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College for his Master's degree in Military Art and Science. So his new book is the culmination of decades of dedicated research on 7AD at St. Vith. Click here to see the University of Missouri Press catalog page (page 4 of the PDF) on the book. New Aug 2019 "Boyer at St. Vith: Major Donald P. Boyer s Personal Account & Notes, 17-22 December 1944" by Wesley Johnston. Maj. Donald P. Boyer was the S-3 (Operations) Officer of 38th Armored Infantry Battalion. During the defense of St. Vith, he commanded an ad hoc CCB task force from a foxhole at the base of the Pruemerberg hillside at the crossroads just east of town and was captured when the positions were overrun by far larger forces after holding from 17-22 Dec. 7AD Association Historian Wesley Johnston wrote an introduction, provided annotation throughout the book and indexed the book, as well as writing an appendix to compare two different drafts of Boyer's account. Click here to see the book on Amazon. New Feb 2019 "40th Tank Battalion: December 1944: Combat Interviews & Related Records" by Wesley Johnston. Just days after withdrawing from the St. Vith Salient, men of the Army's 4th Information and Historical Service did combat interviews of dozens of survivors of all elements of 7th Armored Division. 7th Armored Division Association Historian Wesley Johnston wrote an introduction, provided annotation throughout the interviews and indexed them by person, place and unit, as well as including the After Action Report and complete Morning Reports for the entire month of December 1944. Click here to see the book on Amazon.com.	Identification and Recovery of Still Missing 7AD Men Eighty-three 7AD men have never been found and identified. (Click here to see them all.) For their families, World War II will never really end until they know what happened to their soldier. Many killed in tanks were destroyed beyond recoverability. But about 35 to 40 men may be recoverable and identifiied. Some may already be recovered but buried as Unknowns, since 1940's technology could not definitively identify them. Here is the status of recent information about some of these men. Leonard A. Reamer (photo), Charles H. Bowen, Harry B. Pake (all B/40) died 9 Sep 1944 when their tank was hit just north of Maizieres-les-Metz, France. On 25 Mar 1946, remains were found and buried as St. Avold Unknown X-6010. It now seems almost certain that X-6010 is either Reamer or Pake. Click here for the web page that presents the full evidence in this case. Randall Klinger (D/40) died 7 Sep 1944 when his light tank was ambushed coming downhill east toward Maizieres-les-Metz, France. In October 1944, remains were found but he could not be identified and were buried as Andilly Unknown X-44. The characteristics of Klinger and X-44 are nearly identical, so that it appears very likely that X-44 is Klinger. Click here for the web page that presents the full evidence in this case. Leo W. Goers (C/17) of Mendota, Minnesota, was one of four of the five crew members killed when their tank was hit 29 Oct 1944 just SE of Heusden, Netherlands. Since the area remained in combat, it was not until later when British troops controlled the area and found the remains. They buried three (2d Lt Robert W. Denny, Cpl. Elwyn Holdiman, Pvt. Michael Ferris) but the charred torso of a fourth crew member was too delicate to handle and was left in the tank. But then British ordnance troops, unware of the remains in the tank, loaded it onto a flat car and shipped it to Paris for salvage by the US Army. At the railyard north of Paris, the remains were discovered in the tank, but since all documentation remained in the Netherlands, they had no way to identify the burnt man. So he was buried as Unknown X-43 at the Solers, France, temporary US military cemetery. We know all this because the two separate files -- the Individiual Deceased Personnel File of Leo W. Goers and the X-file for Solers X-43 -- have now been found to contain the same information, including the same serial number for the tank: 30282237 with markings 7AD-17-C-8. Up until recently, these files have been out there for more than 70 years, but the fact that they both refer to the same tank has only recently been found. The Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has the mission of increasing "to the maximum extent possible the number of missing Service personnel accounted for annually". It is now hoped that DPAA will recognize this powerful evidence that Solers X-43 is almost certainly Leo W. Goers and disinter the remains of X-43 (now buried at the Epinal, France, US Military Cemetery, Plot B, Row 4, Grave 21) for comparison with the DNA of family members of Leo Goers. 26 Aug 2019 Update: 7th Armored Division Association Historian Wesley Johnston located multiple members of Leo Goers' family, including his only surviving sister. Several family members have provided DNA family reference samples to DPAA. The status of the case is not known, since DPAA does not provide any information until the identificationis confirmed -- which could take 2-3 years, based on experience with DPAA's handling of past cases. 1 Jun 2020 Update: DPAA provided the family with a report in Feb 2020. Disinterment of Solers X-43 has been approved. However, all disinterments are suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic. Rudolph Matus (C/48) was killed west of Overloon, Netherlands, and his remains are probably still there. DPAA Historians made a second visit with local historians in November 2015. Update (Nov 2017): Niek Hendrix of Ospel met Matus' brother John at the 2016 7th Armored Division Association Reunion. Niek is attempting to make some progress on finding the remains of Rudolph Matus. Update (Jul 2018-Mar 2019): Niek Hendrix reports that all local historian attempts to find the remains of Rudolph Matus have completed without success. However the U. S. Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is still working on the case. Update (Sep 2019): Niek Hendrix bought a map of 3/C/48 in the 2-4 Oct 1944 attack on Overloon. It is not known if Rudolph Matus was in 3rd Platoon, but the locations shown are precisely those where remains of other soldiers have been found over the years. Click here to see the web page on this action, including the map.	New French Memorials Honor 7th Armored Division After a very long delay due to my 2-year-long household move, I have finally begun to post the very important pictures and videos of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation ceremonies that took place across France in 2019. So far, these are the ones that I have completed. There is much more yet to come. -- Wesley Johnston Vittonville Plans for Ceremonies Aug 2020 - Postponed due to Pandemic: Great tribute at Chartres, with plaque to honor soldiers killed in the liberation. The committee at Chartres invites 4 or 5 veterans of 7th Armored Division for 1 week with the trip and hotel paid (only for the veteran) by the committee. They would like one of the veterans to be one who served in a tank. Dedication of memorial to Ned Dildine (A/38) at Oisème, where he was killed 18 Aug 1944. Date not yet set: A very large and impressive peace Memorial of the Seille near the Seille River at Sillegny, France, is being erected. Click here for a web page about the memorial, including design drawings. Date not yet set: Damien André is working on memorials at Lieusaint for Albert Olsen (F/87) and at Chatillon la Borde for James McCoy (A/31). Nangis, France - 26 Aug 1944 Liberation Click here Maurice & Hélène Gorin film of Germans leaving & 23AIB arrival - owned by their niece Catherine Constance, digitized by Didier Moreau

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7TH ARMORED DIVISION WORLD WAR II & KOREA HISTORY:
The 7th Armored Division fought from August 1944 until V-E Day, coming ashore on the Normandy beaches and reaching all the way to the Baltic Sea.

Click on the map for a larger version (77K JPG).

Text of the Box Score
Written June or July 1945

ENEMY ARMORED VEHICLES DESTROYED 621 ARMORED VEHICLES CAPTURED 89 MISCELLANEOUS VEHICLES DESTROYED 2,653 MISCELLANEOUS VEHICLES CAPTURED 3,517 ARMAMENT DESTROYED 583 PIECES ARMAMENT CAPTURED 361 PIECES (Only pieces larger than 50 mm included) PRISONERS TAKEN 113,041	DIVISION MILES TRAVELLED 2,260 GASOLINE CONSUMED 3,127,151 GALLONS AMMUNITION EXPENDED: 105 mm 550,027 ROUNDS 76 mm 19,209 ROUNDS 75 mm 48,724 ROUNDS .50 cal 1,267,128 ROUNDS .45 cal 540,523 ROUNDS .30 cal 9,367,966 ROUNDS
AWARDS * - BATTLE OF NORTHERN FRANCE (14 AUG -- 14 SEPT 1944) * - BATTLE OF GERMANY (15 SEPT 1944 -- ?) THE ABOVE CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED. THE FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS PARTICIPATED IN BY THE DIVISION HAVE BEEN UNOFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED AS SUPERCEDING THE BATTLE OF GERMANY. NO OFFICIAL REPORT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AT THE TIME OF THIS PRINTING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE DIVISION WILL BE GRANTED CREDIT FOR HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THEM. * - BATTLE OF THE ARDENNES (16 DEC 1944 -- 25 JAN 1945) * - BATTLE OF THE RHINELAND (15 SEPT 1944 -- 21 MAR 1945) * - BATTLE OF CENTRAL EUROPE (22 MAR 1945 -- ?)
DECORATIONS** (Personnel) DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS 9 SILVER STAR 351 BRONZE STAR MEDAL: -- -- HEROIC SERVICE 888 -- MERITORIOUS SERVICE 1,047 PURPLE HEARTS 1,211 (NOTE: ABOVE FIGURE DOES NOT INCLUDE PURPLE HEARTS AWARDED BY NON-DIVISIONAL MEDICAL INSTALLATIONS AND WAR DEPARTMENT)
A FEW DATES TO REMEMBER BEACH LANDINGS -- 10 AUG 1944 CHARTRES -- 15 AUG 1944 MELUN -- 24 AUG 1944 (Crossed SEINE River) CHATEAU-THIERRY -- 28 AUG 1944 VERDUN -- 31 AUG 1944 METZ -- 8 SEPT 1944 (Crossed MOSELLE River) OVERLOON -- 1 OCT to 8 OCT 1944 MEIJEL -- COUNTERATTACK 27 OCT 1944 ST. VITH -- 17 DEC 1944 and 23 JAN 1945 REMAGEN (Breakthrough) -- 26 MAR 1945 EDERSEE DAM -- 30 MAR 1945 MENDEN -- 16 APR 1945 BALTIC SEA -- 3 MAY 1945

** The Box Score did not include Air Medals. However, the 7AD General Orders awarded 77 Air Medals (51 of which were oakleaf clusters, 3 of which were posthumous).

