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(1) View of tanks of 33rd Armor and
CCB Hq in the back |
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(2) Tanks of 33rd Armor pass the
reviewing stand during a 3d AD mounted parade at Hanau |
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(3) Bore-sighting training on the
M-48 tanks in front of our barracks at Coleman Kaserne, Gelnhausen |
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(4) 33rd Armor maneuver damage
repair team under CPT Young help keep damage claims down by repairing
minor tank track damage themselves during an FTX between Frankfurt and
Gelnhausen, ca. '57 |
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(5) Curious German kids would often
be spectators during the FTX activities in the German countryside.
Friendly GI's were known to be generous with candy. |
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(6) Amphibious training with
floating Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) was conducted at Campo Pond,
Hanau |
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(7) Chow time during an FTX in the
Gelnhausen area. A hot meal rather than cold C-rations was always
welcome to the troops in the field |
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(8) GI's like kids -- during a
convoy stop in a small German village, this little German girl shyly gave
a soldier from 33d Armor some flowers. Wherever GI stopped they would
quickly be surrounded by German children. |
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(9) Tanks of Co D, 33rd Tank Bn,
in their alert area near Langenselbold
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(10) An M48 tank moves on a road near
Buedingen during a field exercise |
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(11) A tank of Co C, 1MTB/33 at the Bernbach firing range near Gelnhausen Photo and info provided by Chuck Bolliger |
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(12) Tanks of Co C, 1MTB/33 on a narrow country road near Gelnhausen Photo and info provided by Chuck Bolliger |
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A tight squeeze on the road near Hanau during a readiness test. |
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(14) German Forstmeister: Movement
of vehicles and troops in the state-owned forests was often coordinated
with the German forest rangers. |
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Note: Most of these photos show activities of my company, Co D, 33rd Tank Battalion.
