825th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Unit History: Activated on 10 August, 1942, at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Reorganized as a towed battalion in July, 1943. Assigned to Communications Zone and 12th Army Group security duties between August and December 1944. On 17 December, the battalion entered combat near Malmedy, Belgium. Returned to security duties on 16 January, 1945. Attached to: 30th Infantry Division. History text from the book The Tank Killers by Harry Yeide. Used by permission.
Combat Equipment: 12/44 - Towed 3" Gun
Commanding Officers: Lt. Col. Rudolph H. Mieding
Code Name/s: Highway
Campaign Credits: Northern France...............Jul. 25, to Sept. 14, 1944
Rhineland........................Sept. 15, 1944 to Mar. 21, 1945
Central Europe.................Mar. 22, to May 11, 1945
Awards: None
Location August 1945: Verdun, France
Additional Information/Materials:
1.) Unit History - This 62 page document includes 19 pages of history, an awards and decorations page, a roster of each company and the medics, a list of those KIA and a list of where the unit was stationed and when. It was published in Wiesbaden, Germany in 1945 and was the possession of Pvt. Robert W. Letson, who was a member of Headquarters Company. He had a number of other HQ company members sign the book.
2.) Unit Histories-from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Abilene, Kansas.
1942..................................2 Pages
1943..................................6 Pages (Includes 1 award)
1944-1945..........................6 Pages
3.) After Action/Activity Reports - from the Combined Arms Research Library of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, Abilene, Kansas (*).
Sep. 1-30, 1944....................1 Page
Oct. 1-31, 1944....................2 Pages
Nov. 1-30, 1944...................1 Page
Dec. 1-31, 1944..................13 Pages
Dec. 17-31, 1944..............6 Pages (AAR, Partial with map overlays)(*)
Dec. 17, 1944-Jan. 17, 1945..3 Pages (AAR, Co. A)(*)
Jan. 1-30, 1945....................3 Pages
Jan. 1 to 17, 1945................2 Pages (AAR, Partial with map overlay)
Feb. 1-28, 1945...................1 Page
Mar. 1-31, 1945...................3 Pages (Includes awards)
Apr. 1-30, 1945.................10 Pages
May 1-31, 1945...................3 Pages (Includes awards)
June 1-30, 1945..................2 Pages (Includes awards)
Cadre Files and Personnel Listings, 1942-1943.......................15 Pages
North Dakota Governor Ltr, Sept. 21, 1943.............................2 Pages
Stars & Stripes Article, Dec. 19, 1944.....................................1 Page
Awards & Decorations, 1944-1945.........................................4 Pages
Page from TDA newsletter-Co A at Stavelot, BE......................1 Page (*)
5.) Action Front Newspaper/Newsletter - A weekly publication of the 825th Tank Destroyer Battalion
September 17, 1943 - Relating the unit's 37 day's in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, to assist with the harvest.
October 30, 1943 - Various subjects
6.) Photo Gallery