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My father who served in WWII Sixth Armor, 15th Tank Battalion gave me 1945 unit history books for both units. As I have seen very few of these I think they are rare. Beyond the detailed history and data in the books the maps are pieces of art. I wish I had the wall space to frame them. Does anyone have knowledge as to the rarity of these books and maps? THANKS
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Sixth Armor book. Unfortunately the map paper is very acid and showing signs of deterioration.
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Unit histories were very common right after WWII. No longer common at all. Very nice, for sure.
Jughead:
There are 4 copies of the Sixth Armored Division book on the Advance Book Exchange right now. With prices ranging from $360 to $600 they are apparently fairly highly sought after. Hope the link works, you might have to cut and paste:
combat record sixth armored division - AbeBooks
I didn't (quickly) find anything on the 15th Tank Battalion, it appears to be a little more difficult to find.....
HTH
The last inset shows the Conquet Peninsula campaign. The Germans were surrounded but fiercely defending the sub base at Brest. They turned back the 6th Armored, and the 29th ID was trucked from Vith to take it. The Fall 2008 GCA Journal featured an M1 recovered by the FFI from a dead GI in the assault.