Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - 17th Armored Engineer Battalion he wāhanga o te 2nd Armored Division "Hell on Wheels". I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i kaha ratou ki te Whakatairanga o Awherika ki te Raki, me te Whakatairanga o te Hauauru o Uropi
He aha? I whakatūria te 17th Armored Engineer Battalion i te 1 o Oketopa 1933 hei wāhanga o te USS Army. I te tuatahi i kiia ko "17th Engineer Battalion (Heavy Ponton), Motorized". I whakaingoatia i te 10 o Hōngongoi 1940 ki te 17th Engineer Battalion (Armored) ka tohaina ki te 2d Armored Division. I noho kaha te waeine, a, i tiimata te whakangungu i te 15 o Hurae 1940 i Fort Benning, Georgia. I whakaingoatia ano i te 8 o Hanuere 1942 hei 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. Kei Fort Hood, Texas te turanga o te Piriona i tēnei wā. Ko te kupu whakahau o te Pirihimana, "Kei a mātou te huarahi". Ko nga mahi a te 17 kei roto i nga mahi hangahanga me nga mahi whakaheke i raro i nga tikanga whawhai, penei i te hanga me te pakaru i nga awa, nga mahanga tank me etahi atu whakapainga, te hanga bunker, te piriti me te hanga rori. I tua atu i te hanga piriti whakangaromanga me etahi atu mahi tinana i te pakanga e hiahiatia ana. Ka whakatakotoria, ka horoia rānei e rātau ngā punga whenua. Ko te 17th e awhina ana i te nekehanga me te tautoko i nga ope hoa i te wa e whakaiti ana i nga ope o te hoariri.