Order of Withdrawall of 7th Armd Div West of Salm River
(The following order, published subsequent to Operations Instructions, Hq 7th Armd Div, 230015A Dec 44 (Annex 3) was the final withdrawal order for the 7th Armored Division and attached units)
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21 DECEMBER 1944
Combat Command B – Retires from St Vith
At 210400 December 1944, outposts of CCB/7AD reported indication that a German tank and infantry attack was massing in the vicinity of Nieder Emmels. Continued noise of movement was heard in Nieder Emmels and Ober Emmels during the remainder of the early morning.
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After Action Report
7th Armored Division
Period : 1st December 1944 -31st December, 1944
Area : St-Vith & Vicinity
Country : Belgium
Revised & Corrected : Gunter G. Gillot Jr
The 7th AD was activated on March 1 1942, reorganized on Sept 20 1943 and arrived in the United Kingdom in Jun 1944. The division landed on Omaha and Utah Beaches, on Aug 13-14 1944, and was assigned to Third (3rd) US Army.
The 7th AD drove through Nogent le Rotrou in an attack on Chartres which fell Aug 18. From Chartres, the Division advanced to liberate Dreux, then Melun, where they crossed the Seine River, on Aug 24.
The 7th AD then pushed on to bypass Reims and liberate Chateau-Thierry and Verdun, Aug 31, then halted briefly for refueling until Sept 6, when it drove toward to the Moselle and made a crossing near Dornot. This crossing had to be withdrawn in the face of the heavy fortifications around Metz.
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