Task Force Hogan
What was Task Force Hogan?
A reinforced medium tank battalion with 3rd Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment at its core. Commanded by the youngest Lieutenant Colonel in the Army, Samuel M. Hogan, 28 years old at the time, it fought from Normandy to the Elbe as part of the vaunted 3rd “Spearhead” Armored Division.
What was the crew composition and positions inside of each Sherman tank?
What were some of Task Force Hogan’s accomplishments?
Only tank battalion in the path of BOTH major German offensives in the West (Operations Luttich and Watch on the Rhine)
Cut off and surrounded-fought their way out of both encirclements
Participated in closing all three of the major “pockets” Falaise, Mons and the Ruhr, trapping close to 500K enemy soldiers
First unit (3rd Armored Division) to cross into Germany in wartime since Napoleon
First unit to capture a major German city (Aachen)
First use of flamethrowers for urban combat in the European theater
Longest single-day advance against enemy resistance in history (90 miles)
Who was Samuel M Hogan?
What became of the men of Task Force Hogan after the war?
What units were attached to Task Force Hogan during the war?