7th Armored Division World War II & Korea Timeline

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World War II
Major combat periods highlighted in bold red.

Pre-Combat: U. S. Training, Sail for England (1 March 1942-8 August 1944) United States 1 March 1942 - 18 March 1943: Camp Polk, Louisiana 1 March 1942: 7th Armored Division activated at Camp Polk, Louisiana under command of Gen. Lindsay Silvester 15 September 1942 - 9 November 1942: Louisiana-Texas Maneuvers 11-18 March 1943 - 12 August 1943 Camp Coxcomb; Desert Training Center, California 12 August 1943 - 25 April 1944: Fort Benning, Georgia 20 September 1943: Reorganization of all armored divisions (except 1-3) 22-25 April 1944 - 2 May 1944: Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts 2 May 1944 - 6 June 1944: Camp Shanks, New York 6 June 1944 - Boarded Queen Mary in New York harbor 7 June 1944 - Set sail for Europe Great Britain 13-15 June 1944: Arrived in the Firth of Clyde; debarked at Grenoch, Scotland; moved by train to Tidorth Barracks 15 June 1944 - 7 August 1944: Tidworth Barracks in Wiltshire, England 7 August 1944 - 8 August 1944: Moved to Southampton, England; loaded and boarded landing craft 8 August 1944: Sailed for France

Combat in Continental Europe (10 August 1944 - 8 May 1945) France 10-12 August 1944: most of 7AD debarks at Utah and Omaha Beaches; 203 AAA Bn and 814 TD Bn attached to 7AD soon after, for the duration of the war 14-15 August 1944: Rapid move to Chartres, France area; Company B 23rd Armored Infantry Bn ambushed at Marbou , France 15-18 August 1944: Liberation of Chartres, France and other nearby areas, including Rambouillet 19-20 August 1944: 7AD moves to Dreux, France to enable 5AD to support first Seine crossing 21-25 August 1944: Rapid move to Seine at Melun; crossing at Tilly & Ponthierry 26 August-2 September 1944: Rapid dash to Reims and Verdun; Liberation of many places famous as WWI battle sites 2-5 September 1944: Out of gas, except for feint toward Luxemoburg 6-25 September 1944: Bitter combat, with high casualties, in greater Metz area Through Belgium to Netherlands 25-29 September 1944: 7AD passes through Belgium into Netherlands, to bolster corridor created by Operation Market-Garden Netherlands 30 September 8 October 1944: Bitter combat with high casualties at Overloon 9-26 October 1944: Attack across Deurne Canal by Griendtsveen; canal defense and patrols from Meijel to Ell 27-29 October 1944: Bitter combat, with high casualties, defending against German attack at Meijel and nearby areas from Nederweert to Liesel 30 October 8 November: Liberation of Ospel area with significant casualties 1 November 1944: Gen. Robert Hasbrouck assumes command from Gen. Lindsay Silvester 9-22 November 1944: Reorganization and retraining of Division Germany 23 November 16 December 1944: Elements of 7AD, attached to 84th and 102nd Infantry Divisions, in combat in Gereonsweiler and Linnich areas of Germany; part of Division remains in Netherlands or out of combat at Ubach Belgium (second time) - Overview of 7th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge 17-23 December 1944: 7AD moves to Vielsalm-St. Vith area, to defend against German Ardennes Offensive (Battle of the Bulge); St. Vith is the most critical strategic point for German supplies in the entire front, and it is denied to them far beyond their timetable, effectively dooming their entire offensive and making possible the defense of Bastogne 23-31 December 1944: 7AD defends Manhay and Grandmenil on the northern shoulder of the Bulge 1-19 January 1945: 7AD reorganizes and re-equips, primarily in the Verviers area 20-28 January 1945: 7AD retakes St. Vith Germany (second time) Early February 1945: 7AD s Combat Command R attached to 78th Infantry Division for attacks on Strauch, Simmerath, Steckenborn, and other towns in the area of the Huertgen Forest; rest of the Division is out of combat Belgium (third time) Mid to late February 1945: When Germans blow their own dams to block Allies path, 7AD men are attached to engineers to rebuild roads at Stavelot and Elsenborn; headquarters of 7AD remains in Germany Germany (third time) Late February 24 March 1945: move up to the Rhine River between Cologne and Remagen 25-31 March 1945: Cross the Rhine River and rapidly move to complete the inner southern envelopment of the Ruhr Pocket 1-17 April 1945: Attack west to reduce the Ruhr Pocket Mid-April 1945: Move to Dransfeld, awaiting further orders late April 1945: Move north to the Baltic Sea in the Ludwigslust area early May 45: Task force moves far to the east to meet the Russians 8 May 1945: V-E Day March 45: Germany, area of Mehlem and Bad Godesburg on west bank of Rhine River late March 45: Germany, encirclement of Ruhr Pocket along south and east early April 45: Germany, reduction of Ruhr Pocket late April 45: Germany, north to the Baltic May 45: Germany: meet the Russians; V-E Day

Post-Combat: Occupation; Return Home (9 May 1945 - 11 October 1945) June - 1 July 45: Occupational duties in Dessau and K then by the Elbe River, in the future Soviet Zone of Occupation 1-3 July 45: Move to the U.S. Zone of Occupied Germany 14 July 1945: Large contingent of low-point men departs to train for invasion of Japan July-September 1945: Many high-point men transferred to other units for earlier transport home; many new men transferred into Division 1-11 October 1945: Returned to United States and Inactivated

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Korean War

Early 1950's: 7AD reactivated during Korean War: at Camp Roberts, CA but never went overseas; Division again inactivated

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Unit Citations

Click on the links(the name of the award) for each one, to be able to print off a copy of the General Orders, if you are planning to submit a request for the physical award. These are Microsoft Word documents.

• Belgian Fourrag re for entire 7th Armored Division and non-divisional attached units [Department of the Army General Orders No. 43, dated 19 December 1950]
  Michael Furlich succeeded in receiving his Belgian Fourragere by writing to U. S. Army Human Resources Command; 200 Stovall Street; Alexandria, VA 22332-0400 and including a copy of his DD214 discharge papers and a copy of the citation.

• Netherlands Resistance Cross (Verzetsherdenkingskruis) for entire 7th Armored Division - awarded 6 October 1982 [pursuant to Royal Decision of December 29, 1980, Number 104]
  The link is to page 326 of "Lucky Seventh" volume 1, which shows the front and rear of the medal and contains the complete authorizing text.

• Presidential Unit Citation only for Combat Command "B", including the following units, for action at St. Vith, Belgium 17-23 December 1944 [Department of the Army General Orders No. 48, dated 12 July 1948]
  Headquarters and Headquarters Company of CCB; 17th Tank Battalion; 31st Tank Battalion; 23d Armored Infantry Battalion; 38th Armored Infantry Battalion; 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized (less Troop D); 275th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; 434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion; 965th Field Artillery Battalion; 168th Engineer Combat Battalion; 1st Platoon, Company F, 423d Infantry Regiment; Company B, 33d Armored Engineer Battalion; Company A, 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP)

High Personal Awards to Division Personnel
If there is a link indicated for a name, click on the link to see the citation and a photograph of the soldier.

