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Armored Division Veterans Recall Tank Battles and Tactics
Excerpts from armored division veterans recount fierce fighting in Tunisia and El Guettar. They describe tank duels with German forces, close calls, and practical lessons on leadership, reconnaissance, terrain benefits, foxholes, and maintaining discipline under mortar and machine-gun fire.
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Baskem Bennett
Spt
James H. Bowser
States
William T.etridge
L. V. Hightower
Armored Division
Gail H. Brown
William Hagler
Smitty’s
Medjez-el-Bab
Boresh
George Cleland