Articles for tag: 44th Armored Infantry Battalion

Richard Gard

Just three days after D-Day in 1944, Miami Valley resident Richard Gard landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, France with the US Army. Gard was a Staff Sargent in the 44th Armored Infantry Batt...
Lester Raymond Fleming

I am Lester Fleming of Mattoon, Illinois, a former military man with the 6th Armored Division, 44th Infantry Battalion, I was discharged as a staff sergeant. I entered the military through...
S/Sgt John R Rutter - His thoughts were of his men, not himself

S/Sgt John Raymond Rutter, a squad leader in C Company, 44th Armored Infantry Battalion was killed in action on April 14th, 1945 near Rochlitz, Germany. John was born on June 18th, 1922 in...