• Congressional Medal of Honor
  1. S/Sgt. Robert H. Dietz - Company "A", 38th Armored Infantry Battalion - Posthumously, for his actions March 29, 1945 at Kirchain, Germany
     General Order No. 119, 17 December 1945
     He was a squad leader when the task force to which his unit was attached encountered resistance in its advance on Kirchain, Germany. Between the town's outlying buildings 300 yards distant, and the stalled armored column were a minefield and 2 bridges defended by German rocket-launching teams and riflemen. From the town itself came heavy small-arms fire. Moving forward with his men to protect engineers while they removed the minefield and the demolition charges attached to the bridges, S/Sgt. Dietz came under intense fire. On his own initiative he advanced alone, scorning the bullets which struck all around him, until he was able to kill the bazooka team defending the first bridge. He continued ahead and had killed another bazooka team, bayoneted an enemy soldier armed with a panzerfaust and shot 2 Germans when he was knocked to the ground by another blast of another panzerfaust. He quickly recovered, killed the man who had fired at him and then jumped into waist-deep water under the second bridge to disconnect the demolition charges. His work was completed; but as he stood up to signal that the route was clear, he was killed by another enemy volley from the left flank. S/Sgt. Dietz by his intrepidity and valiant effort on his self-imposed mission, single-handedly opened the road for the capture of Kirchain and left with his comrades an inspiring example of gallantry in the face of formidable odds. Entered the military service from Kingston, New York.
     Click on his name for further information

  2. Cpl. Thomas J. Kelly - Medical Detachment, 48th Armored Infantry Battalion - for his action April 5, 1945 at Almert, Germany
     General Order No. 97, 1 November 1945
     He was an aid man with the 1st Platoon of Company C during an attack on the town of Alemert, Germany. The platoon, committed in a flanking maneuver, had advanced down a small, open valley overlooked by wooded slopes hiding enemy machineguns and tanks, when the attack was stopped by murderous fire that inflicted heavy casualties in the American ranks. Ordered to withdraw, Cpl. Kelly reached safety with uninjured remnants of the unit, but, on realizing the extent of casualties suffered by the platoon, voluntarily retraced his steps and began evacuating his comrades under direct machinegun fire. He was forced to crawl, dragging the injured behind him for most of the 300 yards separating the exposed area from a place of comparative safety. Two other volunteers who attempted to negotiate the hazardous route with him were mortally wounded, but he kept on with his herculean task after dressing their wounds and carrying them to friendly hands. In all, he made 10 separate trips through the brutal fire, each time bringing out a man from the death trap. Seven more casualties who were able to crawl by themselves he guided and encouraged in escaping from the hail of fire. After he had completed his heroic, self-imposed task and was near collapse from fatigue, he refused to leave his platoon until the attack had been resumed and the objective taken. Cpl. Kelly's gallantry and intrepidity in the face of seemingly certain death saved the lives of many of his fellow soldiers and was an example of bravery under fire. Entered the military service from Brooklyn, New York.
     Click on his name for further information

• Distinguished Service Cross

  1. Lt. Col. John C. Brown - Commanding Offcer, 40th Tank Battalion
     Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions March 26, 1945 from the Remagen Bridgehead to near Heckholzhausen, Germany
     Seventh US Army (SUSA) General Order No. 587 (1945)

  2. 2d Lt. Neil M. Chapin (O-1 182 080) - Battery "B", 434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
     Home State: VA
     Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in the vicinity of Liesel, Holland, 29 October 1944.
     ETOUSA General Order No. 23, 23 February 1945
     for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy, as a member of 434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, performing duty as a Reconnaissance Officer and Forward Observer with Company "C", 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, on 29 October 1944. Second Lieutenant Chapin went forward of advanced positions in order to deliver effective artillery fire against a numerically superior enemy. When the supported unit was withdrawn to a better defensive position, he took as his observation post a bullet-ridden house which was being subjected to direct enemy fire. He stood by his post, effectively delivering artillery fire, until the infantry was ordered to retire. Since the officers of the supported unit had been evacuated, he assumed command and successfully withdrew the company in the face of the ' enemy, adjusting protective artillery fire at the same time. Entered military service from Virginia.

  3. 1st Lt. John C. Cornell - Company "C", 38th Armored Infantry Battalion - for his actions September 6, 1944 at Gravelotte, France
     Click on his name for further information

  4. 1st Lt. Mario J. Fortuna - Company "C", 38th Armored Infantry Battalion - for his actions August 16, 1944 at Lèves, France
     Click on his name for further information
     photo is from 1966

  5. Cpl. (then Pvt.) Victor P. Funk - Company "B", 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion (attached to 7th Armored Division)
     Home State: NE
     Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in the vicinity of Meijel, Holland, 29 October 1944.
     Ninth USA Army (NUSA) General Order No. 54, dated 1 December 1944
     During an enemy tank attack on 29 October 1944, in Holland, Corporal Funk; serving as a gunner on a tank destroyer, knocked out the two leading tanks and prepared to fire on a third. The building behind which his tank destroyer was concealed received direct hits. Bricks and rubble falling into the open turret injured the leader; all members of the crew evacuated the vehicle except Corporal Funk. Loading the gun, himself, he destroyed another hostile tank, entered the driver's compartment find drove the vehicle to the other side of the building out of direct enemy fire. The extraordinary heroism and courageous actions of Corporal Funk reflect great credit upon himself and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service. Entered military service from Nebraska.

     from B/814 Morning Report 4 Dec 1944 Record of Events
     Cpl Victor P Funk ASN 37 468 246 awarded Distinguished Service Cross per General Orders 54, Hq Ninth U.S. Army dtd 1 Dec 44. Presented Distinguished Service Cross at Groot Haasdal, Holland on 4 Dec 44. General Officer making presentation: Brigadier General Hasbrouck CG 7th Armd Div.

     from Ewing (NE) Advocate newspaper
     

     Victor Funk Awarded Distinguished Service Cross by Army
     Headquarters Communications Zone European Theater of Operations, United States Army
     Number 26754 (Censored) To the Ewing Advocate: Corporal Victor Funk of Ewing, Nebraska knocked out three Panzer Division Tanks in a battle of steel against steel and was recently awarded one of the nation's highest battle honors, the Distinguished Service Cross. The Nebraskan, who before he joined the Army, plowed straight furrows on his father's farm, performed almost a miracle in an afternoon engagement with German tanks. While enemy artillery battered to earth the concrete and brick building where his tank destroyer was hidden, he drove the massive, growling, groaning destroyer to a place of comparative safety. Bricks and rubble fell into the open urret of his destroyer. The vehicle commander was injured. All members of the crew were evacuated when the Corporal entered the driver's compartment and drove out of direct enemy fire.
     "The extraordinary heroism and courageous actions of Corporal Funk reflect great credit on himself," the Division citation stated, "and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service."
     The Corporal was honored by Battalion Headquarters of the 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion, when in the presence of his Company, Brigadier General Robert W. Hasbrouck, Commanding Officer of the 7th Armored Division, commended the hero, and presented the award. Gen. Hasbrouck praised the Corporal unstintingly. He lauded his marksmanship and his mechanical ability, as well as his courage for his activity against "a common enemy." Corporal Funk is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Funk of Ewing, Nebraska.

  6. Capt. Jacob A. George, Jr. - Company "C", 17th Tank Battalion
     Home State: ??
     Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Missing in Action) for his actions in the vicinity of Sillegny, France, 19 September 1944.
     Ninth USA Army (NUSA) General Order No. 43, dated 1944
     Text not yet obtained

  7. Capt. Edward John Hackett - Squadron Surgeon, 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
     Home State: NJ
     Posthumusly awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions northeast of Malmaison, France, 13 September 1944.
     ETOUSA General Order No. 22, dated 1945
     Text not yet obtained
     Account from newspaper article at posthumous award of DSC to his 7-year-old daughter
     The citation that accompanied the award stated that Capt. Hackett sacrificed his life northeast of Malmaison, France, on Sept. 13, 1944, in an effort to reach the side of a wounded man. Capt. Hackett is described as having gone forward in a dense woods 'voluntarily beyond the assault line of our own troops to within 10 or 15 yards of dug in enemy infantry to determine the condition of a man already believed to be dead. Despite the caution of his troop commander not to do so he went forth unhesitatingly to determine the condition of the casualty and remained there alone even after being fired on by the enemy."
     Hackett Barracks at Fort Benning named in his honor - See 2013 "Bayonet" article

  8. 2nd Lt. Vincent E. McKenna (O-1 168 815) - Service Battery, 434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
     Home State: NY
     Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in the vicinity of Dornot, France, 10 September 1944.
     Ninth US Army General Order No. 58, dated 2 November 1944
     for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against the enemy. On 10 September 1944, near Dornot, France, when advancing allied troops were subjected to heavy losses caused by enemy mortar, artillery, and small-arms fire, Lieutenant McKenna voluntarily moved to a forward observation post to direct fire from his own artillery. Completely disregrading his own personal safety, he exposed himself to the enemy to adjust his fire upon the enemy positions. So close was the contact with the enemy that some of his own shells burst within a few yards of his observation post. So efficient was his adjustment of fire that a grave situation for the advancing infantry elements was alleviated. The extraordinary heroism and courageous actions of Lieutenant McKenna reflect great credit upon himself and are in keeping with the highsed traditions of military service. Entered military service from New York.

