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Divisional information
Divisional troops
Attachments
Assignments
Detachments
Command Posts
| Divisional information |
History
| Activated | 02.10.1939 |
| Arrived Iceland (First Elements) | 16.09.1941 |
| Arrived UK | 09.08.1943 |
| Arrived Continent | 09.07.1944 |
| Entered Combat (First Elements) | 14.07.1944 |
| Entered Combat (Entire Division) | 16.07.1944 |
Statistic
| Days in Combat | 270 |
| Prisoners of War Taken | 71603 |
Casualties (Tentative)
| Killed | 2083 |
| Wouded | 9278 |
| Missing | 1073 |
| Captured | 101 |
| Battle Casualties | 12475 |
| Non Battle Casualties | 11012 |
| Total Casualties | 23487 |
| Percent of T/O Strength | 166.7% |
Commanding General (CG)
| 15.12.1943 | Maj.-Gen. S. Leroy Irwin |
| 20.04.1945 | Maj.-Gen. Albert E. Brown |
Assistant Division Commander
| 15.12.1943 | Brig.-Gen. Alan D. Warnock |
Artillery Commander
| 15.12.1943 | Brig.-Gen. Harnold C. Vanderveer |
Chief of Staff
| 15.12.1943 | Col. Paul O. Franson |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-1
| 15.12.1943 | Lt.-Col. Hugh J. Socks |
| 06.02.1944 | Maj. Clayton E. Crafts |
| 01.07.1944 | Lt.-Col. Clayton E. Crafts |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2
| 15.12.1943 | Lt.-Col. Donald W. Thackery |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-3
| 15.12.1943 | Lt.-Col. Randolph C. Dickens |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-4
| 15.12.1943 | Lt.-Col. Richard L. McKee |
Assistant Chief of Staff G-5
| 13.05.1944 | Maj. George E.B. Peddy |
| 01.11.1944 | Lt.-Col. George E.B. Peddy |
Adjutant General
| 15.12.1943 | Maj. Charles H. Conway |
| 01.02.1944 | Lt.-Col. Charles H. Conway |
| Divisional troops |
Infantry
| 2nd Infantry Regiment | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 10th Infantry Regiment | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 11th Infantry Regiment | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
Field Artillery (FA)
| 19th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter) | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 46th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter) | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 50th FA Battalion (105mm Howizter) | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 21st FA Battalion (155mm Howizter) | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
Other troops
| 5th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 5th Quartermaster Company | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 7th Engineer Combat Battalion | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 5th Medical Battalion | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 5th Signal Company | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| 705th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Band | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Headquarters Company | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Military Police Platoon | 00.00.0000-00.00.0000 |
| Attachments |
Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)
| 449th AAA AW Battalion (Mobile) | 13.07.1944-23.11.1944 & 29.11.1944-31.03.1945 |
| D Batterym 116th AAA Gun Battalion (Mobile) | 30.07.1944-01.08.1944 |
| 735th Tank Battalion | 13.07.1944-20.10.1944 & 01.11.1944-20.12.1944 |
| CC B, 7th Armored Division | 09.09.1944-15.09.1944 |
| Task Force Riley, 10th Armored Division | 22.12.1944-23.12.1944 |
| 737th Tank Battalion | 23.12.1944-11.06.1945 |
| 748th Tank Battalion | 22.03.1945-23.03.1945 |
| B Company, 17th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division | 08.04.1945-10.04.1945 |
| 38th Cavalry Recon. Squadron (less B Troop) | 14.07.1944-18.07.1944 |
| B Troop, 38th Cavalry Recon. Squadron | 14.07.1944-30.07.1944 |
| C Troop, 3rd Cavalry Recon. Squadron | 07.09.1944-11.09.1944 |
| 3rd Cavalry Recon. Squadron | 11.09.1944-14.09.1944 |
| 6th Cavalry Group | 01.12.1944-16.12.1944 |
| 6th Cavalry Recon. Squadron | 01.12.1944-16.12.1944 |
