Duty before self
Subtitle: the story of the 781st Tank Battalion in World War II
By: John T. Mitzel
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Atglen, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780764343407
Subjects: History; World War, 1939-1945; Regimental histories; Campaigns; Tank warfare; United States. Army. Tank Battalion, 781st; United States
Other titles: Story of the 781st Tank Battalion in World War II
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Tanks, but no tanks; title: You're in the Army now : roots of the 781st Tank Battalion; title: The "million dollar tank test"; title: "And the winner is"; title: More testing; title: Meanwhile, back at the war : 1943; title: 1943 the "house band" departs; title: Moving out; title: The "champagne campaign"; title: Sons of Bitche; title: Withdrawal; title: The adversaries; title: "Norwind"; title: Wingen-sur-Moder; title: The western onslaught; title: Sessenheim; title: End of the solstice; title: Rebuilding; title: Operation Undertone; title: Race to the Rhine; title: Heilbronn; title: Breakout!; title: Chasing a ghost; title: Postwar.