{"id":48081,"date":"2025-10-17T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/10\/17\/i-see-em-well-fight-em-pattons-black-panthers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:55:47","slug":"i-see-em-well-fight-em-pattons-black-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2025\/10\/17\/i-see-em-well-fight-em-pattons-black-panthers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I see \u2018em. We\u2019ll fight \u2018em\u2019: Patton\u2019s Black Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would never have asked for you if you weren\u2019t good,\u201d George Patton addressed the U.S. Army\u2019s first Black tankers in an impassioned speech in October 1944. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have nothing but the best in my army. I don\u2019t care what color you are as long as you go out and kill those Kraut sons of bitches. Everyone has their eyes on you and is expecting great things of you. Most of all your race is looking forward to your success. Don\u2019t let them down and damn you, don\u2019t leave me down!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2024\/03\/05\/graphic-novel-portrays-the-heroism-of-black-panther-ruben-rivers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2024\/03\/05\/graphic-novel-portrays-the-heroism-of-black-panther-ruben-rivers\/\">761st Tank Battalion\u2019s introduction<\/a> to the Third Army to which it had been attached. Behind the classic Patton pep talk, the general harbored his share of prejudices\u2014 after all, his grandfather was a Confederate general \u2014 and was reluctant to commit the Black Panthers to combat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately though, he did send them in, and however unwilling he was to admit it publicly, the 761st did not let him down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the first to prove their worth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmohs.org\/recipients\/ruben-rivers\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cmohs.org\/recipients\/ruben-rivers\">Ruben Rivers<\/a>, was one of the first to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six-foot two-inch Oklahoma native was working on a railroad when World War II broke out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three of the Rivers men enlisted in the United States military, but only Ruben would get a combat assignment. After training at Camp Hood, Texas, he was assigned to the newly formed Company A of 761st Tank Battalion, a segregated unit that adopted the nickname \u201cBlack Panthers\u201d and whose members were keen to live up to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their first chance came on Nov. 8, 1944, when the Third Army targeted the Saar Valley at the Siegfried Line between France and Germany. As part of this campaign the 761st, attached to the 104th Infantry Regiment of the 26th Infantry Division, took part in an attack on French town of Vic-sur-Seille. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German defenders improvised a roadblock of trees and land mines that stalled tanks and infantry alike as the Americans were stranded in ditches and savaged by artillery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Sgt. Rivers was in the lead tank and, aware that something had to be done, he dismounted under heavy enemy fire, attached a cable to the tree and moved it off the road. With the main obstacle cleared, the Americans resumed their advance and took the town. For his courage and initiative, Rivers became the first member of the 761st to be awarded the Silver Star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Nov. 16, the 761st fought its way into Gu\u00e9bling, again encountering anti-tank guns and mines. As they fought their way toward town, Rivers\u2019 tank ran into a mine at a railroad crossing, which slashed his leg to the bone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In spite of that, he declined morphine, reassumed command and joined the advance into Gu\u00e9bling and directing his company\u2019s fire on enemy gun positions outside of town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At dawn on Nov. 19, Company A advanced toward Bourgaltoff, only to come under still more heavy fire. Capt. David A. Williams, Company A\u2019s white officer, ordered his tanks to withdraw and take cover, but reported receiving a radio message from Rivers pinpointing the German antitank positions and declaring: \u201cI see \u2018em. We\u2019ll fight \u2018em.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joined by another A Company tank, Rivers covered the rest in a fighting retreat, during which he opened fire on several enemy tanks. A German shell hit his tank, however, killing him and wounding the rest of his crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four days later, with the Allied advance resuming, Capt. Williams wrote a report on Rivers\u2019 activities throughout the battle for Gu\u00e9bling. Although he knew the U.S. Army was unlikely to act on it, he recommended Rivers for the Medal of Honor, stating that \u201cStaff Sergeant Rivers\u2019 fighting spirit and daring leadership were an inspiration to his unit and exemplify the highest traditions of military service.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 761st Tank Battalion\u2019s outstanding performance in the war\u2019s last months bore witness to the example he set, as well as spirit inherent to all the Black Panthers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Williams proved to be correct about the Army bureaucracy\u2019s unofficial policy at the time \u2014 Rivers only received the Purple Heart. Thanks to his putting his request down on paper, however, it found itself into the hands of a more equitable generation more than 50 years later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Jan. 13, 1997, Rivers was one of seven Black soldiers to have their wartime medals upgraded to the Medal of Honor. 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