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What is the history of the 807th tank destroyer battalion?
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion 1st Infantry Division Provisional Antitank Battalion converted to 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion on 15 December 1941. Company C of the original battalion consisted mainly of Battery D, 5th Field Artillery, the only Army unit with a continuous history from the Revolutionary War. Arrived at Gourock, Scotland, on 9 April 1942. Reconnaissance Company landed at Oran, Algeria, on 8 November as part of Operation Torch, and rest of battalion arrived in December. Fought in Battle of Kasserine Pass in February 1943 and at El Guettar in March. Converted to the M10 at end of North Africa campaign. Participated in invasion landings at Salerno, Italy, on 9 September. Made third D-day assault at Anzio on 22 January 1944 and entered Rome in June. Conducted fourth assault landing in southern France on 15 August. Advanced to German border in the Vosges region. Participated in reduction of Colmar Pocket in February 1945, then converted to the M36. Battled along the Siegfried Line until crossing the Rhine on 22 March. Helped capture Nürnberg in April and ended the war occupying Hitler's retreat at Berchtesgaden in Bavaria. Attached to: 1st Armored Division; 1st, 3d, 9th, 34th, 36th, 45th, 103d Infantry divisions.
What is the significance of 601 in The Andromeda Strain?
This is probably an interesting reference to a passage in the Bible. Since the message is assumed to be a generic memory overload output message, the scientists, notably Dr. Stone, dismiss the result of the growth model as a computer anomaly. However, as the movie ends, the viewers are shown the growth simulation model again, at greater magnification than had been previously seen. It results in the same output message, "601". If we look at either Genesis Chapter Six, or Revelations Chapter Six, we get passages that speak very clearly about an apocalyptic type scenario arising from the evil that humans have cultivated within themselves. I encourage you to check out those particular Bible passages and post feedback as to whether you agree and/or disagree. I believe it relates to the 1202 alarm that occurred when Apollo 11 was descending to the lunar surface. Divide 1202 by 2 and see what you get.
How long was Noah on the boat?
AnswerNoah entered the ark in the 600th year of his life, on the 17th day of the 2nd month (Genesis 7:11-13). Noah left the ark on the 27th day of the 2nd month of the following year (Genesis 8:14-15). Therefore, assuming a lunar calendar of 360 days, Noah was on the ark for approximately 370 days.Noah was told to go on the ark and in 7 days it would rain. So Noah was on the ark 7 days prior to the flood adding to the 370 making it 377.Check out a simple timeline on:http://www.scribd.com/doc/23363391/How-Long-was-Noah-in-the-Ark
When was Abram from the Old Testament born?
According to the Torah and Talmud chronology, he was born 3823 years ago.Another Answer:Answers are first in 'anno mundus (yr of the world) and then converted.The Flood came in 1656 AM, in Noah's 600th year (Genesis 7:11) and ended in 1657 AM, Noah's 601st year (8:13). The figure of 427 years between the Flood and the death of Terah is based on a count that takes "two years after the Flood" (Genesis 11:10) to mean "two years after the Flood began," not "two years after the Flood ended." This is consistent with normal biblical Hebrew reckoning of events, which marks the beginning of the event, not the ending of it. Thus Terah died in 2083 AM. Again, we are told in Genesis 12:4 that Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran for Canaan, while Acts 7:4 emphasizes that this was after his father's death. The presumption is that Abram's removal to Canaan was without delay after his father's death (as Stephen's phrasing directly implies: not merely "after" but "when" Abram's father was dead). Had it been as much as a calendar year later, the Hebrew Bible would've duly noted the fact. Thus Abram was born in 2008 AM.Reading in Scripture that there were 24 years between Abram's departure from Haran at age 75 and God's covenant with him and his offspring at age 99 (Genesis 12:4; 17:1ff). This brings us to 2107 AM. A span of 430 years lies between that covenant and the giving of the Law of Moses at Sinai, bringing us to 2537 AM. Another span of 480 years brings us to the beginning of Solomon's work on the First Temple in 3017 AM, which is the same as 966 BC. Abram was born 1009 years (the difference between 2008 AM and 3017 AM) before then, which means he was born in 1975 BC.According to the above reasoning, we can take 1975 BC and add 2011 AD to total 3986 years. But due to a calendar error omitting the year Zero, we must subtract 1 year, resulting in 3985 years ago for the birth of Abram.
For how many days and nights did it rain in the story of the flood?
This depends on a number of factors as to how you define flooded. If you are referring to what is described below then the answer would be 150 days. This is probably the time when all the highest mountains at that time were covered. 24And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. == 1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 2The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 3And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. If on the other hand, you refer to the total amount of time the flood lasted this is a little more difficult due to differences in understanding when exactly the flood began and when it ended. 11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 13And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. This latter calculation based on the verse above, would make the total duration of the flood a little less than one year, from the second month of the 600th year of Noah's life into the first month of his 601st year. This would be around 345 days, using the days of the month referred to as a guide. In relation to the 150 days, it would seem the author was intending this as being included in the 'flood year' and so it would not make an additional time. Obviously it took time for the waters to increase up to the relevant height to cover the mountains and then time for them to recede again.
Where can you find any information on the 820th TD BN?
