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SEEK * STRIKE * DESTROY

657th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Unit History:  Formed on Apr. 10, 1943, at Camp Bowie, TX.  Disbanded on Apr. 10, 1944, at Camp Hood, TX.  Personnel transferred to the 493rd and 869th Ordnance Heavy Automotive Maintenance Companies.

Combat Equipment:  N/A

Commanding Officers:  Major Stanley Dettmer

Code Name/s:  N/A

Campaign Credits:   Continental U.S. Service Only

Awards:  None

Additional Information/Materials

1.)  Miscellaneous Documents-from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, Abilene, Kansas.

      Special Order #105, May 1, 1943…………………………….1 Page