  9. 2nd Lt. Robert E. Mendick - Company "C", 48th Armored Infantry Battalion - Posthumously, for action August 23 or 24, 1944 in France just after crossing the Seine River
     Home State: ??
     Posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in France, 17 September 1944.
     Ninth USA Army (NUSA) General Order No. 68, dated 14 December 1944
     Text not yet obtained

  10. 2nd Lt. Dennis J. Regan (O-1 174 117) - Battery "C", 440th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Home State: NY
      Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (Missing in Action) for his actions in the vicinity of Meijel, Holland, 27-30 October 1944.
      Ninth US Army General Order No. 68, dated 14 December 1944
      for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against the enemy. From 27 October 1944 to 30 October 1944, Lieutenant Regan remained with the forward elements of the infantry under constant fire of enemy artillery, mortar, and small arms. By accurately placing close-in barrages, he was able to effectively cover several withdrawals of the unit he was supporting when it was outflanked by vastly superior enemy forces. Lieutenant Regan without regard for his own personal safety, moved forward numerious times to high points of terrain for observation. It was from such a point that he covered the final withdrawal of the infantry. In so doing he was entirely cut off by the enemy and the last words from him were, "They are on me - give all possible fire in this area, I must destroy my radio." The extraordinary heroism and courageous actions of Lieutant Regan reglect great credit upon himself and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service. Entered military service from New York.

  11. T/5 George W. Schultz, Jr. - Company "B", 33rd Armored Engineer Battalion
      Home State: ??
      Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions at a German bridge over the canal SE of Nederweert, Holland, in the early hours of 31 October 1944.
      Ninth USA Army (NUSA) General Order No. 68, dated 14 December 1944
      Text not yet obtained
      photo is from about 1981

  World War I DSC Award to World War II 7AD Soldier Maj. Lindsay McDonald Silvester - 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (WWII 7th Armored Division Commanding General) Home State: VA Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in the Bois-d'Agrimont, France, 15 July 1918. War Department General Orders No. 64, dated 1919 or extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F., in the Bois-d'Agrimont, France, 15 July 1918. During the intense bombardment preceding the German drive of 15 July when the wounded were so numerous that is was impossible to care for them in the dressing station, Major Silvester voluntarily gave up his dugout for the use of the wounded and exposed himself to heavy fire during the ten hours' terrific bombardment. After leading his command across the Marne this officer directed the reduction of a number of machine-gun nests and advanced his lines 4 kilometers despite the determined resistance. Maj. Silvester also received the Silver Start for gallantry in action while serving with 30th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F., in action against the enemy in France during World War I.

The 7th Armored Division men who died in training in the States and in England are not counted in the casualty lists. They have gone almost entirely forgotten. In September 2005, Wesley Johnston spent 2 weeks at the National Archives and scanned the complete General Orders of the 7th Armored Division, for all years (1942-1945). Many of the General Orders during the period of training, prior to combat, are announcements of the deaths of 53 men. Other men learned from the sacrifice of these men, and their deaths probably saved the lives of unknown numbers of others.

Click here to see the web page that memorializes these 53 men.

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BOOKS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE 7TH ARMORED DIVISION:

This section has three sub-sections:

1. Division-wide works
2. Works on component units
3. Published Memoirs/Histories/Web Pages by or about 7th Armored Division Men

1. Division-wide works
   • General Coverage
     • Seventh Armored Division. From the Beaches to the Baltic: The Story of the 7th Armored Division. June, 1945.
     • Seventh Armored Division Association. The Lucky Seventh. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1982. (out of print)
     • Seventh Armored Division Association. The Lucky Seventh. Vol. II. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1987. (out of print)
     • 7th Armored Division Auxiliary Web Site: Growing repository of thousands of transcriptions of WWII documents (text-only) of and related to 7th Armored Division that are available for free downloads. This is a treasure trove of information.

   • 7th Armored Division in France (August-September 1944)
     • Hospital Interviews of the 7th Armored Division: France: August-September 1944. (Click here for details and ordering information.)
     • Combat Interviews of the 7th Armored Division: France: August-September 1944. (Click here for details and ordering information.)

   • 7th Armored Division in the Battle of the Bulge (Belgium, December 1944 - January 1945)
     • Combat Interviews of the 7th Armored Division: The St. Vith Salient (December 1944). (Click here for details and ordering information.)
     • Combat Interviews of the 7th Armored Division: The 7th Armored Division Goes Back: St. Vith 20-23 January 1945. (Click here for details and ordering information.)
     • Ellis, William D. and Thomas J. Cunningham, Jr. Clarke of St. Vith: The Sergeants' General. Cleveland: Dillon/Liederbach, 1974.
     • US Army Armor School Research and Evaluation Division. The Defense of St. Vith, Belgium 17-23 December 1944: An historical example of armor in the defense. Fort Knox: Armored School. (Click here for information about this book.)
     • Boyer at St. Vith: Major Donald P. Boyer's "Personal Report: Narrative Account of Action of 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division, Battle of St. Vith, 17-22 December 1944" and "Notes - The Battle of St. Vith, 17-22 December 1944" (Click here for information about this book.)
     • Winter, George. Manhay, The Ardennes: Christmas 1944. Winnipeg, Manitoba: J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing, 1990.
       

   • 7th Armored Division Returns to Germany (March-April 1945: first entry into Germany was in November 1944, prior to move to Belgium)
     • Combat Interviews of the 7th Armored Division: Remagen Bridge and Breakout (March 1945). (Click here for details and ordering information.)
     • Combat Interviews of the 7th Armored Division: Encircling and Reducing the Ruhr Pocket (April 1945). (Click here for details and ordering information.)

2. Works on component units
   • 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion
     
   • 31st Tank Battalion
     
   • 33rd Armored Engineer Battalion
     
   • 38th Armored Infantry Battalion
     
   • 48th Armored Infantry Battalion
     
   • 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
     
   • 434th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
     
   • 489th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
     
   • 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion
     
   • Division Artillery, Headquarters and Headquarters Company
     

3. Published Memoirs/Histories/Web Pages By/About 7th Armored Division Men

   • Goodwin, Marden Ronald (with 7AD Combat Commands in training, 1942): "Of War and Women"
     Marden Goodwin was drafted in July 1941 and cadr d from 3rd Armored Division to become one of the original members of the 7th Armored Division 1 March 1942. He was with all of the Combat Commands at one time or another, until he was sent to Ft. Knox for radio school, leaving 7th Armored in August 1942. He went on to OCS and then went into France with the 5th Infantry Division, which fought alongside the 7th Armored Division in France in XX Corps of Third US Army in August and September 1944, when 7th Armored was sent up to Holland. Goodwin stayed with the 5th Infantry Division until the end of the Bulge. At that time, Gen. Kilburn, Commanding General of 11th Armored Division, asked for Goodwin's transfer to 11th Armored, since they had been together in 7th Armored's CCA at Camp Polk. So on verbal orders of Gen. Patton, Goodwin went to 11th Armored -- only to have Gen. Kilburn replaced as CG in a few weeks. All in all, he spent 4 1/2 years in the Army during the war. His story "Of War and Women" is now published and available online. "Of War and Women" is available by mail from the publisher (see below) or online at Amazon.com. If you order from the publisher and indicate you are a member of the 7th Armored Division Association (or 3rd or 11th Armd or 5th Inf) and they confirm your name on the list of members, then the author has very generously extended a 50% discount off the retail price of the book to you. Contact the publisher at Minerva Publishing Company; 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., Suite 2310; Miami, FL 33131; Phone: (305) 358-1560; E-mail: minervap@bellsouth.net

   • Hazenberg, John (B/40 Tank): Niece Trudy Fetters' book "Cpl John Peter Hazenberg Letters Home to Grand Rapids, Michigan World War II: 7th Armored Division, 40th Tank Battalion, Company B" - PDF file of images
     Cpl. John Peter Hazenberg served with B/40 throughout the war, suffering trench foot. Not only are his wartime letters of importance. But after the war when he was stationed at Terneuzen, Netherlands, where a family there recognized John's surname as the Groningen family Hazenberg surname. The Dutch family and their relatives wrote a total of 15 letters in Dutch, starting in September 1945, to John's family in Grand Rapids, MI. These letters give a sense of what life was like in the Netherlands during and after the war.

   • McCord, Howard "Mutt" (Mortar/HQ Co/38 AIB): Reminiscences
     Sgt. Howard "Mutt" McCord was in the Heavy (81mm) Mortar Platoon of Headquarters Company of the 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, until he was captured at Crombach, Belgium in December 1944. This web site, from Camp Croft, SC recounts his experiences before and with the 7th Armored Division, as well as his experiences as a POW.

   • Moranda, Robert (CO of MG/HQ Co/38 AIB): "Bob's Story: Memories of Love and War"
     2nd Lt. Robert Moranda commanded the Heavy Machine Gun Platoon of Headquarters Company of the 38th Armored Infantry Battalion, until he was captured at St. Vith, Belgium in December 1944. His book about his experiences, "Bob's Story: Memories of Love and War", co-authored with his brother George Moranda, is available at IUniverse.com and Amazon.com.

   • Rutledge, Robert (48 AIB, KIA 29 Oct 1944) A Daughter Lovingly Remembers Her Dad: 5 web pages
     This is a World War II Stories ... Their Stories Told in Their Own Words" web site.

