Call Me Spearhead: Part 1/5

This is a video project I made for a graduate college class in 2005. It is about my Grandfather's WWII division called "The Third Armored Division".
The project uses actual photos from his collection, other pictures found on-line, interviews and other clips from a History Channel Documentary, and music from the "Medal of Honor" video game, and me narrating (my apologies).

The Third Armored Division is an extremely underrated division for reasons that I hoped to bring out when doing this project.

The men in this division, and indeed the allies as a whole, have my utmost admiration and respect.

I was able to send a copy of this project to a surviving member of the division, who knew my Grandfather. He said he enjoyed it and that it was an accurate representation of his units exploits.


No copyright violations intended.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Third
• Armored
• Division
• World
• War
• II
• tanks
• Sherman
• Maurice
• Rose
• 3AD
• Spearhead

[randy95023]

"Death Traps" by Belton Y. Cooper is one of the finest WW2 memoirs I've ever read. It tells the story of the 3rd Armored division's action from it's formation until the end of the war. It is one of those books you can't put down once you start reading it. Historically accurate with a lot of interesting details and stories.

Tankers are some of the bravest men on the battle field!

[Albs1414]

@randy95023

I own the book, have read it, and agree with you 100%. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the 3AD, WWII, or tank warfare in general. Thanks for the post.

[WBGVA]

Great Job, Very well done! I think these 5 parts covered the WW2 part of our history better than The History Channel video. Dave 3-36 Inf. 3AD 1964-66 Davy Crockett Section, Kirch-Göns, Germany

[Albs1414]

Thanks for the kind words.  Happy Veterans Day and thanks for your service.

[Zakynefein]

Thank for the video. My grandfather Marvin M. White served with Co. D 83rd Recon Bn., 3rd armored div. in WW2. I was just talking to my grandmother last weekend and she said that Maffea was one of his best friends. I was wondering where you got the video clip with him in it as I would like to contact him to ask a few questions.

[Albs1414]

The video clip is from a History Channel Documentary called "Rolling Thunder: The True Story of the 3AD". I'm not sure if it's still available, but I bought it off of the History Channel website. Hope that helps.

[keystone1944]

@LongknifeTrooper its a m15 halftrack

[screenwriter44]

The Third Armored will never die! Spearhead Desert Storm!

[yourass117]

The one dislike is a scumbag

[ThePanzerWarMachine]

@LongknifeTrooper

Looks like an M3 Halftrack converted to have a Crane were the troop carrier used to be, i am not sure, but it could also be a 75MM Gun Cariage on top of an M3.

[LongknifeTrooper]

I have a question concerning the halftrack of min. 7:50.

What is it?

[HerbWalker]

I served 6 Years with SPEARHEAD in Germany!!

[Tubercollosal]

3rd Armored is one of my favourite divisions in WW2. Great video about great soldiers!!

[hellboy110585]

love the Medal of Honours: Heroes  background tune..

[gcd28]

Excellent job. Thanks very much for putting the effort into it. There is quite a bit of information in your video that isn't in the History Channel's DVD. My father was a tank driver/bow gunner in light tanks - 33rd Armored Regiment of the 3rd Armored Division.

[Oscha12]

Great job! Hope you did well on the project. I miss all the tankers who I knew and are now gone.