1973 Photograph Album of the 1st Battalion 70th Armor "Change of Command".
Unknown: N/A, 1973.
Photograph Album. Photograph Album. Approx. 11.75" x 9.5". Metal ring binder with orange burlap cloth covered boards. Pasted down yellow and black insignia of the 1st Battalion 70th Armor on the front cover and also located on the first page in the album.
Album consists of 41 black and white photographs and one color picture of the "Headquarters" sign. Photographs range in size with the majority of them measuring approximately 7" x 5". Pictures have typed and written, cut, and pasted down short descriptions. Photographs include pictures of Army personnel, training exercises, marching, and casual soldier interactions. Inscription written inside the front cover reads "To the best Battalion Commander that we have served under. [Signed] C & M Griegs, S P 4 Rogers, and P F C Weber." On the rear paste down are two pictures showing a tank formation and the other titled "Striker Six Gives Up Command."
The 70th Armor Regiment was first formed in 1940 and participated in several European and North Africa battles during World War II. According to the wikipedia entry the 70th Armor Battalion (the most decorated armor unit in the United States Army) was inactivated at Fort Riley Kansas in 1970 and not reactivated until 1975 at Fort Carson, Colorado. The album compiled in 1973 shows that the unit was still active between 1970 and 1975. Very good. Item #35207
Price: $100.00