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Into the Breach: The Life and Times Of the 740th Tank Battalion In World War II
by Paul L. Pearson
301 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-1534; ISBN 1-4251-3836-5; US$27.00, C$31.05, EUR21.05, £13.96
Code named Daredevil, the 740th routed Hitler's crack SS Panzer Division in the ice and snow of the Belgian Ardennes, then were twice called to breach Germany's famed Siegfried Line.
About the Book
December, 1944. When the Daredevil Tankers of the 740th Tank Battalion moved into the breach against Kampfgruppe Peiper in the ice and snow of the Belgian Ardennes, the ferociousness of their attack sent the elite panzers of Hitler's 1st SS Panzer Division reeling. In bastard tanks pieced together from the scrapheap only the night before, the 740th plunged awkwardly into the war, spearheading lead elements of the 30th "Old Hickory" Division. It was the first good news to come out of the Battle of the Bulge.
Code named "Daredevil," the 740th tankers rumbled on to crack the famed Siegfried Line twice - in the north with the 82nd Airborne Division and in the south with the 63rd Infantry in some of the most bitter fighting of the war.
After blazing a trail through the Ruhr Pocket with the 8th Infantry Division, the tankers were soon back with the 82nd Airborne under heavy fire at the Elbe River. At the last, they led the incredible race to the Baltic Sea with the 8th Infantry on the backs of their tanks, linking up with the British and the Russians.
Into the Breach portrays the spirit and sacrifices on the home front as well as offering glimpses of the towering figures of Eisenhower, FDR, Churchill, Stalin, and Hitler. And you will never forget the personal stories of the tankers themselves as they reveal it all to you in this exciting, true-to-life story of the Daredevil Tankers in World War II.
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About the Author
Paul Pearson grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas, when hamburgers were six for a quarter; and modern America was just beginning to make its debut. He was a member of the 740th Tank Battalion from its inception in Fort Knox, Kentucky, in 1943, until linking up with the Russians on the Baltic Sea at the end of the war in Europe and the ultimate occupation of Germany in 1945. He was a Buck Sergeant tank commander and was awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. Other citations include the Presidential Unit Citation, the Belgian Croix de Guerre, the World War II Victory Medal, and various campaign medals with bronze service stars.
After the war, he became a YMCA youth worker and camp executive, then a teacher, principal, and director in the Fort Worth Public Schools. Although born and bred a Texan, he never was a cowboy. He now lives and writes in Benbrook, Texas, with the girl who waited for him to come home from the war, those many years ago, still at his side.
