8th Armored Division - Books, Histories and Stories

8th Armored Division

Personal Stories and Journals

Come on men! Let's have some input for your grandchildren to see. Time is running out - WWII veterans are dying at the rate of over 1,200 a day so we had better tell our stories pretty soon or it will be to late! (See information below)

Division Units	Unit	Company	By	Title
Headquarters	CCR		W. B. Wallace	Col. Robert J. Wallace

Tank Battalions	36th	36-B	Pfc. Grant Everly	My Brief Tour as 1st Lt
		36-C	Sgt John R. Call	The Battle of Rheinberg
		36-A	T/5 Paul L. Lehman	Thanks Buddy, Whoever You Are!

	80th	80-A	T/5 Dick Kemp	A Pleasant Day In Deutschland
		80-C	Pfc Glenn E. Vance	A Miracle
		80-Hq	Cpl. Don Wolff	Forget Me Not
		80-Hq	Cpl. Don Wolff	Stamp Collector's Dream
	80-Hq	Cpl. Don Wolff	American Ingenuity

Armored Infantry	7th	7-A	Cpl William F. Bopp	For Services Rendered

	58th	58-C	Ed Grooms	Son of Warren Grooms
		58-C	Pfc. Okey E. Taylor	If It Moves, Salute It
		58-C	Sgt. Clarence Lally	Letter to a Friend
		58-C	Roy Pfennings, Netherlands	Story and pictures of Merum

Armored Recon Squadron	88th	88-C	Pfc Samuel Montean	Letter to a Friend
		88-F	Pfc Billy T. Manning	Reconnaissance Report

Military Police		MP	Gordon Billheimer	Email from Gordon

Medical Battalion	78th	78-B	Dr Bernard Metrick	The Mirka Story

473rd AAA AW Bn (SP)		473rd	Robert Frink	My Story - (read this one-OET)
				2/27/08
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