1st US Infantry Division "Big Red One"
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Divisional information

History
Activated 17.05.1917

Campaigns
Algeria-French Morocco in WWII
Tunisia in WWII
Sicily in WWII
Normandy in WWII
Northern France in WWII
Rhineland in WWII
Ardennes-Alsace in WWII
Central Europe in WWII

Commanding General (CG)

00.01.1938 Maj.-Gen. Walter C. Short
00.01.1940 Maj.-Gen. Karl Truesdell
00.11.1940-00.07.1942 Maj.-Gen. Donald C. Cubbison
00.08.1942 Maj.-Gen. Terry de la Mesa Allen
00.08.1943 Maj.-Gen. Clarence R. Huebner
07.12.1943 Brig.-Gen. Willard G. Wyman (acting)
14.12.1943 Maj.-Gen. Clarence R. Huebner
11.12.1944 Brig.-Gen. Clift Andrus (acting)
13.12.1944 Brig.-Gen. Clift Andrus
17.03.1945 Maj.-Gen. Clift Andrus

Assistant Division Commander

05.11.1943 Brig.-Gen. Willard G. Wyman
07.10.1944 Brig.-Gen. George A. Taylor


Artillery Commander

05.11.1943 Brig.-Gen. Clift Andrus
14.12.1944 Col. William E. Waters
21.03.1945 Brig.-Gen. William E. Waters


Chief of Staff

05.11.1943 Col. Stanhope B. Mason
14.12.1944 Lt. Col. Clarence E. Beck (acting)
07.01.1945 Col. Verdi B. Barnes


Assistant Chief of Staff G-1

05.11.1943 Lt. Col. Charles S. Ware


Assistant Chief of Staff G-2

05.11.1943 Maj. Robert F. Evans
09.11.1943 Lt. Col. Verdi B. Barnes
27.11.1943 Maj. Robert F. Evans
15.04.1944 Lt. Col. Robert F. Evans
09.04.1945 Maj. John H. Lauten


Assistant Chief of Staff G-3

05.11.1943 Lt. Col. Frederick W. Gibb
16.07.1944 Lt. Col. Clarence E. Beck
14.12.1944 Maj. Kenneth B. Lord (acting)
07.01.1945 Lt. Col. Clarence E. Beck


Assistant Chief of Staff G-4

05.11.1943 Lt. Col. Verdi B. Barnes (acting)
19.11.1943 Lt. Col. Clarence M. Eymer
14.12.1944 Lt. Col. Donald M. Curtis


Assistant Chief of Staff G-5

05.11.1943 Lt. Col. John M. Rogers (Jr.)
15.08.1944 Maj. Thomas F. Lancer
05.11.1944 Lt. Col. Thomas F. Lancer


Adjutant General

05.11.1943 Lt. Col. Leonidas Gavalas
11.02.1945 Maj. Leander A. Dailey


Other information

Call sign Danger

 

Divisional troops
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Infantry

16th Infantry Regiment 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
18th Infantry Regiment 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
26th Infantry Regiment 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Field Artillery (FA)
 
5th FA Battalion (155mm) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
7th FA Battalion (105mm) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
32nd FA Battalion (105mm) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
33rd FA Battalion (105mm) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000

Other troops
 
1st Medical Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
1st Engineer Combat Battalion 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
1st Infantry Division Hq Company 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
1st Quartermaster Company 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
1st Signal Company 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
701st Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
1st Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
1st MP Platoon 00.00.0000-00.00.0000
1st Divisional Band 00.00.0000-00.00.0000


Attachments

Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)
 
