Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1944 — Page 7

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By VIRGIL PINKLEY. United Press ‘Staff Correspondent

WITH THE 2D ARMORED DIVISION 45- MILES INSIDE GER14. America during the last three years has learned how to wage victorious war. Gone are the bloody, costly days _ of Kasserine pass in North Africa 4 J or Bataan. ‘ )

In those days the greenness of our army contributed almost as much to

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tained army has-been in close contact with Hitler's legions for 177 consecutive days. The 2d is one of the three most powerful armored divisions in the world. The division is commanded by the tough artist in mobile warfare, Ma}. 1Gen. Ernest ‘N. Harmon. He has had more experience in fighting Germans than any field commander in the American army. The 2d packs terrific firepower. This heavily armored outfit has 232 Sherman medium tanks, 164 light

setbacks 85 tanks, many self-propelled 105 mm.

&F and artillery,

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5 the lack of ma-|powitzers and 3000 vehicles of all - terial — espécially | kinds,

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The 2d at ‘times numbers as high as 8,000 men by virtue of special | (aching.

Coly Days of Koherin Pass Are Over—Splendid Record of 2d. Armored Didiston Proves. Gl's

Harmon is a master of tank ware fare. Probably he would like to have a division of this number, including

100 heavy tanks, to counter the German King Tigers, weighing 72 tons, and the all-around Panther battlewagons. He'd probably like two regiments of- armored infantry instead Of one. The battle flags of the 2d cohtain many of America's finest deeds. The 2d landed at Fedala in North Africa and then marched on Casablanca. The 2d held the Italo-German forces at bay at Gela in Sicily and then spearheaded the offensive which captured Palermo. D-day brought it its third waterborne assignment. When the strong

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was called in to crack it. Racing| miles of Siegfried territory in the|Each unit knows where the other the soggy terrain in ¥ medium tank. ¢ After the allied armies had , : northward the 2d snapped shut the first three days. '|one is and what is its role in the|He asked five tank crews whether|iong held up on the Anzio beach= outer ring of the Falaise-Argentan| ® Watching the men of the 2d fight operation, The infantry knows the|they thought they could handle the h d Ha d § pocket. one can be proud to be of the same|tanks won't break off an engage-| assignment. Once they replied. they on rmon ordered the ist AmerThen it wheeled northeast and| country and privileged to be in their|inent and leave them in the lurch. believed it possible, he said: “Okay, ican armored to break out and Rome captured the El Boeuf ferry crossing | Presence. The 2d has never yet given| As u matter of fac infantry di-|let'’s go.” was cptured. This resognding vie of.the Seine. Elements of the 2d [up a single yard of territory wrung|visions like to atta?h themselves| - Harmon himself is quite a story. Yory hog, his immediate prump 4 armored were the first troops to|fmpm the enemy. to the 2d armored. . After the nasty crack at Kasserine Hon ang He Was waning Io cross into Belgium early on Sept. 2| Several days ago the division cap-| The genius of Harmon is appre-|pass. Harmon shifted from the .2d|o¢ the 23d corps. Without pause the 2d pursued the| tured its 20,000th German prisoner ciatea by the infantrymen who to the battered ist armored division.| shortly after D-day. enemy across Belgium and then be- | since D-day, know him as “Doughs.” Harmon|Assuming command, Harmon de-| whose ‘thiee G. I. sons ‘serve in the’ yond the Albert canal. Still keep-| Several times the 2d has taken on says tanks are only steel so use them | clared: South Pacific, the United States and ing the pressure the 2d crossed the | two full German panzer divisions | to save “Doughs” (doughboys). “Morning after morning the Ger-| with tank {Orues in Germany, Meuse at Maastricht and finally simultaneously and mauled them | Harmon proved the division tanks) mans have attacked us on the (spectively, wrote to Lt. Gen. a reached the German border between badly. |cah carry out the same work as two stroke of the clock but tomorrow we| Bradley.” He said he preferred to Aachen and Geilenkirchen. In the last fortnight the 2d has| infantry divisions but suffer prob- | are going to crack them and hard.’ "| return to the field and take charge When the assault on the Siegfried destroyed well over 100 German | |ably not more than one-fifth to Harmon's command revitalized the| of a division. The letter was wel line began Oct. 4, the 2d, Sanked| tanks, including a number of King one-tenth the casualties, 1st which captured Mateur, the key | come news to Bradley and Gen. by the 29th and 30th infantry di-| Tigers. ‘Harmon consults his tank ‘crews|to Tunis and. Bizerte, plus 42,000 Eisenhower. They are great’ pro=

The members of the 2d fight coolly | freqfiently. Before the current push | German prisoners, including five | fessional and personal admirers offs Harmon.

“ the early phases’ ‘ of the North African cam‘paign.- Our halftracks got caught in the withering

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crossfire of the German 88's. doughboys failed to dig in properly.

Snap Was Lacking

In the early days the necessity of security had not become fully apThen the snap and precision timing of today's battle-ex-

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perenced outfits was lacking.

The crack 2d armored division of the 9th army * America’s chine.

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can skill and character transported to the old world. men from all parts of the nation:

* Thi§ outfit is really part of AmeriIt is composed of

Its speech contains the drawl of Georgia and Alabama, the careful phrases of New Englanders, the zest of Californians, the open talk of the Texans and zippy Brooklyn wisecracks. The division was formed in July, 1940, at Ft. Benning, Ga., less than a month after the fall. of France. The original three regiments were drawn from the 65th infantry, which as a tank corps in the last war licked the Germans at St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne. ‘Roosevelt's Butchers’ In June, 1941, the 2d armored maneuvered in Tennessee. Later the same year it engaged ,bin maneuvers in Louisiana and Texas and then in North Carolina and South Carolina. The Germans call the 2d armored division “Roosevelt's Butchers.” They think the best outfit should bear the name of the head of the government. This small,

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Employees of the Packard Manufacturing Corp. will be the guests of Senator-elect Homer E. Capehart at the company’s fifth annual Christmas party starting at 5:30 p. m. next Thursday in Murat temple. Mr. Capehart is president of the corporation.

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