   • Silvester, Lindsay McDonald (Div CG): "Stars Saves Bars!"
     An Opelika, AL newspaper article about how Gen. Silvester rescued downed fighter pilot 1st Lt. Ike Dorsey near Amanvilliers, France on September 11, 1944

   • Triplett, William S. (CO of CCA): "A Colonel in the Armored Divisions"
     Col. William S. Triplet assumed command of Combat Command "A" of 7th Armored Division after the defense of St. Vith. He wrote a frank personal memoir, which was found and edited and published by Robert H. Ferrell (this is just one of several volumes, starting with his World War I service). "A Colonel in the Armored Divisions" is available at University of Missouri Press and Amazon.com.

   • Varney, Maynard (40 Tank, KIA 12 Apr 1945) honored by Saratoga County, NY (May 2002)
     Maynard Varney was killed in action April 12, 1945, while serving as a tank gunner with 40th Tank Battalion, during the reduction of the Ruhr Pocket in Germany. Saratoga County, NY recently honored him and presented a Conspicuous Service Cross to him in a presentation to his son, James Varney. Click here to see the newspaper article and photo. (Thanks to Frederick R. Miller, PH1, USN Retired for sending this information.) You can find a bit more on Maynard Varney on the web page of 40th Tank Battalion Deaths.

   • Wampers, Peter (Belgian Underground and D/17 Tank): "True Heroes, True Friends"
     Peter's web pages on his wartime experiences. Sadly, Peter died June 22, 2000, and his web site was discontinued. So the link no longer works.

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BOOKS THAT MENTION THE 7TH ARMORED DIVISION:
Note that books that mention specific organic or attached units are also under the links to those units.

The official US Army history books can be ordered from the US Government Printing Office's online bookstore: click on this link and scroll down to "United States Army in World War II Series".

• 106th Infantry Division. Combat Interviews of the 106th Infantry Division.
• Allen, Robert S. Lucky Forward: The History of Patton's Third U.S. Army. New York: Vanguard Press, 1947.
  
• Altes, A. Korthals and N.K.C.A. in't Veld. The Forgotten Battle: Overloon and the Mass Salient 1944-45. New York: Sarpedon Publishers, 1995.
  
• Astor, Gerald. A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men who Fought It. New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1992 and New York: Dell Publishing, 1994.
  
• Bauserman, John M. The Malm dy Massacre. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing, 1995.
  
• Blair, Clay. Ridgway's Paratroopers. Garden City, NY: The Dial Press, 1985.
  
• Blumenson, Martin. Breakout and Pursuit. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1989.
  

• Bulois, Pascal. Marbou , 15 Ao t 1944 ("Marbou , 15 August 1944: History of the tragic ambush of an American column of the 7th Armored Division, 15 August 1944") -- NOTE: This book is in French.
  Pascal Bulois has done a great deal of research to establish the names of American soldiers who were killed in the Chartres-Ch teaudun area, so that they could be permanently inscribed on monuments. This book relates the story of the ambush by the Germans of the column of Company "B" of 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion at the town of Marbou on the evening of August 15, 1944, including interveiws with B/23 veterans and with local French citizens. The very deadly ambush destroyed seven half-tracks and a jeep and killed the men whose names are inscribed on the monument, which you can see in the Monuments section of the 7th Armored Division web page. If you were there at the ambush, Pascal Bulois wants to hear from you to include your account in future editions of the book. You can contact him about contributing your information to the book or about obtaining a copy, via e-mail at PASCAL.BULOISMVAL@wanadoo.fr or by postal mail at Pascal Bulois; Boite Postal 44; 28160 BROU, France.

• Cole, Hugh M. The Lorraine Campaign. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1950.
  
• Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1965.
  
• D'Este, Carlo. Patton: A Genius for War. New York: Harper Collins, 1995.
  
• Delaval, Maurice. Saint-Vith au cours de l'ultime Blitzkrieg de Hitler: T moignages non conformistes recueillis. Vielsalm, Belg.: Editions J. A. C., 1984.
  
• Dupuy, R. Ernest. St. Vith: Lion in the Way: The 106th Infantry Division in World War II. Nashville: Battery Press, 1986 reprint of original from late 1940's.
  
• Dupuy, Trevor N, David L. Bongard, & Richard C. Anderson, Jr. Hitler's Last Gamble: The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 - January 1945. Harper Collins, 1994.
  
• Eisenhower, John S. D. The Bitter Woods: The Dramatic Story, Told at All Echelons - from Supreme Command to Squad Leader - of the Crisis that Shook the Western Coalition: Hitler's Surprise Ardennes Offensive. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969 and Da Capo, 1995.
  
• Gavin, James. On to Berlin: Battles of an Airborne Commander 1943-1946. Viking Press, 1978.
  
• Giles, Janice Holt. The Damned Engineers. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1970.
  
• Goldstein, Donald M., Katherine V. Dillon, & J. Michael Wenger. Nuts!: The Battle of the Bulge, the Story and Photographs. Washington: Brassey's, 1994.
  
• Goolrick, William K. and Tanner, Ogden. The Battle of the Bulge. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1979.
  
• Hamilton, Nigel. Monty. New York: Random House, 1994.
  
• Kemp, Anthony. The Unknown Battle: Metz, 1944. New York: Stein and Day, 1981.
  
• MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1973.
  
• MacDonald, Charles B. Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo and Schmidt. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1952.
• MacDonald, Charles B. A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984 and Bantam Books, 1985.
  
• MacDonald, Charles B. The Siegfried Line Campaign. Washington: Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army, 1990.
  
• Merriam, Robert E. Dark December: The Full Account of the Battle of the Bulge. Chicago: Ziff Davis Publishing, 1947. (republished as The Battle of the Bulge. New York: Ballantine Books, 1957.)
  
• Morelock, J. D. Generals of the Ardennes: American Leadership in the Battle of the Bulge. National Defense University Press, 1994.
  
• Pallud, Jean-Paul. The Battle of the Bulge: Then and Now. London: Battle of Britain Prints International Limited, 1984.
  
• Pallud, Jean-Paul. Ardennes 1944: Peiper and Skorzeny. London: Osprey Publishing, 1987.
  
• Parker, Danny S. Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Ardennes Offensive, 1944-1945. Philadelphia: Combined Books, 1991.
  
• Patton, George S. Jr. War As I Knew It. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947.
  
• Pergrin, Col. David E. First Across the Rhine: The Story of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion. New York: Ivy Books, 1989.
  
• Perret, Geoffrey. There's a War to Be Won: The United States Army in World War II. New York: Random House, 1991.
  
• Reynolds, Michael. The Devil's Adjutant: Jochen Peiper, Panzer Leader. New York: Sarpedon, 1995.
  

• Santin, Eric. Derniers Combats ("Final Battles: 1944 Eure-et-Loir: Chartres, Ch teaudun, Nogent-le-Rotrou") -- NOTE: This book is in French.
  Eric Santin's book is a treasure trove of photographs, a great many taken by French citizens and not seen in American publications. But the research behind the text is just as valuable. His research is excellent -- which is quite a challenge for his outstanding new history "Derniers Combats: 1944 Eure-et-Loir" about the battles in and around Chartres, Nogent-le-Rotrou and Ch teuadun, France. To order the book, send a money order for US $42 to ERIC SANTIN; 9 chemin Lacave; 65220 PUYDARRIEUX, FRANCE. (ericsantin@net-up.com)

• Stanton, Shelby L. Order of Battle U.S. Army. World War II. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1984.
  
• Toland, John. Battle: The Story of the Bulge. New York: Random House, 1959 and Signet (New American Library), 1960.
  
• Toland, John. The Last 100 Days. New York: Random House, 1965.
  
• Whiting, Charles. Decision at St.-Vith: The Story of the U. S. 106th, the Division Hitler Smashed in the Battle of the Bulge. New York: Ballantine Books, 1969.
  
• Whiting, Charles. The End of the War: Europe: April 15 - May 23, 1945. New York: Stein and Day, 1973.
  
• Whiting, Charles. Siegfried: The Nazis' Last Stand. New York: Stein and Day, 1982.
  
• Whiting, Charles. Ardennes The Secret War. New York: Stein and Day, 1985.
  
• Whiting, Charles. The Last Assault: The Battle of the Bulge Reassessed. New York: Sarpedon, 1994.
  

• Winieska, Fran oise. August 1944: The Liberation of Rambouillet, France. Rambouillet, France: Soci t Historique et Arch ologique de Rambouillet et de l'Yveline (SHARY), 1999. -- NOTE: This book is in identical sections in both French and English. The French title is "Ao t 1944: La Lib ration de Rambouillet, France".
  Fran oise Winieska's extraordinarily well-done book has photos, detailed maps, and very detailed accounts. For 7th Armored Division readers, this book is especially relevant to 7th Armored Division's 17th Tank Battalion and 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion.

• Zaloga, Steven J. Tanks Illustrated No. 2: Battle of the Bulge. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1983.