| E Troop, 28th Cavalry Recon. Squadron | 01.12.1944-16.12.1944 |
| C Troop, 2nd Cavalry Recon. Squadron | 26.03.1945-28.03.1945 |
| 32nd Cavalry Recon. Squadron | 08.04.1945-13.04.1945 |
| F Troop, 18th Cavalry Recon. Squadron | 08.04.1945-13.04.1945 |
| D Company, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion | 13.07.1944-01.08.1944 |
| 84th Chemical SG Company | 07.09.1944-20.09.1944 & 12.02.1945-28.02.1945 & 02.03.1945-05.03.1945 |
| C & D Companies, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion | 19.09.1944-20.10.1944 |
| C Company, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion | 01.11.1944-10.11.1944 |
| D Company, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion | 01.11.1944-22.11.1944 |
| A Company, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion | 16.12.1944-21.12.1944 |
| C Company, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion | 22.12.1944-15.01.1945 & 04.02.1945-22.02.1945 |
| D Company, 91st Chemical Mortar Battalion | 22.12.1944-01.02.1945 |
| 2 Sections, 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion | 06.02.1945-12.02.1945 |
| 2 Sections, 84th SG Company | 13.03.1945-24.03.1945 |
| 84th Chemical SG Company (less 2 Sections) | 21.03.1945-24.03.1945 |
| B Company, 90th Chemical Mortar Battalion | 08.04.1945-15.04.1945 |
| C Company, 90th Chemical Mortar Battalion | 12.04.1945-15.04.1945 |
| 150th Engineer Combat Battalion | 09.08.1944-13.08.1944 |
| 1 Platoon, 994th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company | 09.08.1944-13.08.1944 |
| 537th Engineer Light Ponton Company | 09.08.1944-13.08.1944 |
| 1 Platoon, 537th Engineer Light Ponton Company | 24.08.1944-27.08.1944 |
| 160th Engineer Combat Battalion | 25.08.1944-27.08.1944 & 29.08.1944-30.08.1944 |
| 989th Engineer Treadway Bridge Company | 25.08.1944-27.08.1944 & 29.08.1944-30.08.1944 |
| 509th Engineer Light Ponton Company | 29.08.1944-30.08.1944 |
| B Company, 293rd Engineer Combat Battalion | 01.12.1944-16.12.1944 |
Field Artillery (FA)
| 187th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) | 30.07.1944-01.08.1944 |
| 204th FA Battalion (155mm Howitzer) | 09.08.1944-13.08.1944 |
| B Battery, 7th FA Obsn. Battalion | 10.08.1944-13.08.1944 |
| 282nd FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) | 25.08.1944-05.09.1944 |
| 241st FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) | 25.08.1944-29.09.1944 |
| 284th FA Battalion (105mm Howitzer) | 25.08.1944-21.10.1944 & 08.11.1944-22.11.1944 & 16.12.1944-21.12.1944 |
| 434th FA Battalion | 10.09.1944-15.09.1944 |
| 244th FA Battalion (155mm Gun) | 22.11.1944-07.12.1944 |
| 1 Section, B Battery, 558th FA Battalion (155mm Gun) | 28.11.1944-07.12.1944 |
| B Battery, 558th FA Battalion (155mm Gun) | 16.12.1944-21.12.1944 |
| 1 Platoon, B Battery, 558th FA Battalion (155mm Gun) | 11.02.1945-21.02.1945 |
| 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion | 01.12.1944-16.12.1944 |
| 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division | 15.01.1945-17.01.1945 |
| 417th CT, 76th Infantry Division | 04.02.1945-11.02.1945 |
| 2nd Battalion, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division | 23.03.1945-21.03.1945 |
| 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division | 23.03.1945-24.03.1945 |
| Task Force Satt | 02.04.1945-04.04.1945 |
| 16th Fusilliers Battalion (Belgium) | 18.04.1945-19.04.1945 |
| 818th TD Battalion (SP) | 13.07.1944-20.12.1944 |
| 774th TD Battalion (T) | 14.09.1944-24.09.1944 |
| B Company, 774th TD Battalion (T) | 26.09.1944-15.10.1944 |
| A Company, 774th TD Battalion (T) | 26.09.1944-22.10.1944 |
| 705th TD Battalion (SP) | 01.11.1944-02.11.1944 |
| 773rd TD Battalion (SP) | 01.11.1944-02.11.1944 |
| 774th TD Battalion (T) | 05.11.1944-22.11.1944 |
| C Company, 602nd TD Battalion (SP) | 01.12.1944-16.12.1944 |
| 807th TD Battalion (SP) | 17.12.1944-21.12.1944 |
| C Company, 808th TD Battalion (SP) | 21.12.1944-28.12.1944 |
| 654th TD Battalion (SP) | 22.12.1944-25.12.1944 |
| 803rd TD Battalion (SP) | 25.12.1944-13.06.1945 |
