Later Service
The battalion was inactivated on 14 November 1945, becoming a reserve unit of the Pennsylvania National Guard. In May 1946 it was redesignated as the 628th Tank Battalion, under which title it saw service in Europe for three years during the 1950s. In 1959 it joined with elements of the 110th Infantry Regiment and the 108th and 166th Field Artillery Battalions to form the 103rd Armor Regiment, a parent regiment in the Combat Arms Regimental System.
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