Hi,
I'm doing some reaserch on a family member's time spent during WW2. He was in the 191st Tank Battalion and I'm just curious to know whether they spent any time in England?
On his record it says he attended an 8 week course on physics at the Shrineham University of England, but I can't find any information on the Unit's locations during the war.
If anyone knows if they did stay in England and where, please get in touch!
Many thanks.

Hell Burt and welcome to the forums. The 191st was attached to the 45th infantry division for most of the war. They laned in North Africa but didn't see combat until they landed at Salerno in September of 1943. On January of '44, they landed in Anzio and went on to fight in the attack on Rome. The battalion landed in southern frace as part of Operation Dragoon on 15 August 1944. They went on to drive across Europe. When the war came to a close, they were in Bamberg and Munich.

They could have possibly been in England before landing at North Africa. I also found some contact information for you:

191st Tank Battalion Association
Mr. Denis L. Berger
53 Knecht Drive
Dayton, Ohio 45405-2626
(Newsletter)
(513) 278-3541

Good luck!

Hey Burt,

I have an extensive account from the 1st Battalion(A,B,C &D Companies),U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 3rd Infantry Division about a very successul operation on and around April 23rd and 24th 1944 called "Operation Mr. Black"(its a lesser known operation) in which the 191st Tank Battalion assigned several medium and light tanks to the 3rd Infantry Division to give the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry tank support during the operation, unfortunately I believe in the action all 191st tanks were disabled.

If anyone would like to find out more about this particular series of operations I suggest either of these two books...

History of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division in WWII by. Donald G. Taggart

or

The History of the U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment in WWII by The Infantry Journal (out of print) the only place you can find exisitng copies would be on ebay from time to time.

Regards,
MARNE

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"ROCK OF THE MARNE"
Sgt. James Dunigan III
Able Co., U.S. 30th Infantry Regiment
U.S. 3rd Infantry Division(Reenacted)