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Does anyone know if the anti-tank platoons were a part of HQ co?

Even though I'm Canadian, I have a lot of American relatives. As such, I had a relative that served in the 66th, and was killed while on the Leopoldville. Even though I never knew him, I honor both his and his comrades sacrifice.

3 Wehrmacht soldiers walk into a BAR....😂

Great video thx !!

If any of your family or anybody you fought in WW11, or any conflict, try and get them to tell their tale, it's history. Although we, as a species, never seem to learn from history at least the generations, now and to come, may be better guarded against the rise of false prophets.

His name was Arthur Olson.

My uncle was in the 63rd, on April 2, 1945, a German sniper ended his young life at age 18. Now, were well into the 21st century, this madness continues on and on all over the world. Give Peace a Chance.

Low casualties. And few hard battles.

You describe that as an A1 It really looks more like a E8

Thanks George love your doco's keep Up The Beautiful work 👍👍👍

Nice video! Liked and followed! What you have there is a M50, the most beautiful of the Shermans IMO. This was post war, and given to the French to help sure up their armored units post WW2. As they worked out the details on their AMX series of tanks, they thought the 75-SA 50 would be better on a medium tank hull than the light 13 series. The M50 had a lot of variants and while it represents an early sherman in that it is a cast hull, it varies greatly. The cannon should be a 75-SA 50 which most likely had the muzzle break taken off so is to not be noticed as it is an easy identifier that it is a different tank. The bussle you point out is a late modification onto the early turrets that they had way too much reciol with the 75 so they had to add a counter weight. The thing looks like it might have been repainted at some point to look like a sherman but has been sun bleached and you can tell it still has the tan basecoat as some 800 of these were modified and sold to Isreal. They say it wasn't used. There are also versions of this that have a 105 and a X shaped muzzle break that is a bit more known, as it is seems to have been the ultimate sherman. There are all variants of hulls I believe they ended up with most of the Sherman surplus in Europe which surely was many tons of it! These modifications were like 1955 to 60. They had a modernized drivetrain and diesel engines. So might be worth to dig in a bit more, at one point they weren't looked at as as valuable and appreciated as they are now.

The Sherman tanks was not as good as this guy says.

Surprised to see an M4A1 with wide tracks.

The Grant/Lee was a tank with it's main 75mm gun on it's right side low, with the turret equipped with a smaller 37mm gun, which must have been the most ridiculous design of any tank in ww2. In 1942 it may have been able to compete with the German panzer 4 only equipped with a 50mm gun turret, before it was upgunned to 75mm. Strange that the US did not produce the British Crusader Mark tank instead or used it to build from.

What an odd duck Sherman!

My Dad, Armand Alioto, was in the 63rd F company. I suggest reading a book by the title of, The Battle of Buchhof and Stein am Kocher. These young men accomplished the impossible! So proud of my Father!

6:00 Some inaccurate statements here. The 76mm gun program was not a conversion. The 76 gun was asked for earlier in the war but tests showed it did not fit adequately in the existing turret. Once the T23 turret was developed, the larger gun was brought into production. All 76mm Shermans did NOT have a muzzle brake. Many went to war with a simple cap over the threads.

Very interisting..

I just found your channel. Great video. Thank you for keeping history alive.

My favorite division in the military

A mini series needs to be made about all of the first infantry’s battles in WW2, from North Africa in 1942 to Europe and Germany in 1945

You know what really terrifies me as an American. The fact we can't build anything anymore. The USA won WW2 not because of its military but because of its massive industry. Every 2 hours an M4 was rolling off the assembly line! That's crazy but that's why almost 50,000 were made in only 3 years! Nowadays American can't even maintain their roads or highway system. I see it everywhere a broken down country full of debt and corruption. Now our government is provoking war against Russia. You know the other major victors of WW2. The biggest nation in the world. That has never lost a war. Luckily Putin hasn't decided to declare war on America. I just hope he doesn't change his mind.

Great information! Have to go there one day!!

Hi my grandfather was part of the 79th infantry 314th regiment company g and do any of you no about videos or places that talk about who was in it or what happened to them

I feel the very same way about PFC Bernard Amadio who never stepped away from his duty.

