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American Knights
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This book is dedicated to the more than 1,800 officers and men
who passed through the 601st during its short four-year history.
May the Tank Destroyer motto endure:
Seek, Strike, Destroy
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AMERICAN
KNIGHTS
THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE MEN OF THE LEGENDARY
601ST TANK DESTROYER BATTALION
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Acknowledgments
Introduction by LTC Tim Stoy, US Army (Retired)
Foreword by COL Lars Larson, US Army (Retired)
Prologue
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Chapter 1: Seek, Strike and Destroy
Chapter 2: North Africa
Chapter 3: Vindication in North Africa
Chapter 4: Italian mud!
Chapter 5: Stalemate at Cassino
Chapter 6: Anzio: “Easy at first but tough as hell now”
Chapter 7: Push them back into the sea
Chapter 8: World War I all over again
Chapter 9: Breakout for Rome
Chapter 10: Here we go again: Training for the
forgotten D-Day
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