The 70th Tank Battalion was an elite unit from the start. Strike Swiftly Korea 1950-1953: 70th Heavy Tank Battalion Reorganized and redesignated 2 May 1950 as the 70th Tank Battalion. Medical Detachment. Their bodies were not able to be recovered at the time and were likely buried on the battlefield by Chinese or North Korean forces. Created in 1940 as the first independent tank battalion in the U.S. Army, it was relied on for the critical jobs in eight campaigns. When several friendly tanks in a river bed for repairs came under heavy enemy mortar and artillery fire seven of the tank crewmen were wounded. Nations while serving with Company C, 70th Tank Battalion (Medium), 24th Infantry Division. Also Richard Lovell and Lt. Anderson. Redesignated 25 January 1963 as the 70th Armor, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System Task Force Lynch, 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, and two 70th Tank Battalion units (Charlie Company and the Intelligence–Reconnaissance Platoon) advanced through 171.2 km (106.4 mi) of KPA territory to join the 7th Infantry Division at Osan on 27 September. Assigned 10 November 1951 to the 1st Cavalry Division. The M46 tanks of the 6th Tank Battalion were placed to lead the 70th Tank Battalion's M4A3 tanks because the M46s mounted 90-mm guns, could turn completely around in place (an important consideration in the mountainous terrain traversed by a single and narrow road), and had better armor protection than the M4A3 tanks, which mounted only 76-mm guns. 70th Tank Battalion By October 25 the North Korean Army had been nearly destroyed when the veteran Chinese guerilla armies made their first probing attack on advancing 8th Army units. Strike Swiftly Korea 1950-1953: 70th Heavy Tank Battalion [Turner Publishing] on Amazon.com. The only names that I can remember are Nikehart and Kilgore. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. An overview of the 70th from the Armored School at Fort Knox, Kentucky in July 1950, to when it was alerted and then sent to fight in the Korean War. Send replies to southerntalllady@aol.com. On that date, while supporting Looking for persons who were in Korea between July 1951 to December 1953, especially in Company A, 70th Tank Battalion, 5th Regiment. Master Sergeant Beard distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against enemy aggressor forces near Sinchang-ni, Korea, on 29 November 1950. Arriving in Korea in August, 1950, the 70th was attached to the 1st Cavalry Division and immediately sent into combat. Lead by the 5th Regiment, the 1st Cavalry Division entered Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea on October 19. th Tank Battalion, along with almost 600 other 8th Cavalry Regiment soldiers, was killed during a battle south of Unsan, North Korea. Corporal Cavanah, a medical aid man, was attached to Company A, 70th Tank Battalion which was supporting an infantry attack on hill 202. Company A, 70th Tank Battalion, 5th Regiment. ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: (703) 696-6900 Comments: Corporal Lanken was a medic with the 70th Tank Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while tending his wounded comrades in South Korea on September 19, 1950. He was originally from Bunsoh, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and … Supporting Reorganized and redesignated 2 May 1950 as the 70th was attached to 1st... 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