H. Res. 1483 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 20, 2010. 
Whereas the 14th Armored Division was activated on Novem-
ber 15, 1942, at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, as a unit of 
the United States Army; 
Whereas the Division’s 19th, 62d, and 68th Armored Infan-
try Battalions traced their lineage back to the 62d Infan-
try Regiment, which was organized in 1917; 
Whereas the Division landed in southern France on October 
29, 1944, and first entered combat on November 20, 
1944; 
Whereas the Division participated in the Rhineland, 
Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns; 
Whereas the Division participated in the liberation of most of 
the French province of Alsace in late November, 1944, 
and was engaged in an offensive against the Siegfried 
Line itself when, on December 19, General Dwight D. 
Eisenhower ordered the 7th Army to withdraw from Ger-
many in response to the serious threat posed by a major 
German offensive in the Ardennes; 
Whereas when the German army launched Operation 
Nordwind, the last major German offensive of the Euro-
pean war, against 7th Army positions, elements of the 
Division engaged several German divisions between Janu-
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ary 1 and January 7, 1945, contributing materially to 
deflecting the initial German attacks; 
Whereas it was during one of these engagements on January 
3 and 4, 1945, that the Division’s Private First Class 
George B. Turner earned the Medal of Honor for his he-
roic actions in helping to repel repeated German attacks 
at Philippsbourg, France; 
Whereas, on January 9, 1945, the Division stopped the Ger-
man XXXIX Panzer Corps from breaking through the 
7th Army’s lines at the villages of Hatten and 
Rittershoffen; 
Whereas, between January 9 and January 21, 1945, the Di-
vision fought the 21st Panzer Division, 25th Panzer 
Grenadier Division, 20th Regiment of the 7th Parachute 
Division, and the 104th Regiment of the 47th 
Volksgrenadier Division to a standstill during the ensuing 
Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen; 
Whereas elements of the Division were awarded two Presi-
dential Unit Citations; 
Whereas, on March 24, 1945, after days of heavy fighting, 
the Division broke through the Siegfried Line and ad-
vanced to the Rhine River; 
Whereas, after crossing the Rhine River, the Division liber-
ated Stalag XIII–C and Oflag XIII–B, two large prisoner 
of war camps at Hammelburg, Germany; 
Whereas, during April 1945, the Division rapidly advanced 
hundreds of miles across southern Germany, fighting nu-
merous battles before crossing the Danube River north of 
Munich; 
Whereas, on April 29, 1945, the Division, after a fierce en-
gagement with several thousand SS troops, liberated Sta-
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lag VII–A, one of the largest prisoner of war camps in 
Germany; 
Whereas the Division is designated a ‘‘Liberating Unit’’ by 
the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in rec-
ognition of its liberation of civilians of many nationalities 
and ethnicities from forced labor and concentration 
camps, including several large sub-camps of the notorious 
Dachau concentration camp system; 
Whereas the Secretary of the Army awarded the Division the 
distinctive unit designation, ‘‘Liberators’’, in recognition 
of the Division’s role in liberating large numbers of US 
and Allied prisoners of war; and 
Whereas the proud fighting tradition and accomplishments of 
the Division and its men, especially those who made the 
ultimate sacrifice, must not be forgotten: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recognizes 
the exemplary service and sacrifice of the soldiers of the 14th 
Armored Division of the United States Army, known as the 
Liberators, during World War II. 
Attest: 
Clerk.