The 10th Armored Division was activated at fort benning, georgia on the 15th of july in 1942. From the very beginning, it was known as a hot outfit. Its nickname, tiger division. The commanding general of the 10th, Major General paul w garden was a superb leader. Carryout orders, march, maneuver and shoot where his by words. No man had more pride in his troops and no general was more revered by his men. I am john drew devereaux, a Company Commander in the 10th Armored Division during world war ii. We had a marvelous kind of spirit in our division. I think it was due in great part to the training we got from general new garden it was our general Division Commander in the states. He was killed in an airplane crash before we went overseas. He had a couple of very pet things that he liked. One was that we had to wear the top button of our coveralls buttons. This was uncomfortable but we got so that we looked at other outfits that were them then unbuttoned and thought they looked like slobs