Garand Picture of the day #114 - 2nd Armored Division

[Mark in Rochester]

France, July-August 1944. Troops from 2nd Armored Divison with German POW's.

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The 2nd Armored Division of the United States Army —nicknamed Hell On Wheels— played an important role during World War II in the invasions of North Africa and Sicily and the liberation of France, Belgium, and Holland and the invasion of Germany. During the Cold War the division was primarily based at Fort Hood, Texas, and had a reinforced brigade forward stationed in the Federal Republic of Germany.

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[M1 Rifleman]

Interesting picture as some of the members of the Division are wearing the camoflague outfits (also known as "frogskin").

Great picture - thanks...

[Vic in Tx]

My avatar is a pic of me and "my" ambulance. 2nd Armored, 66th Armor, HQ
company. circa 1962.

[Vic in Tx]

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

[Cajun J]

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.

[Vic in Tx]

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.