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MONUMENTS TO THE 7TH ARMORED DIVISION
Please let me know of errors or omissions. Unless otherwise noted, the photos are my own.
The coordinates which appear below some of the place names can be copied and pasted into Google Earth to see where the monument is located.
Google Earth does not actually show the more recent monuments.

How to Have an Overseas Monument Erected - Instructions for U. S. Citizens Peter Schreiber, son of Justus Schreiber (D/87), succeeded in having a new privately-funded monument dedicated in 2007 at Baraque de Fraiture, Belgium to commemorate the units that had fought there but remained unrecognized. He has very generously provided the following documents for any other American citizen who would like to have an overseas monument erected. How to Guide: What You Need to Know in Order to Erect a New Overseas War Memorial (1-page Word document) American Battle Monuments Commission Policies on Overseas Memorials: as published in the Federal Register (3-page PDF document) Sample Request Letter to ABMC: the actual letter that Pete sent for the Baraque de Fraiture Monument (11-page Word document, with photos)

Belgium | France | Netherlands | United States | Temporary | Online

BELGIUM
Baraque de Fraiture (Parker's Crossroads) 50 14'57.48"N, 5 44'15.08"E Dedicated 29 Sep 2007 Click here for photos of the ceremony. Click the following for video of the ceremonies: Streaming WMV file (145KB) Quicktime MPG file (1.4GB, not streaming) Thanks to Carl Wouters for permission to post the video and to Peter Schreiber for obtaining the video and the permission. In Memory of D Troop 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mcnz) 7th Armored Division D Battery, 203rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion 7th Armored Division F Company 325th Glider Infantry Regiment 82nd Airborne Division who defended this critical crossroads against overwhelming forces during the period 19-23 December, 1944 Their courageous defense against repeated attacks bought vital time for the defense of the Ardennes. Their bravery in fierce battle when heavily outnumbered continues to inspire the allies and their countrymen. Thanks to Peter Schreiber, son of D/87 crossroads defender Justus Schreiber for his years of work to make this monument a reality. (photo thanks to Henri Rogister) Click here for detailed information on these men's efforts there.	Bastogne Monument to all units in the Battle of the Bulge 7th Armored Division in Middle (photo thanks to Ernie Gallet, AG/HQ/48 AIB) Note that while 7AD passed through Bastogne in September 1944 and a few officers stopped there briefly on 17 December 1944, the Division did not see any combat at Bastogne.	Malempr Plaque in church yard wall, at town square Top inscription reads: Aux Combatants de Decembre 1944
Poteau 7th Armored Division on plaque on wall of museum at Poteau Inscription reads: 18-23 Dec. 1944 The longest tank battle of American history took place around Poteau during the Battle of the Bulge 7th Armored Division 1 - 9 SS Panzer Division (photo thanks to Lando Mulleneers of Cadier en Keer, Netherlands)	Regné 50.255906 N, 5.777614 E = 50 15'21.26"N, 5 46'39.41"E Click on image for full view of monument. Erected by Belgian citizens, 4 June 2011 carved by Alex Baccus, Belgian member of 83rd Thunderbolt Association Inscription on plaque reads (in French): 24 December 1944 In hommage to 16 American soldiers of whom 5 occupants of a jeep were taken under fire of an enemy tank We remember Pvt. Jay Derendinger 325th GIR 82nd AB 24-12-44 Sgt Joseph Pevahouse 325th GIR 82nd AB 24-12-44 S/Sgt Stephen Jensen 325th GIR 82nd AB 24-12-44 Pvt. Grover P. Bower 401st GIR 82nd AB 24-12-44 Pfc. Justus T. Schreiber 87th Cav Rec Sqd 7th AD The next day the soldier Schreiber, seriously wounded, will be saved by the Gavroye family at the risk of their lives. The Road of Liberty - Bihain 2011	Rencheux One of two plaques at Bridge over Salm River between Vielsalm and Rencheux Inscription reads: Battle of the Bulge Rencheux December 23, 1944 "In Tribute of the Crossers" "With utmost respect and gratitude to the American soldiers who crossed the Rencheux Bridge and to the memory of their comrades who gave their lives for the liberation of Belgium and our Peace and Freedom" C-47 Club; 82nd Airborne Division; Ardennes Salm River Chapter; September 7, 2013 Photo thanks to Bernard Maquet
St. Vith 7th Armored Division plaque at Police Station on west side of Hauptstrasse Inscription reads: NOUS AVONS ARR T ET ARR TONS During the crucial period of the German Offensive of the Ardennes in 1944, the American 7th Armored Division held the important center of St. Vith, preventing any advance and any exploitation of this main line, thus frustrating the German Offensive by its sacrifice, permitting the launching of the Allied counter offensive. St. Vith, Belgium 17-23 Dec. 1944	Vielsalm 7th Armored Division tank on northeast side of town, along road to St. Vith (erected thanks to Maurice Delaval) Inscription on plaque reads: LE CHAR INVINCIBLE LE COURAGE INVINCIBLE The American 7th Armored Division and attached units headquartered in Vielsalm during the crucial period of the German Offensive of the Ardennes in 1944 held the important center of St. Vith preventing any advance and any exploitation on this main line, thus frustrating the German offensive by its sacrifice, permitting the launching of the Allied counter offensive. St. Vith, Belgium 17-23 Dec. 1944	Vielsalm Bruce Clarke Square at main road junction in south part of town, just south of library Inscription on monument reads: A la 7 (US) Division Blind e du General Robert W. Hasbrouck
Völkerich 50.743828,5.977814 = 50 44'37.80"N 5 58'40.13"E (location not yet identified) Inscription on monument reads: Völkerich to the memory of its victims of the war 1940-1945 WARTENBACH Marie died 11 Sep 1944 HAGELSTEIN Alfred, political prisoner, died 2 May 1945 Two U.S. GI's of the 7th Armored Division, died 18 Dec 1944 Thus far the two GI's have not been identified. (photo thanks to Jacques de Coster of Maastricht, Netherlands)	.	.

