704th Tank Destroyer Battalion “A” Company
Reenactment Group
 
 
 
HISTORY
 

Activated on 15 December 1941 at Camp Pine, New York. Arrived in the United Kingdom by April 1944. First battalion in the ETO to receive M18s, which occurred in May. Landed at Utah Beach on 13 July. Participated in Cobra breakout at end of month, advanced into Brittany. Raced east across France, passing north of Orleans, and crossed the Moselle River to Luneville in early September and remained in the general area through October. Fought in Morhange region in November and crossed the Saar River by month’s end. Deployed to Ardennes on 19 December. Fought around Bastogne in January 1945, then moved back south. Advanced into Germany near Sinz in February, fighting through Siegfried Line and into the Saar-Moselle triangle. Supported drive to Bitburg in March and reached Rhine by mid-month. Crossed the river on 24 March at Nierstein. Roared east to Gotha by 4 April, passed through Harz Mountains to Bayreuth in late April. Entered Czechoslovakia at Volyne on 6 May. Attached to: 101st Airborne Division; 4th Armored Division; 26th, 87th, 94th Infantry divisions; 6th Cavalry Group.


Awards earned: World War II -EAME Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe.
Decorations: Distinguished Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered ARDENNES French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY. French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered MOSELLE RIVER. French Croix de Guerre, World War II, Fourragere. By order of the Secretary of the Army: S/J.C. Lambert Major General, USA the Adjutant General stamp date May 18, 1965.

 

Table of Organiztion and Equipment for Company A

       
 
   
   
 
704th Chain of Command
  
 

‘A’ Company Commander:
John H. Lind, Captain

Executive Officer:
Chris Henry, 1st Lieutenant

Nurse: Mary Redfern,
1st Lieutenant

Intelligence Officer:
C. Sterle, 2nd Lieutenant

Company First Sergeant:
David P. Neary, 1st Sergeant

HRS designated Safety Officer: T.R. Babcock Jr., Staff Sergeant

Platoon Sergeant:
Fred W.Roberts, Staff Sergeant

Platoon Sergeant:
Rob Reigle, Staff Sergeant

 

Platoon Sergeant:
Phil Hagen, Tech 4

Medic: Doc Gary Redfern, Tech 5

Scout: Tyler Lind, Corporal

Rifleman:
Bob Neary, Corporal

Communications:
Curtis Pool, Corporal

 

Driver:
John Neary, Corporal

 

Policeman:
Lance Redfern,
Private First Class

 

Crewman:
Jesse Roberts, Private First Class

Company Clerk/Orderly:
Sean Neary, Private First Class

NCOIC:
Ed Kaminski, Corporal

1st SSF Display:
Wayne Hales, Corporal
       
       
       
       
       
 
       

 
         
           
         
         
   
 

 
 

 

 

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
     


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