# 302 - Task Force Hogan

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Podcast: [The WW2 Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ww2-podcast-745440)
Published: 2026-04-15T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

My guest today is William Hogan, and we are going to be talking about the remarkable story of his father, Sam Hogan, and the men of Task Force Hogan. At just twenty-eight, Sam was one of the youngest lieutenant colonels in the US Army, commanding a battalion of Sherman tanks in the Normandy Campaign only weeks after D-Day. From the hedgerows of France through to the Battle of the Bulge and on into Germany, his unit fought at the sharp end of some of the toughest fighting in north-west Europe. William has written about his father's experiences in ' Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded the Liberation of Europe '. patreon.com/ww2podcast

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