FRANCE
Ballancourt-sur-Essonne 48 32'7.75"N, 2 22'32.42"E Inscription reads: ICI LE 22 AOUT 1944 Deux soldats am ricains sont tomb s pour la lib ration de Ballancourt JOHN DELANEY MICHAEL DURDAN Both men were in the 440th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. NOTE however that the monument is in error, both about the date and place of their death. The men actually killed there were from Company C, 48th Armored Infantry Battalion: Pfc. John W. Singleton and Pvt. Salvatore Grifo Click here to see the accurate information about these men. (See also the temporary memorial to John Delaney, below.) (photo thanks to Al Wilderspin, nephew of John Delaney)	Chartres Plaque at Station 6 of the Chemin de Memoire (Road of Memory), near the cathedral at the Esplanade de Resistance, adjacent to the Place du Chatelet (moved there in 2006 from behind the cathedral) Inscription reads: VIVE L'AMERIQUE-VIVE LA FRANCE-VIVE LA LIBERTE Chartres, France 16-18 Aug. 1944 [The plaque in center is a copy of the commendatory letter from XX Corps.]	Cesson 48 33'37.0"N 2 35'42.8"E Inscription reads: SEINE-PORT SAINT-LEU CESSON EN HOMMAGE AUX COMBATTANTS AMERICAINS DE LA 7 TH ARMORED DIVISION TOMBES POUR LA LIBERATION DE CESSON / SAINT-LEU ET SEINE-PORT DU 23 AU 26 AOUT 1944 23 TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION Private Richard S. BUTZ Private John F. BURTON Private Robert D. COOK Private fc. Vincent J. CYGAN Private Peter PLASTY Sergeant Stephen J. SHEVLIN 33 TH ARMORED ENGINEER BATTALION Tec.5 Kenneth R. SHERMAN 48 TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION 2nd Lt. Elefterios STAVROS Private fc. Tennyson R. WALDREN 87 TH CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON Staff Sergeant Robert A. MANDAU EN RECONNIASSANCE DE LEUR SACRIFICE POUR LE PEUPLE FRANÇAIS ET POUR LA LIBERTÉ photo thanks to Damien André Click here for photos and video of the ceremony and photos Damien André gathered in his research for the monument.
Courville-sur-Eure Bridge dedicated to 1st Lt. James O. Gomer (CO of Rcn/HQ/23) who died there 14 Aug 1944 plaque detail & dedication ceremony combat death of Lt. Gomer (photo thanks to Frédéric Hallouin)	Dornot Bridgehead 49 2' 49.41" N 6 3' 47.13" E (48.047059 N, 6.063091 E) Monument in Horseshoe Woods Inscription reads: WE WILL A LA MEMOIRE DES VAILLANTS SOLDATS AMERICAINS DE LA 5e DIVISION US QUI ONT DOULOUREUSMENT TRAVERSE LA MOSELLE A CET ENDROIT EN SEPTEMBRE 1944 POUR NOTRE LIBERTE (photo thanks to Carl Lucero, son of C/23 veteran Henry Lucero)	Écharcon Dedicated 8 May 2013 48 34'11.25"N, 2 24'42.41"E Plaque on wall on Rue de la Montagne, just north of Chemin de la Cave au Renard Inscription reads: Le 22 Août 1944 Seconde Guerre Mondial (WWII) Libération de la Commune Ici sont tombés pour la France Le soldat Américain Pvt. Delbert J. Longworth et Robert Coudray d'Echarcon Click here to read more about the action in which he was killed. Click here to read about and see pictures of the ceremony. (photo thanks to Bertrand Pascal)
La Fert -Gaucher Inscription reads: Lib ration de La Fert -Gaucher par les Troupes Am ricaines le 27 Ao t 1944 19H. 20 Ici a t incendi e par un obus Allemand la 3 me voiture estafette. Cap. Chef THOMAS George / Am ricain Soldat LA CHANCE Ernest / Am ricain Soldat Inconnu / Am ricain Morts au Champ d'Honneur Soldat PRIOL Jean 18 Ans / Fran ais Bless [T/5 Thomas & Pvt. La Chance were D/87 Recon men. My research has found that the unknown man was probably Pvt. Stanley Zuber, also of D/87 who was killed the same day, apparently at Montry, France (see monument at Montry below), and that Pfc. Lester W. Tibbets, also of D/87, suffered broken ribs in this action but was not sent to the 59th Field Hospital until 2 days later (29 Aug 44).] (photo thanks to Ernie Gallet, AG/HQ/48 AIB)	Maison-Rouge Inscription reads: EN HOMMAGE AUX SOLDATES AMERICAINS DE LA 7TH ARMORED DIVISION TOMBES LE 27 AOUT 1944 23TH ARMNORED INFANTRY BATTALION Private William R. HALL 29 ans Private fc Constantine E. WASIAK 33 ans En reconnaissance de leur sacrifice Pour le peuple Français et pour la liberté (photo thanks to Daniel Blandin of the Souvenir Français Committee) Dedicated August 2014 - Click here to see the web page on the August 27-31, 2014 ceremonies.	Marbou 7th Armored Division monument, at the cemetery east of the road at the north end of town - with names of B/23 AIB men killed in ambushed column Inscription reads: 7th Armored Division 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion Co. B Pvt. Justine De Simone, Pfc. Joseph A. Guido, Pfc. Clyde H. Haney, S/Sgt. John J. Hobel, Pvt. Clinton W. Jenkins, Pvt. Louis R. A. Lemay, 2nd Lt. Robert T. Lemmon, Jr., Tec/5 Francis J. McCartney, Pfc. Nathan H. Sanford, Pfc. Jacob Stern, Pvt. Bennie L. Sutton NOTE: It has subsequently been learned that Joseph Guido was not killed at Marboué and in fact survived and was later injured in action on 21 Aug 44.
Melun Avenue de la 7 me Division Blind e Am ricaine west from the Seine River, a few blocks south of the south bridge	Montry At Place Stanley Zuber Inscription reads: A LA MEMOIRE DU SOLDAT AMERICAIN Tomb le 27 Ao t 1944 Stanley ZUBER (photo thanks to Mairie of Montry website)	.
Nangis 48 33'28"N, 03 01'29"E Inscription reads: En Hommage aux deux soldats Américains de la 7e DB 23e Battalion d'Infanterie Blindée Morts le 26 Août 1944 lors de la Libération de Nangis. Staff Sergeant John L. Wood 22 ans Pvt. (Medic) William P. O' Rourke 20 ans En reconnaissance de leur sacrifice pour le peuple français et pour la Liberté (photo thanks to Daniel Blandin of the Souvenir Français Committee) John L. Wood (A/23) and William P. O'Rourke (Med/23) were not on the original plaque which recognized two unknown Americans. The Souvenir Fran ais Committee placed a new plaque on the monument with the names of the two men. Click here to see the web page on the August 26, 2010 ceremonies. In August 2014, the name of Earl D. Applegarth of CCB was added to the monument. - Click here to see the web page on the August 27-31, 2014 ceremonies.	Nesles-la-Gilberde (Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux) 48.701552, 2.968854 Inscription reads: EN HOMMAGE AU JEUNE TANKISTE AMERICAIN DE LA 7TH ARMORED DIVISION TOMBE LE 26 AOUT 1944 LORS DES COMBATS POUR LA LIBERATION 40th TANK BATTALION HEADQUARTERS COMPANY Private fc John L. MORDO 24 ans En reconnaissance de leur sacrifice pour le peuple français et pour la Liberté (photo thanks to Daniel Blandin of the Souvenir Français Committee) Dedicated 27 August 2016 - Click here to see the web page on the ceremony.	Provins Inscription reads: EN HOMMAGE AUX SOLDATES AMERICAINS DE LA 7TH ARMORED DIVISION TOMBES LE 27 AOUT 1944 31TH TANK BATTALION Headquarters Company Staff Sergeant Clifford L. GARDNER Private fc Joseph A. HERGOTT Private fc Georges H. HEIN En reconnaissance de leur sacrifice Pour le peuple Français et pour la liberté (photo thanks to Daniel Blandin of the Souvenir Français Committee) Dedicated August 2014 - Click here to see the web page on the August 27-31, 2014 ceremonies.
Rambouillet 48 38'21.78"N, 1 49'5.00"E Eagle Monument, by the Ch teau on road D-906 (Avenue du Maréchal Leclerc) out west side of town, towards Epernon Inscription reads: A la m moire des soldats am ricains tomb s pour la lib ration de notre r gion en ao t 1944 Inscription on rightmost plaque: 7th Armored Division 2nd Lt. Charles E. Fairweather 17th Tank Battalion K.I.A. 17th August 1944 Rambouillet	Rubelles 48.560680, 2.679788 Rue de la Faïencerie Dedicated August 26, 2017 Inscription reads: EN HOMMAGE AU SOLDAT AMERICAIN DE LA 7TH ARMORED DIVISION TOMBE LE 26 AOUT 1944 LORS DES COMBATS POUR LA LIBERATION 48 TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION 2nd Lt. Michael M. Conte 24 ans En reconnaissance de leur sacrifice pour le peuple français et pour la Liberté (photo thanks to Damien André) Click here for the dedication ceremonies web page.	Sillegny 48.987036, 6.161678 Dedicated September 19, 2009 Inscription reads: A LA MEMOIRE DES AMERICAINS DE LA 7EME D. B. HEROS DE LA BATAILLE DE SILLEGNY 19-21 SEPT 1944 WE REMEMBER YOU (photo thanks to Elisabeth & Alain Gozzo) Click here for the dedication ceremonies web page.
Sillegny 48.988249, 6.156132 Dedicated September 17, 2017 Memorial to Company A, 17th Tank Battalion (photo thanks to Jean-Marc Tabard) Click here for the dedication ceremonies web page.	Sillegny 48.986209, 6.158026 Dedicated October 14, 2018 Rue des Soldats Américains American Soldiers Street (photo thanks to Jean-Marc Tabard)
	Verdun Rue de la 7 me Division Blind e U.S.A. Lib ration de Verdun 31 Ao t 1944 (photo thanks to Ernie Gallet, AG/HQ/48 AIB) Click here for 7AD ceremony honoring French who saved the bridge.	La Villette (Saint-Prest) 48 28'45.90"N, 1 31'10.47"E Plaque with names of C/38 AIB men killed in the Liberation - in traffic circle (Rond-Point du 16 Août 1944) south of town on road heading toward Chartres Inscription reads: A la m moire des Soldats Am ricains tu s au combat le 16 ao t 1944 pour la lib ration de Saint-Prest 7th Armored Division 38th Armored Infantry Battalion Co. C Pvt. Gayther O. Adams, Pvt. Harry H. Retort, Tec/5 Andrew J. Slavik, Pfc. Edward A. Swanson Killed in action
Vittonville Dedicated September 16, 2017 to the memory of 13 men of 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion killed in the Liberation of Vittonville (photo thanks to Jean-Marc Samson) Click here for the dedication ceremonies web page.	Vulaines-les-Provins Inscription reads: EN HOMMAGE AUX SOLDATES AMERICAINS DE LA 7TH ARMORED DIVISION TOMBES LE 27 AOUT 1944 434TH ARMORED FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION Private Donald L. NAZWORTH 30 ans 23TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION Staff Sergeant Richard J. EGAN 34 ans Private fc James P. BOST 26 ans En reconnaissance de leur sacrifice Pour le peuple français et pour la Liberté (photo thanks to Daniel Blandin of the Souvenir Français Committee) Dedicated August 2014 - Click here to see the web page on the August 27-31, 2014 ceremonies.	.

