of March, Attachments, Combat Losses, PH Recipients.Pages 106-140ģ.) Unit History, Dec, 1941 - Dec, 1943.3 PagesĤ.) A Short History - March 29, 1944-(Includes casualties). Part 3 - Unit Journal, MaMay 8, 1945.Pages 40-67 Part 2 - Belgium/Luxembourgh, Germany, Occupation, Awards.Pages 16-39 Part 1 - Dedication, Stateside History, Overseas and into France.Pages 1-15 Courtesy of the Tank Destroyer Association by L. Oliver and published by the 602nd TD Bn Assoc., East Lansing, MI, in November, 1990. It includes many names of unit personnel and locations they passed through.Ģ.) History 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion March 1941 to November 1945 - by Bertrand J. This history, written after the war, covers the period of March 12, 1945, through the end of combat in early May. C onlyġ.) Detailed Short History of the 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion - Found on the 89th Infantry Division website. Conlin (11/9/44)Ĭampaign Credits: Northern France.Jul. Used by permission.Ĭommanding Officers: Lt. History text from the book The Tank Killers by Harry Yeide. Attached to: 17th Airborne Division 4th and 11th Armored divisions 26th, 28th, 80th, 87th, 89th, and 90th Infantry divisions 2d and 6th Cavalry groups. Advanced through Gotha, Eisenach, and Zwickau in April. Returned to Moselle River area in March, crossed Rhine River at Boppard on 26 March. Fought through Siegfried Line in February. Supported operations against the Bulge in January 1945. Transferred to Belgium during Ardennes Offensive, arriving at Neufchateau on 21 December. Supported operations leading to capture of Metz, France, in November.
Committed to battle along Moselle River on 9 September.
Arrived in Scotland on 29 July, 1944, and at Omaha Beach on 26 August. Equipped with M10s, then M18s before leaving the States.
Unit History: Second Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion converted to 602nd Tank Destroyer Battalion on 15 December, 1941.
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