7th Tank Battalion
RA
(3d
Armored Division)
Lineage
and Honors
7th Tank Battalion Constituted 13 January 1941 in the
Regular Army as 2d Battalion, 2d Armored Regiment
(Light) and assigned to the 3d Armored Division
Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana
Redesignated 8 May 1941 as 2d Battalion, 32d Armored
Regiment Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany
Elements, together with elements of 3d Battalion, 33d
Armored Regiment consolidated and redesignated as the
7th Tank Battalion, 15 July 1947 Assigned to the 3d
Armored Division and activated at Fort Knox, Kentucky,
15 July 1947 Redesignated 30 July 1948 as the 7th Medium
Tank Battalion Redesignated 15 March 1955 as the 7th
Tank Battalion Relieved from the 3d Armored Division and
inactivated in Germany 1 October 1957 Consolidated 1
December 1957 with the 32d Armor, a parent regiment
under the Combat Arms Regimental System.
CAMPAIGN
Participation
Credit
WORLD WAR II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer
embroidered SIEGFRIED LINE (2d Bn, 32d Armored Regt
cited for the period 11-13 Sept 1944; WD GO 54, 1945)
Belgian Fourragere 1940 (32d and 33d Armored Regts
cited; DA GO 43, 1950)
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army
for action in BELGIUM (32d and 33d Armored Regts
cited for period 3-13 Sept 1944; DA GO 43, 1950)
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army
for action in the ARDENNES (32d and 33d Armored
Regts for period 20 Dec 1944 - 31 Jan 1945; DA GO
43, 1950)
Coat
of Arms
SHIELD:
Or a bend wavy vert,
charged with a key with a fleur-de-lis bow of the first.
CREST:
None.
MOTTO:
Les Hommes de Victoire
(The Men of Victory)
Distinctive
Insignia
The insignia is the shield and
motto of the coat of arms. The sample of the
insignia was approved 2 February 1954.
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