The 1st Battalion continued its assault across Germany, eventually halting at Dessau on the Elbe River.Īfter World War II, the battalion went through a series of deactivations and reactivations. The unit was later accorded the great honor of receiving a Distinguished Unit Citation for its heroic performance and LTC Mills was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. The Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Mills, was killed while directing the fight, but 1-33rd fought on to victory. On 16 November 1944, 1-33rd Armor was ordered to seize the towns of Hasenrath and Scherpenseel. As one of the spearhead units, the 1st Battalion had the honor of being the first American force to capture a German town, Roentgen. Slowed only by lack of fuel and supplies, the unit fought at a furious tempo. There were no detailed plans, no briefings, and no objective short of Berlin.
The unit moved so fast across France to the Falaise-Argentan Gap that tank commanders often received maps of terrain that had been crossed several days prior. Once on the ground, the 33rd Regiment became the "Sunday Punch" in the 3rd Armored Division's famous drive across the continent. The unit went through a rigorous train-up period in September 1943 and then set sail for action in Europe. The 1st Battalion, 33rd Armor Regiment was activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. This was the 1-33rd Armor based at Fort Lewis, Washington. Only one battalion of the 33rd Armored Regiment remained an active component of the US Military at the turn of the 21st century. HHC supports every battalion mission, every day. The HHC consists of the Battalion Commander and staff, Maintenance, Medics, Mortars, Scouts, Support, Commo and DFAC personnel. The Headquarters and Headquarters Company provides command, control and combat support for the four tank companies in the battalion. On order it conducts combat service support of the Task Force's offensive and defensive operations. The mission of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company mission was to deploy by air and sea, draws or downloads equipment, occupies a designated assembly area and prepares for combat. The 1-33rd Cavalry contiued the 1-33rd Armored's lineage. As part of the Army's transformation towards a modular force, the 1st Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment was redesignated 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment in 2005, and reassigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.
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