The battalion supported the 4th Infantry Division on Utah Beach during the D-Day landings in France, and fought with the 4th Infantry Division through the remainder of World War II. In this role, it saw action in the Mediterranean and European Theater of Operations, making assault landings and fighting with the 9th Infantry Division in North Africa, and with the 1st Infantry Division in Sicily. It was constituted as the 70th Tank Battalion in July 1940, an independent tank battalion intended to provide close support to infantry units. Ĭapt.The 70th Armor Regiment is an armored (tank) unit of the United States Army. I was honoured to receive a copy of what is a small private number of these books given to friends and family. Richters son Duane that I was introduced to Gilbert.ĭuane was just a young boy when his Dad was killed and he wrote a book titled I WANT MY DAD. The location was found after much research by Gilbert ( Gendarme ) and confirmed by others in that room at the time on 9th jan 1945 who survived. The memorial was unveiled on April 20th ( Capt. all linked by our interest in the Battle of the Bulge. Little did I know this chance meeting was to lead to the start of some good friendships with a local Gendarme and a couple of US Veterans from later conflicts. I was able to explain where it was and off they went to take a look around. When we met he was standing in front of a map trying to find a small village called Nothum. I met his son back in 1995, he had come to the area to try and find out what had happened to his Dad and where. Some years later parts of a nebelwerfer shell were found under the lawn. Richter was killed by a nebelwerfer shell fragment inside the room just to the left of his memorial.
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