[color=00aeef][i][b]Captain Arthur Tyler[/b][/i][/color] is 25 years old and hails from Albany, NY. He graduated from Boston College with a degree in Engineering and received a commission in the US Army as a Second Lieutenant, Cavalry. His branch assignment was quickly changed to armor before he attended his Officer Basic Course.

Lieutenant Tyler was initially assigned as a 2LT Platoon Leader in D Company, 37th Tank Battalion then stationed at Camp Pine, New York in 1942. He was promoted to First Lieutenant in the summer of 1943. The unit embarked to England from Boston Harbor in Late 1943 and began training in England in January, 1944. By February, the battalion was issued the M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyers in order to establish Assault Gun platoons in every line company.

Arthur met his wife while a student at Boston College. Jean Dumas is originally from Attleboro, Massachusetts. Before they graduated from BC, the couple was married and expecting their first child. Jean followed Art to Ft. Knox, KY for the Armor Basic Course. Art moved is family to Watertown, NY when he was assigned to the 37th. They have a permanent residence there. Arthur and Jean have two sons; Louis, 3 and Robert, 15 months.

During the D-Day invasion, the 4th Armor Division remained in England. Many of the soldiers were eager to go and hated waiting. Captain Ronald Dixon, A Company Commander got drunk one night in mid-June and died in a motor vehicle accident. 1LT Tyer was then given command of A Company effective 21 June 1944.

Arthur Tyler was promoted to Captain on 16 July with an effective date of 1 July 1944.