The Story of the 10th Armored Division cont.
As Maj. Gen. Williams H, H. Morris, commanding the 10th, sent his strong right arm, CC A, smashing into von Rundstedt's body, he unleashed a left
hook, Combat Command B, which swung in a wide arc to catch the Germans
squarely on the nose.
"STONE OF BASTOGNE" Blunts NASI BLITZ
Greying dusk shrouded Bastogne as CC B's lead Sherman tanks, tank
destroyers and half-tracks rolled through the town Dec 18. These were the
first combat troops to reach the threatened city and before leaving they
would write a glowing chapter in the history of World War II.
CC B's commander, Col. William L. Roberts, split his command to form a
crescent-shaped arc facing eastward five miles from the city. A task force
commanded by Maj. William R. Desobry went north to Noville, while a similar
group under Lt. Col. Henry T. Cherry wheeled east to Longvilly. Lt. Col.
James O'Hara's group shifted southeast to Bras.