Inside B Company's Shermans in Battle

After the fall of France in June 1940, the U.S. Army embarked on a program to establish a new armored force. One of the units formed was the 756th Tank Battalion (Light). While companies A and C took part in Operation Torch, B joined the battalion two months later in North Africa. In December 1943, the battalion was ordered to upgrade to a medium tank (Sherman) unit. Given less than a month to reorganize and train, the battalion was sent into Italy's Mignano Gap.