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Garand Picture of the day #114 - 2nd Armored Division
Last edited by Mark in Rochester; 05-18-2009 at 11:18 PM.
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Interesting picture as some of the members of the Division are wearing the camoflague outfits (also known as "frogskin").
Great picture - thanks...
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Thanks Mark, 2A.D. 1962
My avatar is a pic of me and "my" ambulance. 2nd Armored, 66th Armor, HQ
company. circa 1962.
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Division patches were worn over the heart on uniforms other than class "A"s
started by Gen. Patton and continued until disbanding in early 90's
Last edited by Vic in Tx; 04-24-2009 at 04:03 PM.
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My father served in the 2nd Armored Division, 1942-1945. He was a tank Driver and served as gunner also. Served in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, Ardennes, Rhineland. He was wounded twice, once in Sicily and again in France. He would never speak of the war even when I pestered him about it. We once visited some guys he served with (in Henderson, NC) and they pulled out tons of pictures taken during the war. They showed me a picture of a German tank that my dad took out. He wouldn't even look. After he passed away, my aunt gave me an envelop with pictures, his 2nd armored patch, corporal strips and other momentos. He had never told me he had anything. It also contained his purple heart. His Bronze Star was missing but I recently ordered from the govn't. I know there were a lot of stories there, too bad the trama of war was too much for him to revisit.
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A book by Belton Y. Cooper will explain why
your Dad was reluctant to talk about his ordeal and heroism. Mr. Belton was
a maintenance officer with the 3rd Armored division and his job was to re-
pair battle damaged tanks. A very good book but realistic. The title is Death
Traps published by Ballentine Books. ISBN 0-89141-814-8. May be hard for
you to read as he tells it like it was.
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