This looks to be an excellent book with personal crew accounts,
over 2000 photo's !
Hey Ken - I know you'll be odering this book - as I will too.
I thought all you TD & U.S. armor buffs would like this.
I'll send the book site info to Jim to put in the library.
- ralph

Hey Ralph, that is what we used to call - "jam up and jelly tight" Thanks for the heads-up!

I don't want to be the impatient sort but, I didn't see any info in it in the Library.

I' m very interested myself.

( LOL ) Alright Ken !
I submitted the info to the Library. Maybe Jim has to approve it
first. But I did submit it.
HERE"S THE BOOKS ORDER PAGE AT - MILITARY.COM
http://www.military.cibmedia.com/asp/main-photo-tr.asp?group=World+War+II&cat=Armor+%2F+Vehicles+%2F+Weapons&Submit2=Go&id=T-TD
- ralph

Thanks Ralph! ...and another on the way! :-)

Ken ( LOL ) - I knew you would be the first one to jump on this.
I knew it when I saw the book .
I said to myself " Man, wait until Ken see's this" ( LOL ).
Look's like we got M1's attention to ! ( You out there M ? ).
See you guy's tomorrow night ( chat ).
I can't wait to get this book !
- ralph

Adding this book to my list of purchases.

This looks great; does Amazon carry it? If not, I'll have to open another online shopping account. Got a personal interest here; my wife's grandfather served with a TD unit in the Philippines in WW2. We don't have much in the way of records and he passed away twenty years ago, but I'm researching. I know he was present at the liberation of the Santo Tomas POW camp and would like to gather enough information to make an informed-guess model of the vehicle he drove. This book looks like an invaluable reference. After dropping $70 for Hunnicutt and nearly $60 for Hayward's "Firefly" I shouldn't balk at the price, I guess...

Hi Greg - Do you know what TD Battalion he was attached to ?
As far as the book it is listed through Military.com, but It 's sold
at CIB Media.com - Documentary Military Books & Video's.
They have a huge stock , and many book's on U.S. unit's & division's
military battle & campaign histories. They sell many good book's
I have never even seen before.
http://www.cibmedia.com/
- ralph

No, Ralph, I don't yet know what unit. I do know that the 637th and 640th were present in the Philippine campaign; not sure about the 632nd. They might have stayed in New Guinea. My father-in-law has a unit patch, and said something about the unit forming in California? Or at least training there before embarking for the South Pacific. It seems certain that an M18 or M10 was the vehicle he drove, but beyond that the waters are still murky.

Greg, their were 6 TD battalions sent to the PTO.: 632nd, 637th, 640th, 671st, 806th, and the 819th.

I was able to locate some histories of these TD battalions that may assist you in your search.


The WWII Tank Destroyer Society:

http://www.lakemartin.net/~cfrench/

Some addresses and teles:

The 632nd: 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion,
Company A
Ms. Cynthia Byer Bottom
Route 1, Box 247
Covington, Virginia 24426
(Newsletter)
(703) 962-3071 (H)
(703) 962-2248 (O)

632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion, C Company
Mr. Michael J. Fojtik, Jr.
711 Crabtree Lane
Racine, Wisconsin 53406
(Newsletter)
(414) 632-3611

The 640th: 640th Tank Destroyer Bn
Mr. James H. Pittenger
500 Secret Town Lane
Colfax, CA 957l3
(916) 389-2433

The 806th:
806th Tank Destroyer
Battalion Association
Mr. Charles R. Rich
1704 N. Mohawk Street
Chicago, Illinois 60614
(312) 642-5412

The 640th: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/acres/1442/tank.html

The 671st

I hope these help a bit. I'll look for more as my time permits.

If you love tank destroyers, you're going to love this book. There is a copy in our post library that I have checked out a couple times. It's full of anecdotes and war stories, as well as photos I haven't seen anywhere else. There is also a chart of the different TD units telling where they served and when, attachments, what guns they used, etc. (though I'm not sure of the accuracy). The second half of the book is full of "where are they now?" type entries, sort of like a yearbook. I think this was put together originally to sell to vets as sort of a memory book. There are other similar books on several of the WWII combat divisions published by the same company.

Thanks for the post ScreamingEagle - I got one ordered too...

Gunnie

No prob Gunnie !
Going to order mine next week.
- ralph

Ok Greg
- ralph

HOLLOWPOINT:
Thanks for the "heads-up" review.
Now i really can't wait to get the book !
- ralph

I received my book yesterday in the mail - surprisingly fast shipment!

Once again Ralph - I say thanks! I really like this book, it was more than I expected! No Tank Destroyer fan should be without it!

Gunnie

They must attach these books to rockets Gunnie. LOL Mine just came to the door. Yeeha!
Another thanks for the HU Ralph.