Hello, my father was Peter Lemone of San Francisco. He was with the 635th Field Artillery Battalion "Prime Movers". I have the book about this Batallion: The Story Of Drumfire. I have a few pictures of my father with his war buddies taken after the war in Germany. He passed away in June 2003. He often spoke of his buddies from New England.

Nice site! Glad to see TD's being remembered.

My father servedwith honoras a Tank Destroyer 1944-1946 with Gen. Pattons 3rd Army. He trained at Fort Hood.

My uncle PFC Robert A. Nicholas served in the 704th Tank Destrioyer Battalion, Company B. He was killed in action July 23, 1944 in France. Buried in Normandy. Found your website while researching info on him. Very, very informative. Keep up the good work. Will visit often.

My father, Walter Claude Lamb,Jr served in the 629th Tank Destroyer Group. He was honored to have served his country and kept up with his group's captain for a number of years before his death in 2008. All of his children are proud of him. This website is awesome! Thank you for taking the time and effort to keep it up.

My father was Vincent Slivinski. He served in the 705th TD. My brother and I are trying to create a scrap book to shows Dad's involvement in WWll. If anyone has a picture(s)of Company A, I would love to see it and hear from you.
Thanks

My father, Stanley D. Pierson was with the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion with General George S. Patton.

My father is listed as the second to the last officer on the letters from Gen. Patton. Dad was the Chief Warrant Officer at that time.

I have some original pictures taken of Gen. Patton "pissing" in the Rhine as they always write it. I heard that story many times from my father.

Thank you so much for doing this.

Dad born Dec. 5, 1920, Died Oct. 29, 2010. Retired U.S. Army Captain

A thankful daughter--Janene Pierson-Redfield

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Trying to find something on my father.

This is a wonderful website. I am doing a scrap book on my father's (Harvey W. Bensink) military service so that his great grandchildren will know more of their herritage and the sacrifices made for the freedoms we enjoy today. My Dad passed away 10 years ago and this has been a great help for piecing together his deployment in Europe. Thank you so much for the efforts in creating this website. I do have Dad's photo of the 817 Headquarters Company taken at Camp Campbell, KY on 2-26-44 that I would be glad to share-just need to get instructions on how to do this since the photo is 35 inches by 10 inches.

Gail Bensink Kazmar

My father was Robert Fox of Turtlecreek, PA and was part of the 610th. He passed away in May. Looking for info on what battles he fought in.

Wallace Ferguson of the 640th was my Grandpa. I loved him and am using this site to let other family members learn more about his service to our country.

I want to email someone who is an expert on the Tank Destroyers of WWII. I have 2 photos of my uncle in a unit, but could not get anymore info from the Army on him. All I know is he was in a half track unit, and he was at the battle of the Remagen Bridge in Germany. The records got burnt in a fire in the 70's. I I could get was proof of his enlistment time.

I really appreciate the history in this sight. I was named after my uncle, Sgt. Robert Lee Brittain of the 636 Tank Destroyer Battallion. He rarely discussed his service, but what he did say is supported by the information here. Thank you so much for time and effort you have put in to this sight.

I'm looking for any information about any 9th Army Personnel who had contact with RAF Flight Officer Robert V. Jubb, shot down near Dusseldorf on 11/2/44. He found a 9th Army artillery battery on 11/4/44 and was turned over to the British Army in Namur, Belgium. :zzz

My father was Sherwin "Sonny" Leibovitz, he served in the 658th Tank Destroyer Battalion.
We found after his death about 200 pictures from his time in the Philippines. I will see if I can scan and add to the sight. Thank You all for your service...and God Bless!

Just found out last nite a neighbor on my street William L. Cook was in the 704th TDB! I see him walking alot and new he was in WWII from the cap he wears. I'm so proud to know him and just wanted to take a moment to honor him and all the military people for their services. Thank you all!

My father was Gene Spiker and was in the 635. Passed away in Dec 96. I have really enjoyed the site thank you very much for all work and effort that was put into this site.

Great site! I am looking for information on Private Joseph Cooney of Company B, 824th Tank Destroyer Battalion. Contact me at barrett-bettcher at hotmail dot com
Thanks, Andrew

I just cannot believe that I'm the only family member trying to learn about my grandfathers military history. Myself being retired military may drive my interests. My grandpa (John W. Eskins, Tec 4) was attached to the 691st TD Bn. He passed away March 14, 1997, however my grandma (Helen) is with us and can shovel snow with the best, but not much longer. She's in Neb & I'm in Cal, & erks me that nobody is quick to take over her duties.
So, as I'm trying to put an almost blank puzzle together, I'm looking for any information about his active service.
The internet & Grandma can recite some letters, which gave me a minimal jump start. I learned that his service record is available to the public through the National Archives, but absolutely zero information on him that I can find. Possible 1973 fire?
I know he earned a Bronze Star and nobody knows the truth. My dad said said it was fixing guns, but you and I know better. Any tid-bit about him, a story, or even an active duty photo is golden. Oh, I'm retired military & been through wringer, so no subject is too taboo. Thank you, my friends.

