🇺🇲WWII uncovered: Legends of WWII: Lieutenant Colonel Creighton Abrams.

🇺🇲WWII uncovered: Legends of WWII: Lieutenant Colonel Creighton Abrams

Lieutenant Colonel Creighton Abrams, commanding the 37th Tank Batallion, arrives in Bastogne on December 26th for a head-to-head fight with the Panzer forces. Frequently the spearhead of the Third Army during World War II, Abrams was one of the leaders in the relief effort that broke up the German entrenchments surrounding Bastogne and the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge.

Leading the 37th Tank Battalion from the front, Abrams and the crew of his own M4 Sherman tank, Thunderbolt VI, are estimated to have destroyed about 50 German armored fighting vehicles. Abrams wore out numerous tanks – all named Thunderbolt – during the war, but he never had one shot out from under him. Once called the world champion of tank commanders by General Patton - Creighton Williams Abrams served through the Vietnam War.

General Creighton Abrams had three sons and three daughters. All of his sons served in the Army with the distinction of General.

General Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. passed away on September 4, 1974 at the age of 59. He lies in rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Lest We Forget

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