Task Force Davisson-Al Alvarez, 1st ID

“TASK  FORCE  DAVISSON”

“Recon, you find ’em; engineers, you fix..:.em ; tanks , you fight ’em; and TD’s, you finish -em!”  With  these  emphatic ,  but crystal  clear  adjurations ,  LTC  Henry  L.  Davisson set the tempo for  his task force  subordinate commanders .  It was  16 December  1944, and the  yet-to-be-named  “Ardennes  Offensive”  had exploded.    This  Kraut’s  massive tank penetration now was creating this northern shoulder of what was to be its acquired sobriquet , “The Battle of the Bulge”.
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