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Summary:From the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series, 1950-1975.
"A Battalion Commander holds one of the most responsible and respected jobs in the Army--representing, in his single experience, a career of national service and Army leadership. Under his command are hundreds of men, machines and weapons - forged together into a thunderbolt representing many thousands of dollars in the nation's investment in military security. This episode focuses on crowded days in the life of the commander of an armored battalion in West Germany, where United States and NATO forces serve in the forward lines of the free world's defenses."--National Archives and Records Administration."
Physical Description:1 online resource (28 min.).