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U. S. ARMY 8TH ARMORED DIVISION (THUNDERING HERD) - The 8th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that served in the European Theater of World War II.  The nickname, the "Thundering Herd", was coined before the division went to Europe in late 1944.  It was also known as the "Iron Snake" late in the war, after a correspondent for Newsweek likened the 8th to a "great ironclad snake" as it crossed the Rhine River in late March 1945. The division is also sometimes referred to as Tornado – its wartime tactical call sign.

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