Breaking through the first band of the Western Wall by late September 1944, the 9th Infantry Division, and along with it the 746th Tank Battalion, were the first of numerous American units to find themselves in the dark, disorienting woods and hilly terrain of the Hürtgen Forest.
After a short break to refit and integrate new replacements, the tank companies went back into combat near Krinkelt, Belgium on 5 November, except Company A, which continued their determined defense of Schevenhütte.