Men of Armor

If you are truly seeking to understand what day-to-day life was like inside a U.S. Army tank battalion during the Second World War then this is definitely a book you should consider picking up. -- Globe at War Danby introduces and develops an extensive cast of personalities, average American soldiers, as they experience combat and the quiet periods in-between, and gives the reader precious insight in to why this unit was so combat proficient. He gives a good overview of the development of the U.S. Army's armored force at the beginning of the war, setting the stage for B Company and its men as they move from peace to war. Jeff has written another great story which I recommend to everyone interested in WWII and especially tank units in that war. --LTC Timothy R. Stoy, Retired U.S. Army Infantry and Foreign Affairs Officer It is very rare to find a book that takes the reader down to the close and personal level of a company of men in battle. We have seen that for paratroopers in Band of Brothers and now we have it for a tank unit, in this case Company B of the 756th Tank Battalion. And what a remarkable book it is. --Jeffrey Plowman, author of Rampant Dragons: New Zealander's Experience in Armour in World War II, Tank Attack at Monte Cassino: The Cavendish Road Operation 1944 and The Battles for Cassino Then and Now with P. Rowe. Jeff brings all his considerable skills to this unique Battalion level history. No lead is left unfollowed and this adds not only to the legitimacy of his work but also tells the personal story of these valiant men. Notes, letters, official documents are all used to great effect and allow the reader to gain those personal insights of men in conflict. It may be the best US armored unit history ever put together so long after the conflict. --Victor Failmezger, author of American Knights, the Untold Story of the Legendary 601th Tank Destroyer Battalion Jeff Danby weaves an empathetic tale of people in his history of Company B, 756th Tank Battalion. From the very start, he frames portentous global events in terms of how the young men who would fight the war would have seen them. Danby's prose is punchy, visually evocative, and entertaining. --Harry Yeide, author of The Tank Killers, The Infantry's Armor, and Steeds of Steel The author thoroughly researched the unit records and had contact with many of the battalion veterans or their families. He found further information in Graves Registration files and the National Archives' CARL digital collection. With its focus on tank crew members and their commanders this is a unique addition to the literature on WWII. --A. Harding Ganz, Associate Professor Emeritus of the Ohio State University at Newark, author of Ghost Division (Stackpole, 2016).