The rest reorganized, moved off the road, and amid heavy fire from artillery, anti-tank and small arms, focused on enemy armor. One destroyer was disabled on a minefield. At 0955 ‘B’ Company sped into the valley floor between hills, immediately drawing fire. Battalion, ‘B’ Company was ordered into the pass immediately, without waiting for ‘C’ Company. Following a meeting between Colonel Tinscher, his S-3 Captain Joseph Morrison and the CO of the 601st T.D. Captain Kirk Adam’s ‘B’ Company was in the lead and reached El Guettar just as Stukas worked over the area. Leaving behind ‘A’ Company in reserve, the 899th moved out at 0845 hours in a full-throttle dash to meet the Germans. Tinscher’s 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, equipped with the new M10s, was ordered to support the hard-pressed 601st. Overview: As soon as the movements of the enemy 10th Panzer Division were recognized as a major counter-attack Lieutenant Colonel Maxwell A.
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