193rd Tank Battalion | |
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Country | United States |
Branch | Colorado Army National Guard |
Type | Armor |
Motto(s) | PROMPTNESS AND ENERGY |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Lieutenant Colonel Harmon L. Edmondson |
The 193rd Tank Battalion was a battalion of the United States Army during World War II. It was briefly reformed in the Colorado Army National Guard postwar.
The unit's history is primarily that of the 193rd Tank Battalion which served in the Pacific theater during World War II with the 27th Infantry Division, throughout, and during the Korean war. The battalion provided amphibious assault vehicles during the Gilberts assault/Operation Galvanic for the Battle of Makin, the assault on Butaritari, known to the U.S. troops at the time as Makin Island.
Constituted 1 September 1940 in the National Guard as the 193rd Tank Battalion and partially organized by redesignation of divisional light tank companies from various states as follows;
Organization completed and battalion inducted into Federal service on 20 January 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia (Headquarters Company organized at Fort Benning from personnel of companies which had been inducted 8 January 1941 at home stations [1]
Battalion allotted, less lettered companies, to the Colorado National Guard 10 May 1946; concurrently the 983rd Field Artillery Battalion was consolidated with the 193rd Tank Battalion. The lineage of Company B was perpetuated by Alabama's 131st Tank Battalion,
Battalion reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1949 as the 193rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Battalion ordered into active federal service at Colorado Springs 3 September 1950. [1]
Battalion redesignated 1 December 1952 as the 193rd Tank Battalion. [1]
Battalion broken up 1 February 1959 and elements converted, redesignated or consolidated as follows;
World War I Streamer without inscription World War II
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, streamer embroidered 17 October 1944 to 4 July 1945 [1]
Per fess indented azure and or, in chief a fleur-de-lis argent, in base a sheathed Roman sword, point to base and a snake coiled to strike vert
The crest is that of the Colorado Army National Guard
The shield is blue and yellow in reference to early service of the 983rd Field Artillery Battalion as infantry and Cavalry. The fleur-de-lis indicates service in France during World War I while the Roman sword and snake refer to service during the war with Spain, and on the Mexican border respectively. The yellow base of the shield is representative of the plains of eastern Colorado and the indented division of the shield the mountainous portion of the state against the skyline. [1]
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry