Army - 758th Tank Battalion, "Tuskers", with Tank, Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, World War II with European Theater Service Ribbons - T-Shirts - Classic 17th field artillery regiment 71st Artillery

71st Artillery

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Army - 758th Tank Battalion, "Tuskers", with Tank, Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, World War II with European Theater Service Ribbons - T-Shirts - Classic 17th field artillery regiment 71st ArtilleryWear the Story of the Tuskers In 1941, the U. S. Army activated the 758th Tank Battalion the first all African American armored unit in U. S. military history. These soldiers didn't just break barriers; they broke through the Gothic Line, the Germans' last major defensive fortification of the Italian Campaign, fighting across the Po Valley and deep into the Apennine Mountains by December 1944. Their courage was unmatched. Their legacy is permanent.