The Battalion was posted to Camp Pickett during January 1943 attached 45th Infantry Division. Unit posted Camp Hood, Texas April 1942 for eight months general training in tank only operations.
Later in 1941 and early in 1942, Battalion received M3 medium tanks and other current vehicles and equipment. Equipment and vehicles used to fill out units varied allowing training to begin. Battalion assigned General Headquarters US Army Reserve. The unit transferred Camp Polk, Louisiana later that month.
United States Training Cycle June 1941 – April 1943ħ53rd Tank Battalion activated 1 June 1941 in Fort Benning, Georgia. The red and blue hourglass shape is an adaptation of the shoulder sleeve insignia of the 7th Division with which the 77th Armor served in Korea through six campaigns, twice receiving the Korean Presidential Unit Citation. 
Crossed lances denote the grand courage and aggressive spirit displayed by the men of this regiment throughout its many campaigns.
Two awards of the French Croix de Guerre, with Palm, are identified by the surrounding branches of laurel, while a third award with silver gilt star is marked by the star on the fleur-de-lis which refers to an assault landing in Southern France. The eruption of flames refers to the unit's subsequent participation in thirteen campaigns throughout Italy, France, Germany, and finally Korea.
Crest: The volcano is an allusion to Mount Etna, the most distinctive feature of the island of Sicily, where the 77th Armor landed to begin its arduous World War II campaign history. Unlike the man-eating lion, which only attacks man in its dotage, the ferocious tiger attacks at all ages and at any time the battle-axe symbolizes the offensive mission of a tank battalion. Shield: The carnivorous tiger is symbolic of the "enemy devouring" qualities of the organization. Motto: INSISTE FIRMITER (To Stand Firm). Crest: On a wreath of the colors argent and azure in front of a wreath of laurel proper and below two lances in saltire of the first a volcano sable inflamed overall proper and charged in base with an hourglass divided per fess gules and of the second and fimbriated of the first, above the flames a blue fleur-de-lis charged with a gold mullet. Shield: azure, on a mount a tiger sejant argent, armed and langued gules, supporting a battle-axe in pale of the second, embrued of the third. Symbolism: The carnivorous tiger is symbolic of the "enemy devouring" qualities of the organization. Description: A silver color metal and enamel device 1 + 1⁄ 8 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of the shield and motto of the coat of arms. 2.5 Commanders of the 753rd, Co A 77th Tank Bn, 77th Armor Regiment.
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