B Battery, 103rd AAA Battalion (Mobile) 12.06.1944-15.06.1944
D Battery, 461st AAA Battalion (SP) 15.06.1944-28.06.1944
103rd AAA Battalion (Mobile) 16.06.1944-07.02.1945 & 24.02.1945-08.03.1945
B Battery, 461st AAA Battalion (Mobile) 26.06.1944-28.06.1944
A & D Batteries, 486th AAA Battalion (SP) 06.07.1944-30.07.1944 & 05.08.1944-06.08.1944
B Battery, 413th AAA Gun Battalion (Mobile) 06.07.1944-30.07.1944 & 05.08.1944-06.08.1944
A Battery, 413th AAA Gun Battalion (Mobile) 31.07.1944-11.08.1944
639th AAA Battalion (Mobile) 18.12.1944-31.12.1944
A Battery, 460th AAA Battalion (Mobile) 01.01.1945-01.01.1945

Armor
 
745th Tank Battalion 06.07.1944-08.05.1945
747th Tank Battalion 07.06.1944-13.06.1944
741st Tank Battalion 07.06.1944-15.06.1944
743rd Tank Battalion 11.06.1944-13.06.1944
3rd Armored Group (less 747th Tank Battalion) 11.06.1944-15.06.1944
CC B, 3rd Armored Division 06.07.1944-30.07.1944 & 05.08.1944-06.08.1944
33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division 06.07.1944-30.07.1944 & 05.08.1944-06.08.1944
83rd Armored Recon Battalion, 3rd Armored Division 06.07.1944-30.07.1944 & 05.08.1944-06.08.1944
CC A, 3rd Armored Division 31.07.1944-11.08.1944
32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division 31.07.1944-11.08.1944
CC R, 3rd Armored Division 08.03.1945-17.03.1945 & 20.03.1945-21.03.1945
3rd Battalion, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division 08.03.1945-17.03.1945 & 20.03.1945-21.03.1945
2nd Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division 08.03.1945-17.03.1945 & 20.03.1945-21.03.1945
C Company, 703rd TC Battalion (SP) 08.03.1945-17.03.1945 & 20.03.1945-21.03.1945
CC A, 9th Armored Division 04.05.1945-08.05.1945

Cavalry
 
102nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squad 11.06.1944-13.06.1944
38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squad 12.06.1944-31.07.1944
4th Cavalry Group 01.08.1944-07.08.1944 & 09.04.1945-17.04.1945
24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squad 02.08.1944-17.08.1944
4th Cavalry Group (less 4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squad) 12.08.1944-17.08.1944
4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squad 14.08.1944-17.08.1944
4th Cavalry Group (less 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squad) 11.11.1944-30.11.1944
32nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squad 01.03.1945-10.03.1945

Chemical
 
81st Chemical Mortar Battalion (less B & D Companies) 07.06.1944-09.06.1944
B & D Companies, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion 01.07.1944-31.07.1944
A Company, 87th Chemical Battalion 01.08.1944-31.08.1944 & 30.03.1945-31.03.1945
A & D Companies, 87th Chemical Battalion 01.09.1944-30.09.1944
A & B Companies, 87th Chemical Battalion 01.10.1944-17.12.1944
C Company, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion 13.01.1945-23.01.1945
B Company, 87th Chemical Battalion 24.01.1945-07.02.1945
A Company, 90th Chemical Battalion 24.02.1945-10.03.1945
B Company, 90th Chemical Battalion 24.02.1945-10.03.1945
A Company, 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion 01.04.1945-12.04.1945
C & D Companies, 87th Chemical Battalion 01.04.1945-12.04.1945

Engineers
 
20th Engineers (C) Battalion 08.06.1944-12.06.1944
B & D Companies, 23rd Armored Engineers Battalion, 3rd Armored Division 06.07.1944-30.07.1944 & 05.08.1944-06.08.1944
A & C Companies, 23rd Armored Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Division 31.07.1944-11.08.1944
1106th Engineers (C) Gp 01.10.1944-31.10.1944
238th Engineers (C) Battalion 01.10.1944-31.10.1944
257th Engineers (C) Battalion 01.10.1944-31.10.1944
B Company, 2nd Engineers (C) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division 14.01.1945-24.01.1945
299th Engineers (C) Battalion 24.02.1945-10.03.1945
1st Platoon, 994th Engineers Treadway (Br) Company 24.02.1945-10.03.1945
1st Light Equip Platoon, 276th Engineers (C) Battalion 24.02.1945-10.03.1945
72nd Engineers Light (Pon) Company 24.02.1945-10.03.1945
C Company, 23rd Armored Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Division 08.03.1945-17.03.1945 & 20.03.1945-21.03.1945

