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Our Battalion, the 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, was activated on July 1, 1940. In those days, it was known as the 99th Infantry Battalion (Anti Tank). We were stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington; not too far from Tacoma and Olympia, Washington, right on Highway 99.
Under the command of Lt. Col. Ransom, plus a cadre of old army men from the 15th Infantry Regiment to help train us, we began our not too happy struggle changing ourselves from care free civilians into soldiers.
Publication Date
1945
Keywords
United States Army, Tank Destroyer Battalion 899th, World War 1939-1945, Regimental histories, World War 1939-1945 Personal narratives American, World War 1939-1945 Campaigns Europe
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Military History
Recommended Citation
United States Army, "Our battalion: 899th tank destroyer battalion history" (1945). Regimental Histories. 7.
https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/7
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