741st Tank Battalion (United States)
The 741st Tank Battalion was an independent tank battalion that participated in the European Theater of Operations with the United States Army in World War II. The battalion participated in combat operations throughout northern Europe until V-E Day. It was one of five tank battalions (all independent) which landed in Normandy on D-Day (6 June 1944). Although it landed on Omaha Beach supporting the 1st Infantry Division, it operated primarily in support of the 2nd Infantry Division for the reminder of the war.
The battalion was inactivated in October 1945, and briefly reactivated in 1949 as a reserve unit assigned to the 96th Infantry Division. It was withdrawn from the 96th Infantry Division and inactivated in 1952.
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