1 Reply Latest reply on Sep 13, 2019 7:37 AM by Sylvia Naylor

Seeking 20th Armored Division Documentation as Liberating Unit of Dachau

Leonard Cizewski Aug 29, 2019 7:56 AM

We were referred to the National Archives by the U.S. Army's Center for Military History.

The families of the 20th Armored Division wish to obtain the documents that were used to recognize the 20th Armored Division as one of the three liberating units of Dachau. Attached is a document we obtained from the Center for Military History. This document appears to be attached to many other pages. Those may be the documents we are seeking. If you need, I will send to you the two emails we have received from the Center for Military History referring us to you. http://www.ibiblio.org/45wwiiresources/dachau/Letter_20th.pdf

Yours,
Leonard H. Cizewski

Re: Seeking 20th Armored Division Documentation as Liberating Unit of Dachau

Sylvia Naylor Sep 13, 2019 7:37 AM (in response to Leonard Cizewski)

Dear Mr. Cizewski,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office (Record Group 407) and located after action reports and supporting documents for 23-30 April 1945 & 1-10 May 1945 of the 27th Tank Battalion, 20th Armored Division. The 27th was temporarily attached to the 42nd Infantry Division from 24 April to 10 May 1945. For access to and/or copies of these records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

We hope this information is helpful. Best of luck with your research!
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