History of the 81st Tank Battalion.

by United States. Army. Tank Corps. 81st Battalion.

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Published 1947 by 81st Tank Battalion Assn. in [n.p.] .
Written in

Places:

• United States,
• Western Front.
Subjects:

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- Tank Corps -- 81st Battalion,
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.

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Edition Notes

Cover title: Voodoo.

Other titles	Voodoo
Classifications
LC Classifications	D769.306 81st .A5
The Physical Object
Pagination	117 p.
Number of Pages	117
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL6513309M
LC Control Number	47005438
OCLC/WorldCa	5860540

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HISTORY: A brief history of the th Tank Battalion (The following is from the book The History of the Third Infantry Division in World War II edited by Donald G. Taggert, reprinted by The Battery Press, Nashville, pg. ) The th was activated as a light tank battalion on . The rd Tank Battalion was an independent tank battalion that participated in the European Theater of Operations with the United States Army in World War was one of five tank battalions (all independent) which landed in Normandy on D-Day (6 June ). The battalion participated in combat operations throughout northern Europe until V-E was inactivated on 27 November Branch: United States Army.

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