What they said about the Fourth Armored Division
What they said about the Fourth Armored Division is a wartime anthology of press accounts written in the mid-20th century. It compiles contemporary newspaper and magazine dispatches, photographs, and official citations that chronicle the U.S. 4th Armored Division’s rapid offensives, pivotal battles, and prominent leaders under Patton’s Third Army in World War II, from Normandy through Brittany and Lorraine to Bastogne, the Rhine, and the first encounters with Nazi camps. The opening
of this volume sets the purpose and tone: a foreword explains it is a curated selection of outside reporting on the division, followed by a Stars and Stripes notice of a Presidential Unit Citation. Early pieces mix frontline color and profile: Roelif Loveland frames Patton’s Third Army and the 4th’s advance; Wes Gallagher portrays “Tiger Jack” Wood’s fast, verbal command style, breaks down armored tactics and organization, and spotlights figures like “Bazooka Charlie” Carpenter, Sgt. Rejrat, and the audacious CCA commander Bruce C. Clarke. Sgt. Saul Levitt’s “The Furrow” tracks Combat Command B’s push toward Gotha through air attacks, forced river crossings, and a negotiated surrender, then the march on to Ohrdruf. Several reports recount the relief of Bastogne, highlighting the Sherman “Cobra King” led by Lt. Charles Boggess and the division’s headlong dash north. Subsequent excerpts launch the “rat chase” to the Rhine and then pivot to stark liberation scenes at Ohrdruf and Buchenwald, contrasting spring landscapes and jubilant freed prisoners with evidence of atrocities, and close with a brief profile of hard-driving combat leaders like Holmes Dager. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | United States. Army. Armored Division, 4th |
|---|---|
| Title | What they said about the Fourth Armored Division |
| Original Publication | Landshut: Herder-Landshut, 1945. |
| Note | "Various magazine articles and newspaper stories ... about the Fourth Armored Division since it entered combat."--Foreword |
| Credits | Fabbian G. Dufoe, III |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | D731: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War II (1939-1945) |
| Subject | World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States |
| Subject | United States. Army. Armored Division, 4th -- History |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77963 |
| Release Date | Feb 16, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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