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aled hers ther . ton;rtwasintotion,n'ta-I re-hull nted, end n is r up\ a fori be‘thenextTank Company AtPort Clinton GetsNew Designationamoi Unit ty t(theTihoarFutiGlutpartFaCOBUMBUS lt;UP—As a step in the mechanization of the nation’s armed forces, the Ohio National Guard tank company, located•— at Port Clinton, has been re-designated as Company C of the 192nd Tank battalion, Major General Gilson D. Bight, head of the Guard, announced here today.Headquarters for the new mechanized battalion will be decided when troops are mobilized.“The re-designation is in keep-9ing with the Army’s move towards general mechanization and the divorcing of tank companies from infantry regiments/’ General Bight said.The. Ohio company, until now known as the 37th Tank company, has four officers and 56 men currently, with a potential strength of j nigt 80. * 60 aF,ThuForlt;littlbrigslig:TlpastandprecgiorfronAed
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Sandusky Star Journal
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Wed, Sep 04, 1940
Page 6
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