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Samuel Hogan
3rd Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment (United States) Samuel Mason Hogan (November 9, 1915 – May 3, 2005) was a career United States Army officer, serving from 1938 to 1968. In World War II Hogan would serve as commander of the 3rd Armored Division's 3rd Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment also known as Task Force Hogan. At 28 years old, he was purportedly the youngest American tank battalion commander during WWII and would rise to Colonel (United States), colonel during his service. Early life Samuel Mason Hogan was born to parents Dodge Causey and Mary Adeline Hogan in Corsicana, Texas, Corsicana, Texas, on November 9, 1915. Descended from Scots Irish pioneers, soldiers and frontier lawmen, he grew up riding horses, hunting, and fishing in the Rio Grand Valley. Hogan attended the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High. He graduated as valedictorian and then attended one year at Pan-American University, now University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. His mother en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment (United States)
3rd Battalion of the 33rd Armor Regiment, 33rd Armored Regiment of the 3rd Armored Division (United States), 3rd Armored Division, was a tank battalion in the United States Army. During World War II they fought in most of the major battles in the European Theater of Operations. The battalion found itself in the path of both major German counteroffensives in the West: Operation Luttich and Battle of the Bulge, Operation Watch on the Rhine, known as the Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes offensive. Cut off and surrounded in both battles, they fought their way out to rejoin friendly lines and continue the fight. 3/33 AR was also one of a select few units to have participated in closing all three of the major envelopments or pockets in the ETO: Falaise, Mons and the Ruhr-helping capture almost half a million enemy troops in total. As an attached unit to 1st Infantry Division, they were the first to capture a major German city (Aachen), the first to use flamethrowers in urban combat and, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
