Word: 3rd
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...appreciate deeply your story on the 3rd Armored's General Abrams [Oct. 13]. I had the privilege of being part of his personal tank crew as driver during World War II. If or whenever (I pray never) the Russians attack the general's sector in Germany, you can bet he will be in on the counterattack but from the turret of his tank, which I presume he has named "Thunderbolt," with clouds painted on the sides and streaks of lightning in the clouds. Those of us who served with and under him knew long ago that he would...
Congratulations on your article on the often unsung U.S. Army in Europe as typified by the 3rd Armored Division and their really first-class commander, C. W. Abrams...
...Blue" attacking force of the 3rd Battle Group of the 6th Infantry Division scored in a sneak amphibious attack on the defending "Reds" of the 2nd Battle Group when they maneuvered three miles up the Havel River, hit the Reds from the rear. Next day, the Reds counterattacked with a massive firecracker barrage simulating an air and artillery offensive witnessed by General Lucius D. Clay, President Kennedy's representative in Berlin. Said Clay: "This was a well-laid maneuver. Everyone took it seriously...
...Razor's Edge. But the Seventh Army must also be prepared to fight with conventional weapons, and no one knows it better than the 3rd Armored's General Abrams. "We're combat-ready in 'atomics,' " he says, "but a lot of things could happen without having to use them. If I thought only in terms of 'atomics,' and I couldn't use them for ten days or so, then, by God, I couldn't get the job done right...
...done right, with whatever it takes, General Abrams is honing his 3rd Armored to a razor's edge. Each man spends some 135 days a year on field maneuvers. The division's tanks and combat vehicles are kept stocked with a full supply of ammunition. Since taking command of the division a year ago, Abrams has weeded out some 200 officers and men who did not shape up to his standards. Abrams tries every day to get away from the paperwork at his headquarters in Frankfurt, climb aboard his personal Bell helicopter and whirl off to inspect everyone...