I believe my father was in this unit. I have old photos and unit newspapers if anyone is interested.

My Grandfather Juan J. Pena an Army veteran of WWII served in the European Theater in north Africa in 804 Tank Destroyer Batallion, Company C. I just want to say that he was a great man that served his country to the fullest. any photos or anything at all that could be surfaced would be great.

My father, Frank F. Jolley from Rome, Ga. trained at Camp Hood Texas with the 805th Tank Destroyer Bn. and was sent to Italy in 1944-1945. He served in the Po River Valley and the Perenese(sp) mountain areas. Glad to see this site, only wish he could have lived long enough to see it. He passed away in Nov. of 2011. God bless you for this site.

Excellent. Thanks for posting my fathers story and photos. :)

My Grandfather, Angelo Fulco was in the 640 in the Pacific. I saw him in the reunion photos. Those same photos are also hanging in my Grandmother's house. I also have several photo books from his time in the Tank Destroyers. I could submit these if anyone is interested. just would take a while to retrieve them from my family home as I am Active NAVY and live away from my family.

William E Toole was my uncle, the write up on him is wonderful and very informative. This is information that I did not know about him.

Donnie Hurst I am extremely sorry for your loss. My grandfather Herbert Mitchell was also part of the 813th C company and is still alive. I dont know if he is among the two that you believe to be still living or not, but I thought you might like to know.

My Grandfather Herbert Mitchell was in the 813th C Company. We want to thank everyone that has contibuted to this site! keep up the good work.

My Dad is Don Crawford and was with 692th TD. B Co. Would love to hear from anyone who may have known him or family members of 692 th. Dad is 95 and living in Pa. with mom,their 70 th wedding anniversay is next week. I will write more later, also looking for someone tointerview dad possible.

My father John B. Parrish (they have it misspelled as Parish) and 2 of his friends (Albert Beane and John Kelsoe) served in the 612th TD Bn. They all 3 lived in the Enterprise, AL after the war and and Parrish and Kelsoe continued to serve in the National Guard for several years. They never talked about their war experiences to any degree so your association has provided me some valuable information in "fleshing out" John's military service during WWII.
thank you
JP

I am the daughter of Raymond V Ahumada. He was with 2nd armored Division in WWII. He was there on D-Day, Omaha beach. Don't know how he survived. He was and will always be my hero, along with everyone during WWII which I call the Greatest Generation. I would like to find out some more information or pics about my dad.
What I have is 228th Field Artillery Battalion in support of the 29th Infantry Division Tank Destroyers. He was a gunner on a half track 50 caliber machine gun. Any info I can find about my dad would be greatly appreciated. This is a great website. Thank you Rob.

I am working on a battle close to my Hometown in Germany which happened 15th/16th of April 1945. Involved where two company's from 607th TD which was part of "Task Force Sundt" attached to 87th ID. During the fight the commander of 2nd company Capt. J. Laverne Nicklas was killed in action. Only thing I could find out, that he was from New Mexico and he is buried in Netherlands in the war cemetery "Margraten" close to Masstricht. He was awarded posthumously with a silver star for this action by 87th ID General Order N° 118 dd. 9th of May 1945. Can you help to receive a copy of this Order? HAs anybody pictures of Capt. Nicklas or know where his family lives? I will do mey very best to name a street in the town where he was kia in order to honor him. Thnaks Andreas

Looking for inforamtion on Frank Pazaricky, 82nd Airborne, 806 TD, 1st Alied Airborne, 4th Armor Division. He was wounded in Bastogne. His records were lost in a fire. I have a copy of his DD214 but it dose not have units attached to. I have his medals and some information but would like to know what patches and other things he might have rated. I am trying to put together a shadow box for his granddaughter. Any information on the above would help.

My dad Jesse Kathcart was a tank destroyer commander.I have pictures of him in Anzio and some where in Germany.I believe with 601st TD Battalion.He retired CSM in 1972.I believe his records destroyed in St Louis fire so I'm having trouble getting info.Help please.

My father, Hupert Dawdy, was a Scout in the 426th Armored Field Artillery Battalion Battery B (formerly the 663rd Tank Destroyer, according to your site) and served with them in Leyte, Philippines. I have some pictures I'll be glad to share, many including his buddies. This was 1945. Thank you so much for having this site!

I am Richard Boyce, son of PFC John Patrick Boyce, 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Company A. 640th was attached to the 40th Infantry Divison. Fought with the 640th on Bismarck-Archipelego and Luzon. My Dad was transfered to the Field Artillery, 143rd Battalion of the 40th Infantry for the Southern Philippines campaign. I put my Dad's brief history out on the WWII Memorial database. If anyone has any info on the 640th please contact me.

