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United States Army 20th Armored Division (Armoraiders/Liberators)
U. S. ARMY 20TH ARMORED DIVISION (ARMORAIDERS/LIBERATORS) - The 20th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that fought in World War II. It was activated on March 15, 1943 at Camp Campbell in Kentucky. The division has no real nickname although it did associate itself with the nickname "Armoraiders" while in training at Camp Campbell. After certification as a liberating division by the Center of Military History on October 28, 1988, and the awarding of a Liberation Certificate by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, veterans of the division adopted the name Liberators as a division motto.
Actual arrival of the 20th Armored Division into combat occurred April 4-9, 1945. The division's armored field artillery battalions (the 412th, 413th, and 414th), with elements of the 33rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, moved up to the west bank of the Rhine River to support the 101st Airborne Division near Delhoven, Germany, and the 82nd Airborne Division across the river from Hitdorf, Germany. It was the 412th that supported the 82nd in their attack on Hitdorf that resulted in the awarding of a Distinguished Unit Citation.
Peanuts creator, Charles Schulz, rose to the rank of staff sergeant while a member of the division. While Schulz's unit was nearby, it did not actually enter Dachau. Richard Nixon's future Vice President, Spiro Agnew, attained the rank of 1st lieutenant while with the 20th Armored Division's 480th Armored Infantry Regiment (prior to reorganization to light armored division TO&E).
Casualties
- Total battle casualties: 186
- Killed in action: 46
- Wounded in action: 134
- Missing in action: 1
- Prisoner of war: 5
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