Field Artillery (FA)
 
186th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 07.06.1944-27.06.1944
62nd Armored FA Battalion 07.06.1944-31.06.1944
391st Armored FA Battalion, 3rd Armored Division 06.07.1944-30.07.1944 & 05.08.1944-06.08.1944
87th Armored FA Battalion 06.07.1944-30.07.1944 & 05.08.1944-06.08.1944
54th Armored FA Battalion, 3rd Armored Division 31.07.1944-11.08.1944
67th Armored FA Battalion, 3rd Armored Division 31.07.1944-11.08.1944
58th Armored FA Battalion 31.07.1944-11.08.1944 & 01.10.1944-31.10.1944
18th FA Group 01.08.1944-31.08.1944
188th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 01.08.1944-30.09.1944 & 13.04.1945-23.04.1945
957th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 01.08.1944-17.12.1944 & 11.03.1945-29.03.1945
26th FA Battalion, 9th Division (105mm Howitzer) 04.08.1944-07.08.1944
985th FA Battalion 01.09.1944-30.09.1944
B Battery, 15th FA Obsn Battalion 01.09.1944-30.09.1944
Hq & Hq Battery, 18th FA Group 01.09.1944-02.10.1944
84th FA Battalion, 9th Division (105mm Howitzer) 10.11.1944-01.12.1944
A Battery, 987th FA Battalion (155mm Gun) 01.12.1944-17.12.1944 & 24.02.1945-10.03.1945
60th FA Battalion, 9th Division (105mm Howitzer) 06.12.1944-08.12.1944
955th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 13.01.1945-07.02.1945 & 28.04.1945-08.05.1945
965th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 08.02.1945-10.03.1945
193rd FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) 08.02.1945-29.03.1945
188th FA Group 11.03.1945-29.03.1945
660th FA Battalion (8" Howitzer) 11.03.1945-29.03.1945
951st FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 11.03.1945-29.03.1945 & 13.04.1945-23.04.1945
A Battery, 13th FA Obsn Battalion 11.03.1945-29.03.1945
B Battery, 13th FA Obsn Battalion 30.03.1945-31.03.1945 & 13.04.1945-23.04.1945
951st FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 30.03.1945-31.03.1945
980th FA Battalion (155mm Gun) 30.03.1945-31.03.1945 & 13.04.1945-23.04.1945
Hq & Hq Battery, 142nd FA Group 30.03.1945-23.04.1945
Hq & Hq Battery, 203rd FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 28.04.1945-30.04.1945
191st FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 28.04.1945-30.04.1945
734th FA Battalion (155mm Gun) 28.04.1945-30.04.1945
76th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) 28.04.1945-08.05.1945
B Battery, 17th FA Obsn Battalion 28.04.1945-08.05.1945
186th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 01.05.1945-03.05.1945
Hq & Hq Battery, 406th FA Group 01.05.1945-08.05.1945
200th FA Battalion (155mm Gun) 01.05.1945-08.05.1945

Infantry
 
116th CT, 29th Division 17.03.1944-07.06.1944
111th FA Battalion, 29th Division (105mm Howitzer) 17.03.1944-07.06.1944
1 det, 29th Recon Troop, 29th Division 17.03.1944-07.06.1944
1 det, 121st Engineer (C) Battalion, 29th Division 17.03.1944-07.06.1944
115th CT, 29th Division 02.06.1944-07.06.1944
36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division (less 3rd Battalion) 06.07.1944-30.07.1944 & 05.08.1944-06.08.1944
3rd Battalion, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division 31.07.1944-11.08.1944 & 08.03.1945-17.03.1945 & 20.03.1945-21.03.1945
39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Division 04.08.1944-06.08.1944
1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division (less A Company) 18.10.1944-22.10.1944
47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Division 10.11.1944-30.11.1944
2nd Battalion, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Division 04.12.1944-07.12.1944
23rd CT, 2nd Infantry Division 13.01.1945-23.01.1945
37th FA Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division (105mm Howitzer) 13.01.1945-23.01.1945
395th Infantry Regiment, 99th Division 03.02.1945-05.02.1945
3rd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Division 08.03.1945-17.03.1945 & 20.03.1945-21.03.1945
413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Division 21.03.1945-23.03.1945

