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CIRCASSIAN_ M4A2 76 - 'Georgia Peach', A Company 12th Armored Division

On January 17, 1945, as Allied forces prepared to descend on Germany itself and put an end to the war in Europe, an American tank battalion disappeared. The 43rd Tank Battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. Scott Hall, organic to the 12th Armored (“Hellcats”) Division’s Combat Command A.

43rd Tank Battalion, Herrlisheim, Germany, January 1945.

43rd Tank Battalion, Herrlisheim, Germany, January 1945.