General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

skilfullv and effectirelr shattered the entranched enemy, . overcamc stubborn resistance,
and covered the successful river crossing by the infantry. Cantinuily
the admnce, the tanks suearbended the action into and besond Verona, cutting
up and smashing Germnn defenses with s ferocions display of armored power.
In nn extremely hazardous and unpreeedentcd advance during the night, the
tnnlmen succccded in capturing Vincenza, after a sarage struggle overcoming
road blocks, bazookn, sniper flre, and large caliber guns in house-to-house lighting.
Withant rest, the gallant men pushed on and blasted the fanatical enemy from
to~u to tom and, at the ccssatlon of hostilities, were mming inexorably into
the AIDS. The fearless and indomitable courage - disnlnyed - by (he men of the
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76% Tank Battalion contributed substantially toward effecting the cnpitulntion
of the enemy in Italy and is an everlasting credlt and inspiration to the armed
forces of the United States.
BY ORDEB or TEE SECBBT~Y OF WAR:
O~F~AL: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
EDWARD F. WITSELL Chief Of Stuff
Major Goi~cral
The Adjutast aenwaz