24-820: Cobra King may refer to: Cobra King (tank) , the first tank to relieve the siege of Bastogne Cobra King radar , a radar system carried by USNS Howard O. Lorenzen The Cobra King of Kathmandu , the third novel in the Children of the Lamp trilogy See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "cobra king" , "cobra kings" , "cobraking" , "cobra's king" , or "cobras king" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles beginning with Cobra King All pages with titles containing Cobra King King Cobra (disambiguation) Cobra (disambiguation) King (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
48-671: A Panzerfaust round that penetrated its armor and started a fire in bow machine gun ammunition storage, the tank was abandoned on 27 March 1945. No crewmen were killed. After the war, the shell-pitted and gutted Cobra King was recovered from the battlefield and displayed as a symbolic " gate guard " at McKee Barracks in Crailsheim, Germany (1957-1967); at Ferris Barracks in Erlangen, Germany 1967-1993; and, later, Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany (1993-2008). As Army historians slowly investigated
72-566: A sniper on 23 December while he was standing in the turret. On 26 December 1944, Cobra King led its company in intense fighting in the village of Assenois. After fighting through the town, it made contact with the American 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion, at 4:50pm. With this, the German encirclement was finally broken, although it took several more days until supply lines to the south were firmly established. [T]he tank crew spotted some soldiers in
96-654: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cobra King (tank) Cobra King is an American Sherman tank of World War II. During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, the Germans had attacked a weakly defended section of the Allied line and surrounded American forces in the town of Bastogne . Cobra King was the first tank to enter
120-612: The Combatant Commanders who report to the Secretary of Defense), the CSA does exercise supervision of army units and organizations as the designee of the Secretary of the Army. The current Chief of Staff of the Army is General Randy George , who was sworn in on 21 September 2023, having previously served as acting CSA from 4 August. The chief of staff of the Army is nominated for appointment by
144-500: The Army consists of two civilians—the secretary of the Army (head of the department and subordinate to the secretary of defense) and the under secretary of the Army —and two military officers—the chief of staff of the Army and the vice chief of staff of the Army . The chief reports directly to the secretary of the Army for army matters and assists in the Secretary's external affairs functions, including presenting and enforcing army policies, plans, and projections. The chief also directs
168-544: The Army" under the newly appointed Commanding General, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant , thus serving in a different office and not as the senior officer in the army. Halleck was centered in the old brick War Department building adjacent west of the White House , along with the War Secretary, whereas Gen. Grant was out in the field. The first chief of staff moved his headquarters to Fort Myer in northern Virginia, near
192-534: The Army, such as G-1, Personnel . The chief's base pay is $ 21,147.30 per month and also received a Personal Money Allowance (Monthly Amount) of $ 333.33, a basic allowance for subsistence of $ 253.38, and a basic allowance for housing from $ 50.70 to $ 1,923.30. In the 19th century the American land military used the title of "General-in-Chief" beginning with Gen. James Wilkinson (1757-1825), and later for several decades of commanding Gen. Winfield Scott (1786-1866). Later Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), given
216-546: The Bastogne perimeter in relief of the besieged American 101st Airborne Division . Cobra King was first used in combat in 1944. It was knocked out during fighting in France during November 1944, and later repaired and re-issued. In late 1944 the tank was assigned to Company C of the 37th Tank Battalion of the American 4th Armored Division , which was the spearhead of General Patton 's Third Army racing toward Bastogne. The 37th
240-508: The Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor when the vehicle arrived at Fort Knox, had conversations with both CPT Baum and COL James Leach (who was Company Commander of Co. B, 37th Tank Bn at the time of the Raid). CPT Baum, when asked about tank types simply stated that he was an infantryman and his column included "Big Tanks and Little Tanks". COL Leach stated that C Company was selected because it had
264-560: The United States . The CSA is typically the highest-ranking officer on active duty in the U.S. Army unless the chairman or the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are Army officers. The chief of staff of the Army is an administrative position based in the Pentagon . While the CSA does not have operational command authority over Army forces proper (which is within the purview of
