Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 17th Armored Engineer Battalion chikamu che2nd Armored Division "Hell on Wheels". Mukati meHondo Yenyika II, vaive vanoshanda muNorth Africa Campaign, uye
Mushandirapamwe wokuWestern Europe. 17th Armored Engineer Battalion yakavambwa musi wa 1 Gumiguru 1933 sechikamu cheUSS Army. Pakutanga yainzi "17th Engineer Battalion (Heavy Ponton), Motorized". Yakanga zita musi 10 July 1940 kuti 17th Engineer Battalion (Armored) uye rakapiwa 2d Armored Division. Chikamu chacho chakava chinoshanda uye chakatanga kudzidziswa 15 July 1940 paFort Benning, Georgia. Yakatumidzwazve zita musi wa 8 Ndira 1942 se17th Armored Engineer Battalion. Bhatani racho zvino rakavakirwa paFort Hood, Texas. Chirevo cheBataiyoni chinoti "Tinotungamirira Nzira". Basa re 17 rinosanganisira basa rokuvaka uye rokuputsa mumamiriro ezvinhu okurwisana, zvakadai sokuvaka nokuputsa migero, misungo yematangi nedzimwe nhare, kuvakwa kwemabunker, kuvaka mabhiriji nemigwagwa. Pamwe chete nokuvaka mabhiriji okuparadza uye rimwe basa romuviri munhandare yehondo rinodikanwa. Vanoisawo kana kuti kubvisa zvimbambaira. Rechi 17 rinobetsera kufamba uye kutsigira masimba eshamwari nepo richideredza masimba omuvengi.