Landships II

I can't remember seeing this before. Pic below is from here: https://www.facebook.com/wot.go.vn/posts/275460309242565

Caption translates as "Tanks M1917 66th Infantry Division, September 1940". Does that make sense?

Had a response from Don Boose (thanks Don):

"The66 superimposed on crossed muskets with the letter I underneath indicate that the tanks belonged to I Company, 66^th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks).

This is a historic outfit, and the oldest tank unit in the U.S. Army. Its lineage derives from two units, the Headquarters and Headquarters Companies (HHC) of the 1^st and 2^nd Provisional Brigades, U.S. Tank Corps, organized in France in August 1918.

After the war, these two units were re-designated as HHC, 304^th and 305^th Tank Brigades at Camp Meade, Maryland.

On 22 June 1921, they were consolidated into one unit, HHC, 1^st Tank Group, which was re-designated as HHC, 1^st Tank Regiment, on 1 September 1929.

On 25 October 1932, the unit was re-designated as the 66^th Infantry Regiment (Light Tanks) and became the 66^th Armored Regiment upon the establishment of the Armored Force in July 1940.

In early 1940 (I am not sure of the date), the 66^th Infantry (Light Tanks) was moved to Fort Benning, Georgia, and brigaded with the 67^th and 68^th Infantry (Light Tanks) as the Provisional Tank Brigade.

On 10 July 1940, the Armored Force was established, and on 15 July 1940 the unit was re-designated as the 66^th Armored Regiment, a part of the 2^ndArmored Division, with which it fought during World War II."

U.S. Army Center of Military History, 66^th Armor Lineage, available at http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/ar/066ar.htm

Regards,

Charlie