Buchan, Robert George (sold)
Robert George Buchan (June 16, 1919 - July 18, 2007) served in the 22nd Armored Engineer Battalion, 5th Armored Division, during World War II. Born in Waterloo, Iowa, Buchan entered the army on November 25, 1942 and was discharged on December 4, 1945. He left the United States for the European Theater on February 11, 1944 and arrived back in the United State on November 27, 1945. Buchan married Ethel Mae Santon (1918 - November 29, 1989) on November 26, 1941. At some point between 1949 and Ethel's death in 1989, the Buchans moved to Minnesota. He remarried on December 28, 1990, to a woman named Marilyn.
Follow the 5th Armored Division across Europe during World War II.
The Trek of the 5th Armored.
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Drafted by Robert G. Buchan, this is an all-business history of the 5th Armored Division’s drive across Europe. Red lines mark the division’s progress, sometimes day-to-day, naming towns and cities visited. Information about the division’s movements, such as their claim to have been the first American division in Germany, as well as the first division to breach the Siegfried Line, are in red. Dates when the division was pulled off the line and when they crossed the Rhine River are also given. Exhibiting an impressive dedication to detail, the route is sometimes divided between the ‘CCA’ (Combat Command A), ‘CCB’ (Combat Command B) and ‘CCR’ (Combat Command Reserve or Headquarters). Comparable in size to brigades or regiments, combat commands were newly established within the 4th, 5th, and 6th Armored Divisions in 1943. The 2nd and 3rd Armored Divisions maintained their original organization until the end of the war. (more details)