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Company B of the 753rd supported the 82nd Airborne Division attacking the Vittoria area and repelled a heavy enemy counterattack late on the 11th. On 11 July the remainder of battalion landed on Blue Beach. Company C supported the 157th Infantry against Italian armor in heavy action seizing Comiso and the airport. On 10 July 1943, Company C of the 753rd landed on Blue Beach near Santa Croce Camerina, east of Gela. At times the battalion was under the operational control of II Corps (US).

The unit also supported the 1st Infantry Division's 16th, 18th and 26th infantry, the 3rd Infantry Division's 7th and 30th infantry, elements of the 82nd Airborne Division, and a task force formed around the 70th Tank Battalion. Tanks were deployed as companies, platoons and sections in support of the 45th Infantry Division's 157th, 179th and 180th infantry regiments.

Sicily – Operation Husky – 10 May – 28 August 1943ĭuring the 39-day campaign on Sicily, the 753rd Tank Battalion never fought as an entire tank battalion.

The battalion was to support landings by the 45th ID II US Corp 7th Army (Lt Gen George S Patton's command) in Operation Husky for invasion of Sicily. From 5 to 7 July, the 753rd loaded on LSTs. The 753rd saw no combat, and instead spent six weeks in maintenance and training. By May 1943 the fighting in North Africa was all but over. On, the 753rd landed at several locations east of Oran and consolidated near the port city of Arzew, Algeria. The unit made a long 33-day trip on five LSTs. Two months training followed focusing on gunning and small unit operations.ĭuring April 1943, the 753rd was posted to Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia for their deployment with the 45th Infantry Division overseas. Battalion received first M4A1 medium tanks. The Battalion was posted to Camp Pickett during January 1943 attached 45th Infantry Division. Unit posted Camp Hood, Texas April 1942 for eight months general training in tank only operations. Later in 1941 and early in 1942, Battalion received M3 medium tanks and other current vehicles and equipment. Equipment and vehicles used to fill out units varied allowing training to begin. Battalion assigned General Headquarters US Army Reserve. The unit transferred Camp Polk, Louisiana later that month.

United States Training Cycle June 1941 – April 1943ħ53rd Tank Battalion activated 1 June 1941 in Fort Benning, Georgia.

The red and blue hourglass shape is an adaptation of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 7th Division with which the 77th Armor served in Korea through six campaigns, twice receiving the Korean Presidential Unit Citation. Crossed lances denote the grand courage and aggressive spirit displayed by the men of this regiment throughout its many campaigns.

Two awards of the French Croix de Guerre, with Palm, are identified by the surrounding branches of laurel, while a third award with silver gilt star is marked by the star on the fleur-de-lis which refers to an assault landing in Southern France. The eruption of flames refers to the unit's subsequent participation in thirteen campaigns throughout Italy, France, Germany, and finally Korea. Crest: The volcano is an allusion to Mount Etna, the most distinctive feature of the island of Sicily, where the 77th Armor landed to begin its arduous World War II campaign history.Unlike the man-eating lion, which only attacks man in its dotage, the ferocious tiger attacks at all ages and at any time the battle-axe symbolizes the offensive mission of a tank battalion. Shield: The carnivorous tiger is symbolic of the "enemy devouring" qualities of the organization.Motto: INSISTE FIRMITER (To Stand Firm).Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and azure in front of a wreath of laurel proper and below two lances in saltire of the first a volcano sable inflamed overall proper and charged in base with an hourglass divided per fess gules and of the second and fimbriated of the first, above the flames a blue fleur-de-lis charged with a gold mullet.Shield: azure, on a mount a tiger sejant argent, armed and langued gules, supporting a battle-axe in pale of the second, embrued of the third.Symbolism: The carnivorous tiger is symbolic of the "enemy devouring" qualities of the organization.Description: A silver color metal and enamel device 1 + 1⁄ 8 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of the shield and motto of the coat of arms.2.5 Commanders of the 753rd, Co A 77th Tank Bn, 77th Armor Regiment.