Remembering my late dad, T4 Frank Blatterspiel { 610th TD Battalion } and all the vets on this 79th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge . Thank You, and God Bless them all.
Tim Czerniak
Smithfield VA
Grand Nephew of Joseph M Czerniak 813BN Company B. KIA 21 Oct 1944.
Nina Woody
Alabama
My dad, William Woody, was drafted in March 1943 and was sent to Camp Hood for basic training. He was in Co D of the 137th training battalion. He stayed around 4 months at Camp Hood then was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program. I still have a diagram of the infiltration course that dad drew in pencil and sent to his folks as well as a Tank Destroyer patch.
Anna Peterson
Ky
I was very glad to find this site. My grandfather, Lt. Col. Elmer R. Staib, was in the 610th. He was the lieutenant mentioned in the history who was with his men on Mousson Hill during the Battle of the Bulge. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Croix de Guerre. I have a roll of undeveloped film he took at a training camp and wondered if there were an historian who would like to have it. Thank you for maintaining this history page.
Marenne Jean-pol
Belgium
great new site, clearer and easier to use... when will there be an article on TD soldier equipment?
Angela Tesoriero
Oswego New York
My father served with the 801st tank destroyer battalion. He entered the service on January 29, 1942. He trained at Fort Niagara and Fort McClellan. He left for overseas in August 1944. He was in the battle of France, Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. He was wounded at Luxemburg on December 24, 1944. He’s a member of the 26th Yankee division of the third army under General Patton.
I am looking for any information or photographs of my father.
Danelle Bradshaw
Moneta, Va
In the picture posted for Company B is my grandfather, Troy Lee Hollandsworth of Indian Valley, Virginia. His copy of this same picture still hangs on the walls of my grandparents home. He is also listed on the posted roster but his full name is not included as it is too long to fit within the columns or to even include his initials.
Before his death, he pulled out a photo album of pictures from the war and shared pictures of others from his company. I would be willing to scan and send copies but cannot identify anyone in the pictures. He also was asked to take photos of proof of concentration camp atrocities and the album included some of those photos. He never talked about or wanted to discuss the war. Oddly enough, after all those years of not talking about it, i was visiting and he decided to shared this album of pics from the war with me a few months before his death.
Thank your for your research and preserving this history!
Jeff Guerriero
Pittsburgh, PA
Grandson of Regis H Gallagher, 672d Amphibian Tractor Battalion. Thanks you for honoring him and is brothers in arms.
Christine DAmato
Connecticut
My grandfather from New Haven CT served with the 528th Field Artillery Battalion Unit- (part of the 224th unit)- activated Feb 21, 1944, at Camp Hood Texas. He was transferred from Camp Pickett VA.
David Jensen
Leland, WA
My cousen Russell Kunz was in the 607th TD. He was born in a lake community of Leland WA and worked as a logger and shingle splitter. Joined the C.C.C as a logger then when the draft was started he was the FIRST from the county to join