A few small points from a UK perspective. It was the British who named the tank the "Sherman" (as indeed they had named the Lee/Grant M3s) and the US adopted the name. The oldest surviving Sherman in the world is Bovington's M4A1 "Michael" which was the second production Sherman to be built and was delivered to the UK in 1942. Bovvy for any armoured vehicle fan is a must visit! One final point. You mentioned, absolutely correctly, that the majority of US tank casualties occurred when the crews were dismounted from the vehicle. The British army had exactly the same experience, with crews being injured or killed whilst they were outside of the tank, cooking/brewing tea etc (as well as through emergency). It was for this reason that the British introduced the famed BV (Boiling Vessel) into post-war tanks to allow the crews to eat/drink whilst still inside.

Great video, George! 😊

Did the US government ever think to examine the tank doctrine other countries, chiefly Germany during the prewar period? first of all they had to know by the time the war started how tanks were being used, according to how Germany was using them, and between 1939 and 1942 the US had plenty of time to modify its doctrine, I’ll bet they never did though, that obstinate, “we know it all!” US Army policy probably bit us right in the proverbial keister. we never change until circumstances become so obvious that we have no choice. case in point, how long did the US navy ordnance board take to finally accept the argument that there was something fundamentally wrong with the Mark 14 torpedo? Yeah! Pride goeth before destruction.

Thank you

Great info! Looking good Dr Cressman

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Very good vídeos. Congrats from Brazil. ❤

My daddy lt James e Merritt was in the 63rd. He earned the silver star at klinblittersdorf. He said thI believe his war years were the highlight of his life. He told me stories when I was was little by did not mention it again until he as very old. He said he saw the faces of the men he killed everyday. He said they looked just like him. Greatest generation. the 14:49

I regret to point out some detailed errors here: The naval coastal battery in Kermoisan did not consist of three 340 mm guns, but rather a pair of 240 mm railway guns. There were plans to replace these with four 305 mm guns, which, however, did not take place. The 305 mm barrels were discovered by the US Army at Krupp in Essen when the city was liberated. Thank you for the informative video and your work. Greetings from Germany!

Thank you for the video. My grandfather fought in the 63rd by never talked about it.

My uncle was on the Leopoldville when it was torpedoed. He was supposed to be below deck but people were throwing up and the smells and motion were getting to him as well. He found a spot on deck and was there when the ship was hit. He was rescued. I grew up hearing the story from my grandmother, including about the poor men who tried to jump to a rescue ship and got crushed between the ships. My uncle never spoke of it.

My grandfather was in the 66th as well and his brother was aboard the leopoldville but he didn’t make it back.

I spent several weeks at Camp Blanding in the mid 1980s. My unit, C Co. 229th Attack Helicopter BN, 101st Air Assault Division came there for about 1 month. Our Aircraft, AH-1 Cobras staged out of Camp Blanding to conduct Ariel Gunnery Missions at NWS Orlando where my Armament Section set up a Forward Arming Point to rearm the aircraft. I never knew so many famous Infantry Units trained there. Very fascinating.

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Great video! Cant wait to see more

My father, Pfc. Wayne Gordon Blankenship was 63rd, 253rd Regiment, Company B. So proud.

Thank you. There is so much of interest in the museum. Noon til 4:00pm daily. Located just outside the main gate of Camp Blanding.

I Was At Fort Gordon In 1987.Signal Corp Yess！

Our Dad served in the 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division in North Africa, Siciy, Omaha Beach, The Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge, where he was wounded at Bulligen on December 21, 1944 and invalided out to the Valley Forge Military Hospital. Coincidentally, I served in A Co., 1/26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division in Viet Nam Oct. 1, 1966 to Oct. 1, 1967.

My Dad Harvey Burris was 1 of the men in the 63rd Infantry Combat division. He was part of the 254th 1st Battalion, Company C. and was wounded in the battle of hill 216 on 1/24/1945. He was evacuated to the hospital in Nancy, France. Growing up my Dad had severe PTSD and his life was complicated with shrapnel spread though out his body and he walked with a lmp and a cane. Our family is very proud of the men who were warriors in WWII.

In 1930, at 21 years of age my father Rolando Ciano joined the 102nd Infantry Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard. On February 24th 1941 the 102nd Regiment and its members were inducted into federal service at New Haven, Connecticut and assigned to the 43rd division. The regiment trained at Camp Blanding located in Clay County, Florida for overseas service in the South Pacific.

Wow amazing video !! Thx!!

May i ask what video editing software you use?

My grandfather was in the 66th inf div on the leopoldville. His name was Fred Deribas. He received a purple heart. After the war he finished his service in the Florida army national guard, and trained many times at camp blanding. He truly was part of the greatest generation.

Great video. Thanks for posting. Very informative. I had read the book “Spearhead” so knew a little about the 36th. Thanks again for the history lesson. Cheers from Texas.