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821st Tank Destroyer Battalion

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Information. The 821st Tank Destroyer Battalion saw action in Normandy, Northern France and the Rhineland. Code named "ATHIRST " the 821st were activated on the 25th of July 1942 at Camp Carson, Colorado. they sailed on the 6th of April 1944, from New York arriving in the UK on the 17th. On the 26th of June 1944 the 821st landed on Omaha Beach in France, reaching Holland in September and Germany in November. They returned to the States on the 16th of Feb 1946 arriving at New York. I am a great nephew of Technician Fifth Grade Least Jacobsen, Headquarters Company 821st Tank Destroyer Battalion. Stationed in England during WW2 and died in June of 1944 on Fathers Day. I've just found out how he died by contacting my Congressman through the War Department and receiving his full military file that was still available. I would like to know if there is anyone still alive who may have known my uncle. He died before I was born. For many years not really knowing the true facts of his short military life and then his sudden death was a mystery. His two brothers went to war and came home alive. My grand parents and my two uncles would never talk about him. Any kind of information that you may know of and where I can find any remaining servicemen of that era, please pass it along. Mark Norman Photographs If you have any Photographs you would like to share please get in touch. List of those who servedwith the 821st Tank Destroyer Battalion during the Second World War. Sgt Theodore J. Aldershof Lt. Col. Howard H. Arbury. CO. PFC. Dorcey G. Benson Pvt. Stephane Boler Pvt Norman B. Boynton Cpl Milton Brodsky Sgt Robert W. Busey Sgt Loren V. Davidso PFC Douglas L. Davis S/Sgt Alden K. Grimm Sgt William C. Harkey Sgt Francis J. Hodnett Tec5 Glen C. Hottman PFC Melvin L. Hugens Technician Fifth Grade. Least Jacobsen. Headquarters Company Read his Story Pvt. Leonard A. Johnson Sgt Donald A. Landon Pvt. Lloyd W. Larson Sgt Murray H. Lipson PFC Lewell A. Molen PFC Eddie G. Mosqueda PFC Vern E. Mury Pvt. Joe P. Nevarez Pvt. Wesley B. Palmer 1Lt Joseph Phillipson Sgt George V. Rudek Pvt. Salvatore J. Russo Cpl. Joseph L. Sattler Tec5 Stanley A. Snedeker Tec5. Andrew J. Stone Pvt. Harvey O. Wade Cpl Fred J. Waldo Pvt. George E. Whitney If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. If you have a story which you would like to share, or a website dedicated to an airfield or aircrew, please get in touch. Send an E-mail to The Wartime Memories Project Links The Brave Men who served with the 821st TDBN Allied Forces Index The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation. This website is run out of our own pockets and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Or by cheque to: PO Box 325, Stockton on Tees, TS20 1XL. Website and ALL Material © Copyright MMII - All Rights Reserved