The Race for Berlin. A column of the 83rd U.S. Infantry Division prepares to move off. The 83rd was nicknamed the Ragtag Circus because of its use of any and all captured German vehicles. A quick coat of paint and away you go. The 83rd wanted to be the first to Berlin, and most of the time they were going faster and further than any other U.S. Division. Unfortunately their hopes of getting to Berlin we're dashed when they were stopped on the River Elbe.(FB/Allan Holderness)

Ragtag Circus

An American M18 "Hellcat" self propelled tank destroyer with a 76-mm cannon, on a square in a Czech town, surrounded by locals. 


Hellcat in a Czech town

83rd was nicknamed the Ragtag Circus and used anything that ran.