Impact: the battle story of the Tenth Armored Division
New York: Bradbury, Sayles, O'Neill, 1967. Second printing. Hardcover. Hardcover in black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Map endpapers. 324 pp. plau and additional 10 pages of additional photographs at rear. Profusely illustrated throughout the text with photos. Fine in original dust jacket with scraping to the top left corner of the front panel extending long the head of the spine and onto the upper right corner of the rear panel. Originally published in 1954, the documented battle story of the U.S. Army Tenth armored Division (nicknamed "The Tiger Division") in World War II. They served under General George S, Patton as part of his Third Army. Among their most prominent roles was the defense of Bastogene and part of the underbelly of the Bulge at the Belgian-Luxembourg border on 19 December, 1944. Their rampaging tanks and infantry helped capture the 2000-year old Metz Fortress, the most heavily fortifies area of the war, and the capture of historic Trier. Fine / very good. Item #E36839
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