Show FIRST AMERICAN TANK BRIGADE WENT OVER TOP EIGHTEEN TIMES 4 r N v w vo 6 1 wf 7 d I IY Iw w Y UNO tit Two sections of First light American tank brigade Washington D D. D C C. The Tho first light Amerl American an t tank brigade c made a r record which will go o down own In to history according nc- nc cording to reports from the war wa wael de el IC- IC This brigade ade was d dand and trained in France solely by American Amer ican lean officers The Tho tank c tp P First brigade went Into action at St St. Mihiel September I 12 12 1918 In support support sup up- port of the second Forty division They Thoy were sent to the Argonne Arg September Sep Sep- tern ber 26 acid fought h t without relief from rom that time until November During During- that time the they went over the top eighteen times The corps won twenty-one twenty distinguished distin distin- I g service crosses and two medals I I of honor The brigade supported el eight ht divisions or two army corps corp during I the drive which broke the Hindenburg I lino line and received six citations one ono from the arm army one from tram the Fifth Firth army corps three from the tho F first di II division cu- cu vision and one from tho the Thirty filth division On the first day of or the offensive CoL G. G S S. S Patton was was leading lead lead- in ing a disorganized infantry on foot Coot a against a ma machine gun nest and von vona a 1 D. D S. S C C. The battalion was as them than commanded by MaJ Sereno Brett who ho won a D D. D S. S C C. at St. St Mihiel l 1 leading his tanks on foot after his own tank was put out of at commission Th The Tho cas casualties as- as amon among the officers was 4 per percent percent Ier cent and enlisted men 23 per cent Man Many of or the tanks while whilo put out of commission were repaired on the battlefield battlefield battle battle- field under fire tire and afterward resumed action This percentage of casualty casually does not represent the true casualties as many of the officers and men who were ero wounded refused to retire and It was during this offensive e that the they broke the tho Hindenburg line I I. I |