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The 10th Armored Division played a major role in helping the battle of the Bulge

Giving American a foothold in German controlled territories

April 27th 1945 Liberated one of the sub camps of Dachau Concentration Camp

Captured 650 towns from German rule

Took 43,000 prisoners captive

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Tiger Division

They were designed to be aggressive  and sneaky in how they patrolled. Earning the name Tiger division

The Nickname was found during the divisions training. They were so ruthless they looked like tigers clawing away

"The 'Tiger' nickname of the 10th originates from a division-wide contest held while it was training in the United States, symbolizing the division 'clawing and mauling'its way through the enemy."

Slogan was "Terrify and destroy"

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"Several units of the 10th Armored Division received the Presidential Unit Citation for their defense of Bastogne. The 10th Armored Division arrived at Bastogne on 18 Dec ember 1944, and defended the city and points east for more than 24 hours before the 101st Airborne Division arrived."

The work of the division was recongnized with a Presidential Unit Citation

Tiger division received 5 distinguished unit awards among many individual awards:

Distinguished Cross Award = 19 awarded

Distinguished Service Medal =1 awarded

Silver Star = 412 awarded

Legion Merit = 20 awarded

Distinguished Flying Cross =2 awarded

Soldier's Medal = 25 awarded

Bronze Star Medal =2,578 awarded

Air Medal = 29 awarded

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The 10th armored division was originally under the control of General  George S. Patton in the Third United States Army.

The tiger division's Commanding General was William H. Morris Jr.

He served as the CG

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10th Armored Division: Tigers on the Loose (1) (1965) US Army; The Big Picture TV-659; Lorne Greene

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Founded July 15th 1944

Reached the port Cherbourg on September 23 1944

Left Teurtheville Oct 25th with only a month of training and went to battle

Mid-November the division went on the offensive  and headed north of the Metz

December 17th 1944 the division was order to head towards Bastonge

The Division covered 75 miles in one day to reach The Bulge

20, February, 1945 they began clearing the Saar-Moselle triangle

28, March they captured Oehringen and Heilbronn, crossed the Rems and Fils Rivers, and reached Kirchheim,

The Division crossed the Danube, 23-25 April, and took Oberammergau.

Reached the famed "Redoubt," and had reached Innsbruck by the time war ended in Europe

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The three colors in the insignia represent artillery (red), infantry (blue), and cavalry (yellow).

The symbols represent the characteristics of the 10th Armored Division.

The tank track represents armor and mobility.

The cannon represents the division's firepower.

The red bolt of lightning represents shock action.

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The division was a national division. It was comprised of soldiers from all over the United States.

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In the show Band of Brothers, a 10th armored division officer is played by Jimmy Fallon. He can be seen giving ammunition and supplies to Easy Company during the battle of the bulge.

The 10th Armored division arrived at the battle of the bulge 8 hours before the 101st airborne.