- 761st Tank Battalion (United States) - Wikipedia
Its ranks primarily consisted of African American soldiers, who by War Department policy were not permitted to serve in the same units as White troops; the United States Armed Forces did not officially desegregate until after World War II
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- 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers (U. S . . .
The African American 761 st Tank Battalion, better known as the Black Panthers, arrived in Normandy, France in October 1944 and entered combat shorty after their landing They would endure a record 183 straight days in combat and would liberate 30 towns on their crusade into Germany
- The Black Panthers Enter Combat: The 761st Tank Battalion
Brought into existence on April 1, 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, the 761st Tank Battalion trained amid the restrictions and racism of the Jim Crow South
- 761st - The 761st Tank Battalion Official Website
Later referred to as the Black Panther Tank Battalion, the 761st was attached to the XII Corps' 26th Infantry Division, assigned to Gen George S Patton Jr 's Third Army, an army already racing eastward across France, and committed to combat on Nov 7, 1944
- The Original Black Panthers Fought in the 761st Tank . . .
These African American heroes battled the Nazis, but were still treated as second-class citizens in their home country In October of 1944, the 761st tank battalion became the first African
- 761st Tank Battalion - U. S. Army Center of Military History
The 761st Tank Battalion is probably the most famous of the World War II tank battalions organized using African-American personnel Constituted 15 March 1942 in the Army of the United States,
- 761st Tank Battalion: African American Tank Crews of WWII
With shrapnel shredding skin, bullets breaking bones and trenches trapping tanks, the 761st fought furiously for their first days in combat during the latter stages of World War II, spearheading General Patton’s push in the fall of 1944
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