Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: 17th Armored Engineer Battalion bụ akụkụ nke 2nd Armored Division "Hell on Wheels". N'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, ha rụrụ ọrụ na North Africa Campaign, na
Mgbasa Ozi Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Europe. E guzobere 17th Armored Engineer Battalion na 1 Ọktọba 1933 dị ka akụkụ nke ndị agha USS. Ebu ụzọ kpọọ ya "17th Engineer Battalion (Heavy Ponton), Motorized". A gbanwere aha ya na 10 Julaị 1940 ka ọ bụrụ 17th Engineer Battalion (Armored) ma kenye ya na 2d Armored Division. Ngalaba ahụ malitere ọrụ ma bido ọzụzụ na 15 Julaị 1940 na Fort Benning, Georgia. Akpọrọ aha ọzọ na 8 Jenụwarị 1942 dị ka 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. Ugbua ndị agha ahụ nọ na Fort Hood, Texas. Ụkpụrụ nduzi battalion bụ "Anyị na-emeghe ụzọ". Ọrụ nke 17 gụnyere ọrụ owuwu na mbibi n'okpuru ọnọdụ ọgụ, dị ka iwulite na imebi olulu, ọnyà tank na mgbidi ndị ọzọ, owuwu bunker, akwa na owuwu ụzọ. Tinyere iwu àkwà mmiri mbibi na ọrụ anụ ahụ ndị ọzọ n'ọgbọ agha dị mkpa. Ha na-etinyekwa ma ọ bụ na-ekpochapụ ogbunigwe ndị e liri n'ala. 17th na-eme ka mmegharị na nkwado nke ndị agha enyi na-eme ka ndị agha ndị iro kwụsịlata.