Constituted 13 January 1941
in the Regular Army as Company C, 3d Armored Regiment, an
element of the 3d Armored Division
Activated 15 April 1941 as Camp Beauregard, Louisiana
Redesignated 8 May 1941 as Company C, 33d Armored Regiment, to
3d Battalion 33d Armored Regiment
Inactivated 10 November 1945 in Germany
Disbanded 7 July 1947.
Reconstituted 28 May 1948 in the Regular Army and redesignated
as Company C, 62d Heavy Tank Battalion
(62d Heavy Tank Battalion assigned 18 June 1948 to 10th Infantry
Division)
Activated 1 July 1948 at Ft. Riley, Kansas
Redesignated 15 June 1954 as Company C, 62d Medium Tank
Battalion
Inactivated 1 October 1957 in Germany; concurrently,
redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Medium
Tank Battalion (Patton), 33d Armor, and relieved from assignment
to 10th Infantry Division
Activated 25 June 1958 at Fort Knox, Kentucky (organic elements
constituted 10 June 1958 and activated 25 June 1958)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1963 as 3d Battalion, 33d
Armor; concurrently transferred (less personnel and equipment)
from Fort Knox, Kentucky, to United States Army Europe, and
assigned to 3d Armored Division using personnel and equipment
from the 2d Medium Tank Battalion, 1st Cavalry.
Inactivated 16 February 1987
in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 3d Armored
Division with all personnel and equipment being transferred to
the 4th Battalion, 8th Cavalry
3d Battalion, 33d Armor ("Pickles") Honors
World
War II:
Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central
Europe
Presidential
Unit Citation (Army) for HASTENRATH-SCHERPENSEEL
Army Superior
Unit Award for 1986-1987
French Croix de
Guerre with Silver Star, World War II for MONS
Belgian
Fourragere 1940
Cited in the
Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM 1944
Cited in the
Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES
