The 756th Heavy Tank Battalion was re-designated the 73rd Heavy Tank Battalion in 1948 at Fort Benning, GA. It has served in the Korean War, Panama Campaign, Haiti incident and Desert Storm. The unit was deactivated at Fort Bragg, NC as the 3rd Battalion, 73rd Armor, 82nd Airborne Division in May 1997. 

Men and equipment of the 73rd Heavy Tank Battalion await orders to board the LST's at the Pusan Dock