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When the fighting ended on November 11, 1918, the AEF Tank Corps and the units in the United States had about 20,000 men. The AEF Tank Corps was removed after 11 November 1918, armistice and remaining tank corps personnel transferred to the
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tanks they were equipped with found the going hard and many were lost or ran out of fuel crossing the battlefield – the Germans, forewarned, had largely retreated from the salient. The tanks then took part in the
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on 26 September. Major Brett assumed command of the 304th after Patton was injured on 26 September, the first day of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive near Cheppy, France.
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tanks was changed to 20 battalions of 77 light tanks each and 10 battalions of 45 heavy tanks each. A total of eight heavy battalions (the
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to 308th) and 21 light battalions (the 326th to 346th) were raised, but only four (the 301st, 331st, 344th and 345th) saw combat.
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301st Tank Battalion going into action with Mark Vs at Saint-Souplet, France in October 1918 (Selle battle)
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in 1920. Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 304th Tank Brigade, Tank Corps, were transferred to
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During the war, two members of the Tank Corps (both from the 344th Battalion) were awarded the
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The American Expeditionary Forces Tank Corps in World War I: From Creation to Combat
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Tank warfare branch of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I
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The United States in the First World War: An Encyclopedia p. 726
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Men and tanks of the 326th Battalion, Tank Corps move forward,
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Army units and formations of the United States in World War I
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A 1917 Tank Corps recruitment poster, illustrated by
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1920
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Index

Tank Corps of the American Expeditionary Force
Tank Corps, National Army

George S. Patton
Renault tank
United States
United States Army
American Expeditionary Forces
Samuel Rockenbach
mechanized
tank warfare
American Expeditionary Forces
Western Front
World War I
World War I-era poster shows a black cat with outstretched claws soaring over the tanks below. Poster urges Americans to join the United States Tank Corps. Artist: August William Hutaf, ca. 1917–1919.
August William Hutaf
Samuel D. Rockenbach
Renault FT
Mark VI
301st
George S. Patton
Bourg
Camp Meade
Maryland
Bovington Camp
Combat history of the 301st Heavy Tank Battalion

Sereno E. Brett
Battle of Saint-Mihiel
US IV Corps

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