Great news. After several years of research and a 9 month Congressional inquirey, CPL Johnnie C. Amacker of the 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Company "A", has recieved the Purple Heart Medal for wounds sustained in action during his WWII service in Europe.This comes almost 70 years after the fact, but better late than never. It is worth noting that the Purple Heart Medal is an entitlement and it is earned not awarded.
Great site. Thanks for what you do.

Father served in 703rd TDB in WWII, from June 7 to end of war.

Hello, happy to have found this site. I am the son of a 610th TD. I have several pix of TDs in action taken by my Father, located around the Ardenne and Ft Villey Le Sec.

Thank You. Seek..Strike..Destroy. 8)

Hi,
I'm searching information about Robert T. Pyle, he was Technician 4th class with the 629th Destroyer Battalion.
His unit was on the day that hé died (March 12, 1945) at Rhineland Germany.

I adopted his grave at Henri-Chapelle Belgium and will honor him and all the other people who died to save our country.

Kind regards

hello, I am Donald Miller son of John R. Miller my father was in the 653rd TDB but that is all he ever told me about his units during WWII. he was also a truck driver so I am assuming that when he went overseas that was the unit and MOS he had. since it looks like the 653rd never left the states. I do know he was with Gen Patton, from one of the stories he told me. and was in Normandy on D day. I have a map of where the units went and a list of the cities that they liberated. quite a long list. but since dad's records were destroyed in the fire I can find out nothing. in fact today is the first day I have found anything about the 653rd anywhere. of the few stories he told me, one was that he trained guys to ride motorcycles. ie: how to put one down when you came under fire and not kill yourself while trying to keep from being killed. there are a couple more stories but that was all. does anybody remember him? I would like to find out something .... anything. THANK YOU for this site to honor this great generation of men AND women. they sacrificed so much to keep us free.I would love to hear from anyone in this unit weather they knew my father or not. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

My name is SGT JOHN Nyehart and my grandfather John Reitmeyer was with the 692nd. Unfortunately I don't have any further information on him as he passed away in 1970 7 years before I was born. I am trying to locate anybody who might have known him. My father is trying to put together his achievments but his records was lost in the fire. For me knowing what my grandfather went through might help me with my own experiences through 2 tours in Iraq and 1 tour in Afghanistan. Please if anyone can help it would be great. I am currently stationed at FT. Carson if anybody is close. God bless you all and thank you for your sacrifice so we can live free and fight again.

My Name is Tom Lawson and I was a company commander (Captain) in Co B 1st Battalion 103rd Armor, Johnstown, Pa from 1988 to 1989. I served ten years with company B, coming up thru the ranks as an E4 to the rank of 03, being prior service helped to accomplish that. Our prior unit desingnation was the 628th Tank Destroyer Bn. I am a volunteer researcher at AHEC, United States Army Heritage and Education Center located in Carlisle, Pa., for those people who are looking for information on a unit, that would be a good place to send an enquiry to. The center however does not have individual soldier information. The web site for the center to request an enquiry is " http://www.carlisle.army.mil".

My father was Thomas Ray (Tom) Bryan and was in Company C, 771st TD Bn. He passed away in 1995. I went to a 771st reunion with him and my mother in 1987 and had a great time. I met a lot of the people he talked about all his life- Walter Schrater, Joe Klein, John Peterson. I also remember a fellow they called "Pete the Beak" and another guy named Artie who was quite a character. Shraeter was in his tank along with Tom Fannon and Lloyd Leslie.

Looking for any information on Wilson J. Lejeuene, Ray M. Duke or Raborn D. Rains all with the 823rd TD Battalion.

My father, Guy J Garretson, was in 705 but don't know the company. Great site. Some of his stories were about the Battle of the Bulge and Frankfurt, Germany.24

My compliments on your very professional site. The 813th was attached many times to my dad's unit and their actions were always stellar. I would like to know the name of the leader of 3rd PL B Company 8 Aug44
during the action in LeMans. My dad has always wondered who the man was that 'saved his bacon'. Dad was commander of 2nd Pl B Troop 121 Cav. Thanks

Have been searching for years about info on the 643rd TDB. My father didn't want to talk much about his recon unit was badly torn up on April 12 at Barby, Germany prior to the taking of the Elbe river.5 Men were killed and a number were wounded. My Father was among the wounded and he sorely saddened about losing so many of his buddies during the remainder of his life.His name was Bill Francis and was on the M-8 Armored car serving in the Recon unit.

I want to think you for the article written by Bill Oettle. My grandfather was Harold Jones, my grandmother told me about the mine his TD hit in the North Apennines Mountains, but I didn't know the details of it. My grandfather never spoke of his experience during the war, so I know very little about it. I would be very appreciative of any other stories or pictures that anyone has to share. If anyone has any questions for me, please feel free to ask, I don't know much about my grandfather's war experience, but I was fortunate to have him in my life until 2002. He was a great man and a wonderful grandfather.

My father Merritt William Scotton served as Staff Sergeant in Bearcat unit. All discharge papers etc. have been lost so I don't know any details only that he did serve in Germany.