AnswerFor reunion info, please contact the following:820th Tank Destroyer BattalionMr. Steven Siekierka24931 S. Sylbert Ct.Redford, Michigan 48239(313) 532-8306Tank DestroyersThe tank destroyer force was created as a mobile GHQ antitank reserve in 1941. The original concept called for battalions to be concentrated in tank destroyer brigades and groups for employment en masse against an armored threat. In practice, the realities of combat and the erosion of the German Panzer force meant that the tank destroyers were usually attached individually to divisions.Initial War Department plans called for the creation of 220 TD battalions, a figure that was never achieved. By the end of 1943, 106 battalions were in existence of which fifty-six served in Europe or Italy and six in the Pacific. Eleven of the remaining battalions were converted to armored field artillery, amphibious tractor, chemical mortar, or tank battalions. Thirty-six battalions were disbanded -- with their personnel going to the replacement pool.The first TD battalions organized were fully self-propelled. However, combat experience in North Africa appeared to show that towed guns would be desirable. As a result, about one-half of the battalions were converted to towed in 1943. Unfortunately, further experience proved that towed guns were simply too immobile, making them highly vulnerable. As a result, in 1944 many of the towed battalions were converted back to self-propelled. On 1 January 1945, a total of 73 battalions were active.The tank destroyer battalions were all organized with three companies, each company was equipped with twelve guns, for a total of thirty-six in the battalion. The early battalions also had an antiaircraft and an engineer platoon which were later discarded. A strong reconnaissance element was retained, equivalent to a mechanized cavalry troop.The TD battalions first employed two stopgap ad hoc weapons, the M3 halftrack, which mounted an elderly 75mm gun and the M6 TD, a Dodge 3/4 ton Weapons Carrier with a 37mm AT gun crudely mounted in the truck bed. Later, in North Africa in 1943, the TD battalions began to receive the first standardized TD gun, the M10. The M10 was based on a variant of the M4 tank chassis, was lightly armored, and had poor cross-country mobility and speed. However, its 3" gun, a development of the prewar AA gun, was quite powerful for the time. By early 1944 the first purpose-designed TD appeared, the M18, and began to slowly replace the M10. The M18 was more lightly armored than the M10, but had very good cross-country mobility and impressive speed. Furthermore, the gun was an improved 3", known as the 76mm, with a more powerful cartridge case and muzzle-break, giving it greater accuracy and hitting power. Finally, also in 1944, the M36 was deployed. The M36 utilized the same chassis as the M10, but mounted the powerful 90mm gun (also originally an AA weapon). The M36 was the most powerful antitank weapon in the U.S. arsenal, with the newly developed high-velocity armor piercing rounds (HVAP, also known as APCR for Armor Piercing Composite Rigid), the 90mm was easily capable of defeating all German armor, if it could get the first hit.The seventy-three tank destroyer battalions active and their armament on 1 January 1945 were:There were fifty-two in the ETO: the 601st (M36, also served in Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy with M3 and M10), 602nd (M18), 603rd (M18), 607th (M36), 609th (M18), 610th (M36), 612th (M18), 614th Colored (T), 628th (M36), 629th (M10), 630th (M36), 631st (M10), 634th (M10), 635th (M10), 636th (M10, also served in Tunisia and Italy), 638th (M18), 643rd (M18), 644th (M10), 645th (M36, also served in Italy with M10), 654th (M36), 691st (M36), 692nd (T), 701st (M10), 702nd (M36), 703rd (M36), 704th (M18), 705th (M18), 771st (M36), 772nd (T), 773rd (M36), 774th (M36), 776th (M36, also served in Tunisia and Italy with M10), 801st (T), 802nd (T), 803rd (M36), 807th (T), 808th (M36), 809th (M36), 811th (M18), 813th (M36, also served in Tunisia and Sicily with M3 and M10), 814th (M36), 817th (T), 818th (M36), 820th (T), 821st (M10), 822nd (T), 823rd (M10), 824th (T), 825th (T), 827th Colored (M18), 893rd (M10), and 899th (M36, also served in Tunisia with M10). Before the end of the war in Europe eight more battalions converted to SP, the 692nd(M10), 801st (M18), 802nd (M10), 817th (M18), 820th (M18), 822nd (M18), 824th (M18), 825th (M10).Four were in route to the ETO: the 605th (T, converted to M10 in March)), 648th (T), 656th (M36), and 661st (M18).Four were serving in the MTO: the 679th Colored (T), 804th (M10, also served in Tunisia), 805th (T, also served in Tunisia with M3), and 894th (M10, also served in Tunisia).Six were serving in the PTO: the 632nd (M10), 637th (M18), 640th (M10), 671st (M18), 806th (M10), and 819th (M10).Seven remained in the US: the 606th (SP, disbanded 28 February), 611th (T, disbanded 20 February), 627th (SP, in Hawaii, disbanded 10 April), 633rd (M18, arrived in the ETO 12 April), 652nd (SP), and 670th (SP, in Hawaii, disbanded 10 April), and 816th (T, disbanded 20 February).Like the mass employment of separate tank battalions, the deployment of the tank destroyers in mass to defeat enemy armored attacks was never actually practiced. In the Ardennes Campaign the Third Army employed one TD battalion as an augmentation to the army's Military Police force. By the end of the war it was clear that the tank destroyer experiment had no future in the army, on 10 November 1945 the Tank Destroyer Center at Fort Hood Texas was officially discontinued, ending the existence of the tank destroyer force.
How long was the Earth flooded during Noah's Flood?
According to Genesis, it rained for forty days and forty nights. The Flood lasted for one year, long enough to kill every species and subspecies of animal on earth. It was also long enough to wipe out almost every species of plants, including trees, but the ancients did not realise this and Noah did not worry about collecting the millions of seeds and spores he would need to revegetate the earth. ;