HOLLAND / NETHERLANDS
Meijel 51 20'41.30"N, 5 52'58.32"E Inscription reads: 27th-30th October 1944 IN MEMORY of the soldiers of the US 7th Armored Division who gave their lives during the battle near Meijel against a German superior force. Click here for a web page about the monument and the dedication. (photo thanks to Werner van Osch)	Ospel 51 18'22.60"N, 5 48'10.00"E Inscription reads: OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 1944 IN MEMORY of the soldiers of the US 7th Armored Division who gave their lives during the liberation of Ospel A separate web page is necessary to describe it and to list the names. Click here to go to that web page. (photo thanks to Niek Hendrix of Ospel, Netherlands)	Overloon dedicated September 27, 2008 Liberty Park, next to War Museum Inscription reads: OCTOBER 1944 IN MEMORY of the soldiers of the US 7th Armored Division who gave their lives during the liberation of Overloon Click here for a web page about the monument and the dedication. Click here for names of the American dead from the Battle of Overloon. (photo thanks to Kees Stravers)
Overloon Dedicated October 8, 2011 Liberty Park, next to War Museum The tank was excellently restored over the course of 2 years from a rusted wheel-less shell of a tank the Dutch Army had received from the US Army. The tank was restored to the same markings as the A/40 tank "Able Abe" in which T/4 Allan Persons was killed 1 Oct 1944 just west of Overloon. (photo thanks to Niek Hendrix of Ospel, Netherlands) Click here for names of the American dead from the Battle of Overloon.	Overloon Gen. Hasbroucklaan (General Hasbrouck Lane) near the Overloon War Museum (photo thanks to the Henckens family of Overloon and Niek Hendrix of Ospel, Netherlands) Click here for names of the American dead from the Battle of Overloon.	Overloon (west) 51 33'49.69"N, 5 55'14.48"E Inscription reads: Op deze plek werden in februari 1977 de lichamen gevonden van 2 Amerikaanse soldaten van het 48th inf bn 7th armored division. George J. Renda Aloysius Gonsowski Beiden gesneuveld op 5 oktober 1944 Translation: On this spot, in February 1977, the remains of 2 American soldiers were discovered from the 48th inf bn 7th armored division - both killed 5 October 1944. Take Oploseweg west out of Overloon. Turn left at Crooijmansweg and then a quick left at Kamphoefweg (first 200 meters is dirt road). The monument is at the next road junction (Roosendaalseweg) south of Vredepeelweg. Click here for a web page about the monument and the dedication. Click here for names of the American dead from the Battle of Overloon. (photo thanks to Sieb Wilmsen, who found the remains of the two men)
Ransdaal Inscription reads: In memory of Richard Allan Knott also known by his friends as "Tennessee Knott" who was killed in a tragic accident with a firearm here in Ransdaal at the house of the Brull family across the street. Let us never forget that he also lost his life during our liberation. Click here for a web page about the dedication. (photo thanks to Niek Hendrix of Ospel, Netherlands)

UNITED STATES
California Camp Coxcomb Multi-unit Plaque at the Desert Training Center (7th Armored Division Patch at Upper Right) Click here for full text and for information on finding the monument. (photo thanks to artwilson@earthlink.net)	Georgia Fort Benning 7th Armored Division Monument (photo thanks to Niek Hendrix of Ospel, Netherlands)	Georgia Fort Benning -- NO PHOTO YET -- Hackett Barracks Named for 7AD Posthumous DSC Awardee Capt. Edward John Hackett Squadron Surgeon, 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron See 2013 "Bayonet" article
Kentucky Fort Knox 7th Armored Division Monument and individual unit monuments, just left of the path as you come south from the parking lot to the Patton Museum	Kentucky Fort Knox -- NO PHOTO YET -- Housing complex named for Medal of Honor winner Robert Dietz (Company "A", 38th Armored Infantry Battalion) This housing complex was torn down, rebuilt, and renamed, since new Fort Knox housing areas are no longer named after heroes.	Kentucky Fort Knox St. Vith MPTR (Multi-purpose Training) Complex The original St. Vith Training Range was remodeled in 1996, making it much larger. (photo thanks to Arlin Kramer, 2008 Range manager of the St. Vith MPTR)
Louisiana Fort Polk 7th Armored Division Monument The Division was activated at Ft. Polk on 1 March 1942 (photo thanks to Ray Duke 77th Med Bn)	.	.
Minnesota Appleton Paul Street In 1947, Appleton, MN named their streets after the men of the city who had died in WWII. Paul Street is named for T/4 Norbert W. Paul of 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion, who was killed 23 November 1944. (information thanks to Jan Bardoul of Heerlen, Netherlands, volunteer caretaker for Norbert Paul's grave at the Netherlands US Military at Margraten; street sign photo thanks to Lizabeth Gades of City of Appleton)	Missouri Fort Leonard Wood St. Vith Training Area The 48th Armored Infantry Regiment, parent of 23 AIB, 38 AIB, and 48 AIB, was reactivated as the 48th Infantry Regiment in 1989 and the 1st Battalion is now at Ft. Leonard Wood. (photo thanks to Wesley Crawford, son of Paul Crawford of 1/A/23)	New York Kingston Dietz Memorial Stadium Named for Medal of Honor winner Robert Dietz (Company "A", 38th Armored Infantry Battalion) (photos thanks to Peter Gorman of 2/2/A/38, who was Dietz's first squad leader)
And remember the US National World War II Memorial

TEMPORARY MARKERS
These temporary memorials were set up after the war, at places where the U. S. Army remained. The temporary monuments were usually parade grounds or recreational fields, named for men who had died in the war. These temporary monuments are really hard to nail down now. So if you have any information on any temporary monuments, please contact me (see bottom of this web page for contact information link).
FRANCE Ballancourt Pvt. John F. Delaney Field Pvt. John Delaney of the 440th Armored Field Artillery Battalion was killed 23 August 1944 by counter-battery artillery fire just west of Farcy (by Dammarie-les-Lys SW of Melun), which is about 12 miles from Ballancourt. (see the Ballancourt monument above). This baseball field of the 106th Reinforcment Battalion was dedicated to his memory. Inscription on Sign over Entrance: In loving and grateful memory of Pvt. John F. Delaney U.S. Army 7th Armored Division He gave his life. He gave his soul. Be blest that freedom loving people may rest. To him we dedicate this field. For liberty and freedom he was our shield. (Photo taken August 11, 1945 By Albert Fisher; supplied by Al Wilderspin, nephew of John Delaney)	GERMANY Gadebusch Company "B" 31st Tank Battalion IN MEMORY OF OUR GALLANT BUDDIES WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE FOR THEIR COUNTRY Lt. Robert L. Casey - Lt. Henry T. Hahn S/Sgt. Johnnie A. Meade - S/Sgt. Jack O. Nye Sgt. Daniel G. Wood - Sgt. Harmon T. Jess Tec. 4 George Hawkins - Cpl. Theodore Majka Pfc. Lawton T. Gay - Pfc. Fred H. Bradburn Pfc. Andrew J. Krisak - Pfc. Nickles Steinlander Jr. Pvt. Thurman Meeks - Pvt. Bert La Combe Pvt. Frank Barley (1945 photo owned by Marx Bledsoe, B/31; provided by his daughter Elaine Wischnowsky)	GERMANY Osterburken -- NO PHOTO YET -- 2nd Lt. James E. Newberry, Jr. Parade Ground Lt. Newberry, a member of the 48th Armored Infantry Battalion appears to have been the first combat death in the 7th Armored Division. He was killed when his jeep was hit by a screeming mimi (nebelwerfer) at Senonches, France, probably on August 14, 1944. (Thanks to Sam Sharp, CO/AG/HQ/48, for this information.)

Online Memorials and Monuments The following are online web sites that are memorials to 7th Armored Division or 7th Armored Division men.

• Netherlands
  • Deurne - Oorlogsslachtoffers Deurne - memorial to all WWII dead in and from Deurne, includes 7AD men who died in the fighting near Deurne
    Main page (Dutch)
    7AD page (computer-generated English translation)
    Honors these 7AD men: Pvt. Carl O. Carlson (C/31), Pfc. Roy R. Coleman (B/33), Pvt. Nicolas B. Duran (A/23), Pvt. Orville N. Hodlin (C/23), 1st Lt. Benjamin J. Savignac (C/23), Pvt. Stanley Sosinski (B/23), Pfc. Lester F. Stewart (B/23)
• United States
  • Tom Lutge, son of A/38 & B/48 veteran Albert Lutge, has created a memorial web site of grave/cemetery photos of 7AD men.

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MUSEUMS WITH SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITS ON OR RELEVANCE TO THE 7TH ARMORED DIVISION:

• World War II Era 7th Armored Division
  • Belgium
    • Poteau: Ardennen Poteau '44 Museum: at the crucial Battle of the Bulge crossroads of Poteau
  • France
    • Fleville, France
  • Netherlands
    • Overloon: Liberty Park: (formerly the National War and Resistance Museum (Nationaal Oorlogs- en Verzetsmuseum)) many vehicles, no longer including a 31st Tank Battalion tank (nicknamed "Cookie")
  • U. S. A.
    • Camp Polk, LA
• Korean War Era 7th Armored Division
  • Camp Roberts, CA

Please let me know of any others that meet the criteria of having significant exhibits about 7th Armored Division.

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