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The 761st Tank Battalion is probably the most famous of the World War II tank battalions organized using African-American personnel. Constituted March 15th, 1942 in the Army of the United States, the battalion was activated April 1st, 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. After training in the United States, and a short stay in England, the tankers arrived in France on 10 October 1944. In the following months the unit participated in the Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns, before inactivating 1 June 1946 in Germany. On 24 November 1947, the 761st was allotted to the Regular Army and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky, where it was inactivated once again on 15 March 1955. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter awarded the Army Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) to the 761st Tank Battalion for service between 31 October 1944 and 6 May 1945. The decoration streamer is embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER, demonstrating the extent of the battalion’s distinguished operations. (VIA U.S. Army Center of Military History)

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