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Ed Wizda described the second:

"Enemy mortar and artillery are terrific today.  All day you can hear the whistling shells.  The fog of yesterday still hasn't cleared up.  Tanks refueled and supplied with ammo."

About this time, small groups of tankers were given passes to Nancy.  There, beer and female company were available to men who were so inclined.

The "A" Company diary reported that the Commanding Officer went to hear a speech given by General Patton on the third.

Two days later, the "A" Company diary stated:

"Town of Atton; Tanks doing indirect firing.  Men went to church in Atton.  Five new 42 ton Ford tanks were drawn today. [Note: these were a beefed up version of the Sherman tank.]  T/5 John Manning, P.F.C. John Maar, Pvt. George Le Breck and Acting Platoon Leader William E. Murray -The above men received the Bronze Star today."

It might be a good idea at this point to mention that the A.G.O. records referred to in this History of the 702nd Tank Battalion, were written in large part by the Staff Officers and the Commanding Officer as monthly reports to the Army.  In Washington, the monthly reports were combined in some cases, so that the A.G.O. Battalion History is the product of several authors.

Primarily, these reports were from the S-2 (Intelligence) Officer, and S-3 (Operations) Officer.  As a general rule, the S-2 and S-3 reports were copied verbatim into the A.G.O. Battalion History.  However, in some cases, key portions of the monthly reports were left out of the "official" records.  This writer has discovered some of these discrepancies and when they appear, will include them for the reader.