Tank Destroyer (TD)
 
635th TD Battalion (T) (less A Company) 07.06.1944-11.06.1944 & 17.06.1944-21.06.1944
635th TD Battalion (T)  01.07.1944-30.09.1944
B & C Companies, 703rd TD Battalion (SP) (less, 3rd Platoon, C Company) 06.07.1944-30.07.1944 & 05.08.1944-06.08.1944
3rd Platoon, B Company, 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP) 31.07.1944-11.08.1944
A Company, 703rd TD Battalion (SP) 31.07.1944-11.08.1944
634th TD Battalion (SP) (less C Company) 01.08.1944-06.03.1945
703rd TD Battalion (SP) 18.12.1944-31.12.1944
3rd Platoon, C Company, 801st TD Battalion (SP) 18.12.1944-31.12.1944
C Company, 703rd TD Battalion (SP) 01.01.1945-12.01.1945
B Company, 644th TD Battalion (SP) 13.01.1945-23.01.1945


Assignments

01.11.1943   1st Army  
06.11.1943 VII Corps 1st Army  
02.02.1944 V Corps 1st Army  
14.07.1944   1st Army  
15.07.1944 VII Corps 1st Army  
01.08.1944 VII Corps 1st Army 12th Army Group
16.12.1944 V Corps 1st Army 12th Army Group
20.12.1944     21st Army Group
18.01.1945 V Corps 1st Army 12th Army Group
26.01.1945 XVIII Corps 1st Army 12th Army Group
12.02.1945 III Corps 1st Army 12th Army Group
08.03.1945 VII Corps 1st Army 12th Army Group
27.04.1945 VIII Corps 1st Army 12th Army Group
30.04.1945 V Corps 1st Army 12th Army Group
06.05.1945   3rd Army 12th Army Group


Detachments

Unit Attached to  
26th Combat Team 29th Division 17.05.1944-07.06.1944
1st det, Hq & Hq Battery, 1st Divisional Artillery 29th Division 17.05.1944-07.06.1944
33rd FA Battalion 29th Division 17.05.1944-07.06.1944
C Company, 1st Engineers (C) Battalion 29th Division 17.05.1944-07.06.1944
26th Combat Team 4th Division 29.07.1944-30.07.1944
1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment 3rd Armored Division 06.09.1944-23.09.1944
16th Combat Team V Corps 05.12.1944-15.12.1944
5th FA Battalion V Corps 05.12.1944-15.12.1944
7th FA Battalion V Corps 05.12.1944-15.12.1944
A Company, 1st Engineers (C) Battalion V Corps 05.12.1944-15.12.1944
26th Infantry Regiment 99th Division 17.12.1944-18.12.1944
16th Combat Team 8th Division 06.02.1945-08.02.1945
7th FA Battalion 8th Division 06.02.1945-08.02.1945
A Company, 1st Engineers (C) Battalion 8th Division 06.02.1945-08.02.1945
1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment 4th Cavalry Group 30.03.1945-08.04.1945
Task Force Taylor VII Corps 07.04.1945-08.04.1945
26th Infantry Regiment VII Corps 07.04.1945-08.04.1945
33rd FA Battalion VII Corps 07.04.1945-08.04.1945
1st Platoon, C Company, 1st Engineer (C) Battalion VII Corps 07.04.1945-08.04.1945
1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment 3rd Armored Division 11.04.1945-25.04.1945

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