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  No single website can hope to cover all aspects of the Division's 50-year history. In that light, below is a comprehensive list of other sites and various additional sources. Suggestions for new postings on this page are welcome: Webmaster.

Prime 3AD Related Websites:
3rd Armored Division History Foundation - site you are now on
Association of 3d Armored Division Veterans - all-era group
3rd Armored Division Association Archives - Univ. of Illinois
3AD WWII Site by Charles Corbin - needs updating but still useful
Wikipedia - Encyclopedia - a generally first-rate, very abridged 3AD
tutorial, including eight photos from 3AD.com

Purchase 3AD patches, caps and other items:
PriorService.Com - Store recommended by 3AD.com staff

3AD Unit Websites (Public):
1st Battalion, 33rd Armor - All Era
13th Congoleese, 3rd Bn, 33rd Armor - Cold War
486th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion - WWII
991st Field Artillery Battalion - WWII
143rd Signal Battalion - All Era
The Tanker - 2nd Bn, 32nd Armor related

Div. PIO, 503rd Admin Co, Drake Kaserne - 1965-68
1sr Battalion, 33rd Armor Yahoo Group
D Co, 122nd Maintenance Bn, The Rock  
NEW

3AD Unit Websites (Private):
Page of Listings

3AD WWII Re-enactor Groups:
32nd AR, 36th AIR, & 83rd Recon Bn - Georgia
36th Armored Infantry Regiment - Southeastern U.S.
36th Armored Infantry Regiment - Oregon
"Tanks in Town" - Mons, Belgium - includes 3AD
3AD Stuart Tank "Fish & Chips" - Belgium
(Please inform us of other groups: Webmaster.)

WWII Inf. Div. Teammates:
Two special divisions often working
closely with the 3AD during 1944-45:
1st Infantry Division - "Big Red One"
104th Infantry Division - "Timberwolves"

Video's:
"Rolling Thunder" - The 3AD 1941-92
"Stormin Norman & the Abrams Tank" - Gulf War
"Dangerous Missions - Tank Crews" - WWII
"The Tanks Are Coming" - WWII / Hollywood
"G.I. Blues" - Cold War / Hollywood / Elvis Presley

3AD Book Lists:
List #1 - 3AD as primary subject
List #2 - 3AD as significant mention

Cold War Bibliographies:
U.S. Forces in Germany 1945-1992
Competing NATO/Soviet Strategies
The Cold War Victory & Aftermath

Recommended Websites
of Varied Interest:
U.S. Army in Germany.com - covers 1945-1989
U.S. Army, Europe - the current USAREUR
V Corps, Heidelberg - the current V Corps
U.S. Army Main Site - Washington, DC
National Archives: Veterans & Their Families

Library of Congress - Veterans History Project
Battle of the Bulge - Research & Info - CRIBA
National Museum of the U.S. Army
- in 2013
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Association of the United States Army
National World War II Memorial
National Military Personnel Records Center

American Battle Monuments Commission
U.S. Army, VII Corps, History 1944-45

The Patton Museum, Ft. Knox, KY
Bovington Tank Museum - England
US Army Infantry Home Page
Army Technology (the Defense Industry)
In-Honored-Glory Website - includes 3AD
The U.S. Army War College
Army Institute of Heraldry
The Army Times (National Newspaper)

Stars & Stripes (Europe & Pacific)
Jody Harmon Military Art

Veterans Alliance Service Center
GI Bill Website (Your Benefits & Rights)
Europe Defense Vets of America

The Cold War Museum
Cold War Veterans Association
Military World.com

Military History Books & Videos

Army Armored Divisions:
Listed below are the sixteen U.S. Army armored divisions
that have existed in history and their current websites, not
including National Guard or Reserves:

1st AD   "Old Ironsides"
2nd AD   "Hell on Wheels"
3rd AD   "Spearhead"
4th AD   no nickname ("by deeds alone")
5th AD   "Victory"
6th AD   "Super Sixth"
7th AD   "Lucky Seventh"
8th AD   "Thundering Herd"
9th AD   "Phantom" - no website
10th AD   "Tiger Division"
11th AD   "Thunderbolts"
12th AD   "Hellcats"
13th AD   "Blackcat" - no website
14th AD   "Liberators"
16th AD   no nickname & no website
20th AD   "Armoraiders"

NOTE: Today (in 2007) only one U.S. armored division is on active service - the 1st Armored Division, headquartered in Germany and whose website is fully funded and maintained by the Army. All other sites above are privately funded and maintained by division veterans, their families and/or volunteer historians.


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