Post Numéro: 12 de H Rogister 07 Sep 2009, 11:33
Roland de Gilead a écrit:
-FX-629 TD VMED-2 sur la jeep battant pavillon de la croix-rouge
-FX-629 TD V ??? sur l'autre jeep
Si je ne fais par d'erreurs, ces deux véhicules appartiennent à l'unité médicale du 629th Tank Destroyer.
Voici un petit historique du 629 TD
629th Tank Destroyer Battalion[11]
Established 15 December 1941 at Fort Meade, Maryland. Arrived in Dorset, England, in January 1944 and disembarked at Omaha Beach on 2 July with M10s. Performed artillery missions in Caumont sector. Joined 30th Infantry Division in fighting at Mortain in early August, then supported reduction of the Falaise Pocket. Participated in V Corps parade through Paris on 29 August. Advanced to Luxembourg by early September and then supported operations in the Hürtgen Forest and against the Siegfried Line. Shifted to Ardennes sector on 24 December. Fought to eliminate the Bulge in January 1945. Joined renewed assault on Siegfried Line in February. Crossed Rhine River into Remagen bridgehead on 11 March and converted to the M36 that same month. Participated in operations against the Ruhr Pocket in April, then conducted road march south to Bavaria and reached the Isar River before ending offensive operations. Attached to: 82d Airborne Division; 5th Armored Division; 1st, 2d, 5th, 9th, 28th, 30th, 75th, 83d, 99th Infantry divisions.