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#1732891056738288-467: The authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Army, or delegates those duties and responsibilities to other officers in his administration in his name. Like the other service counterparts, the chief has no operational command authority over army forces, dating back to the passage of the Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958. The chief is served by a number of Deputy Chiefs of Staff of
312-566: The backstories of old WWII tanks remaining in Europe, Army chaplain Keith Goode began to suspect that the anonymous tank rusting at Rose Barracks was Cobra King. In 2008, Army historians concluded that it indeed was. Cobra King had been built at the Fisher Tank Arsenal at Flint, Michigan . Only 254 Jumbos were built; each was given a serial number, and the Army registration numbers assigned to
336-405: The chalk legend "First In Bastogne" was weathered off, and it later gained a new crew, and the identity and historic status of the tank was largely lost. Cobra King was part of Task Force Baum , Patton's controversial and failed attempt to liberate the prison camp Oflag XIII-B . All the tanks of the task force were destroyed; according to Army historian Patrick R. Jennings, Cobra King was hit by
360-516: The distance who through binoculars looked like Americans. But the tankers were wary because infiltrating German troops were said to be dressed as Americans. Finally, an American soldier strode to the tank, stuck his hand out to Boggess, and said "Glad to see you". Shortly after the Battle of the Bulge Cobra King was rearmed with a 76 mm gun then fought on into Germany. Within a short time in the field,
384-519: The highest-ranking officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Army , the chief is the principal military advisor and a deputy to the secretary of the Army . In a separate capacity, the CSA is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( 10 U.S.C. § 151 ) and, thereby, a military advisor to the National Security Council , the secretary of defense , and the president of
408-605: The inspector general of the Army to perform inspections and investigations as required. In addition, the chief presides over the Army Staff and represents Army capabilities, requirements, policy, plans, and programs in Joint forums. Under delegation of authority made by the secretary of the Army, the chief designates army personnel and army resources to the commanders of the unified combatant commands. The chief performs all other functions enumerated in 10 U.S.C. § 3033 under
432-585: The most tanks operational and that the Sherman Jumbo was never considered too slow for combat operations and no commander in his right mind would leave a functional tank behind, especially when his company was short of vehicles. Chief of Staff of the United States Army The chief of staff of the Army ( CSA ) is a statutory position in the United States Army held by a general officer. As
456-461: The president, for a four-year term of office, and must be confirmed by the Senate . The chief can be reappointed to serve one additional term, but only during times of war or national emergency declared by Congress. By statute, the chief is a four-star general . The chief has an official residence, Quarters 1 at Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall , Virginia. The senior leadership of the Department of
480-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cobra King . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cobra_King&oldid=1230644950 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
504-630: The title after being recalled to come east from the Western Theater of the Civil War in 1864. By 1903, the senior military officer in the army was the Commanding General of the United States Army , who reported to the U.S. Secretary of War . From 1864 to 1865, Major General Henry Halleck (1815-1872), who had previously been Commanding General earlier in the war, served as "Chief of Staff of
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#1732891056738528-622: The vehicles were also in sequential order. This allowed Army historians to confirm a direct match with the two sets of numbers, and identify Cobra King. In July 2009, the United States Army Center of Military History shipped Cobra King from Germany to the Patton Museum at Fort Knox for restoration. Restoration work included the difficult task of finding parts from original sources, such as an original Ford V-8 engine, 75mm gun, and tracks identical to Cobra King's originals. The exterior
552-434: Was restored, but no attempt was made to render the tank driveable and only minimally clean and restore the fire damaged interior (dozens of cartridge cases and spent bullets that were cooked off in the fire were found under the turret basket). On 3 August 2017, Cobra King was installed at the new National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir , twenty miles south of Washington, D. C. Charles Lemons, Curator of
576-562: Was then under the command of Creighton Abrams , later commander of American forces in the Vietnam War , Chief of Staff of the United States Army , and namesake of the M1 Abrams tank. Cobra King's commander was Lieutenant Charles Boggess, heading a crew of Hubert S. Smith (driver), Harold Hafner (co-driver), Milton Jafet (gunner), and James G. Murphy (loader). Boggess had replaced the tank's previous commander, Charles Trover, who had been killed by
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