| 1 Platoon, B Company, 808th TD Battalion (SP) | 10.02.1945-16.02.1945 |
| B Company, 691st TD Battalion (T) | 23.03.1945-24.03.1945 |
| Assignments |
| Date | Assigned to Corps | Assigned to Army | Attached to Army | Assigned to Army Group | Attached to Army Group |
| 11.05.1942 | V Corps | Iceland Base Command | |||
| 22.10.1943 | First Army | ETOUSA | |||
| 24.12.1943 | XV Corps | First Army | |||
| 31.01.1944 | XV Corps | ETOUSA | |||
| 13.07.1944 | V Corps | First Army | ETOUSA | ||
| 01.08.1944 | Third Army | First Army | 12th Army Group | ||
| 04.08.1944 | XX Corps | Third Army | 12th Army Group | ||
| 21.12.1944 | XII Corps | Third Army | 12th Army Group | ||
| 28.03.1945 | XX Corps | Third Army | 12th Army Group | ||
| 07.04.1945 | III Corps | Third Army | First Army | 12th Army Group | |
| 18.04.1945 | Third Army | First Army | 12th Army Group | ||
| 22.04.1945 | XVI Corps | Third Army | Ninth Army | 12th Army Group | |
| 25.04.1945 | III Corps | Third Army | First Army | 12th Army Group | |
| 29.04.1945 | XII Corps | Third Army | First Army | 12th Army Group |
| Detachments |
| Unit | Attached to |
| 2nd CT | 2nd Armored Division | 10.09.1944-15.09.1944 |
| 5th Divisional Artillery | 95th Infantry Division | 23.11.1944-27.11.1944 |
| 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment | 95th Infantry Division | 26.11.1944-28.11.1944 |
| 10th CT | 95th Infantry Division | 30.11.1944-01.12.1944 |
| 3rd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment | 95th Infantry Division | 12.12.1944-17.12.1944 |
| 10th CT | 4th Infantry Division | 22.12.1944-24.12.1944 |
| 46th FA Battalion | 4th Infantry Division | 22.12.1944-24.12.1944 |
| B Company, 7th Engineer Combat Battalion | 4th Infantry Division | 22.12.1944-24.12.1944 |
| 5th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) | 4th Infantry Division | 23.12.1944-24.12.1944 |
| 11th CT | 4th Armored Division | 08.03.1945-01.03.1945 |
| 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment | 7th Armored Division | 15.04.1945-07.04.1945 |
| Command Posts |
| Date | Town | Region | Country |
| 26.01.1944 | Tidworth Barracks | Wiltshire | England |
| 15.02.1944 | Bryansford | Northern Ireland | |
| 10.07.1944 | Montebourg | Manche | France |
| 15.07.1944 | Balleroy | Calvados | France |
| 24.07.1944 | Corisy-la-Foret | Manche | France |
| 29.07.1944 | Litteau | Manche | France |
| 01.08.1944 | Aux Malles | Calvados | France |
| 04.08.1944 | Cerisy-la-Salle | Manche | France |
| 05.08.1944 | Lafrense Vitry | Manche | France |
| 11.08.1944 | Angers | Maine-et-Loire | France |
| 13.08.1944 | St Calais | Sarthe | France |
| 14.08.1944 | Authon | Eure-et-Loire | France |
| 15.08.1944 | Harville | Eure-et-Loire | France |
| 17.08.1944 | Pezy | Eure-et-Loire | France |
| 18.08.1944 | Levesville | Eure-et-Loire | France |
| 22.08.1944 | Thionville | Seine-et-Marne | France |
| 23.08.1944 | Malesherbes | Seine-et-Marne | France |
| 23.08.1944 | Nemours | Seine-et-Marne | France |
| 24.08.1944 | Villecerf | Seine-et-Marne | France |
| 26.08.1944 | Goumery | Seine-et-Marne | France |
| 27.08.1944 | Suzanne | Marne | France |
| 29.08.1944 | Charmoye | Marne | France |
| 29.08.1944 | Sermier | Marne | France |
| 30.08.1944 | Reims | Marne | France |
| 31.08.1944 | Somme-Suippe | Marne | France |
| 01.09.1944 | Verdun | Meuse | France |
| 06.09.1944 | Vionville | Meuse | France |
| 13.09.1944 | Chambley | Meurthe-et-Moselle | France |
| 27.09.1944 | Villers-sur-le-Preny | Meurthe-et-Moselle | France |
| 20.10.1944 | Piennes | Meurthe-et-Moselle | France |
| 01.11.1944 | Villers-sur-le-Preny | Meurthe-et-Moselle | France |
| 11.11.1944 | Lesmenils | Meurthe-et-Moselle | France |
| 16.11.1944 | Ft Leisne (vic Verny) | Moselle | France |
| 02.12.1944 | Zimming (adv) | Moselle | France |
| 06.12.1944 | Mine de Huille (vic Creutzwald) | Moselle | France |
| 16.12.1944 | Saarlautern | Rhineland | Germany |
| 21.12.1944 | Neudorf | Luxemburg | |
| 23.12.1944 | Metz | Moselle | France |
| 24.12.1944 | Junglinster | Luxemburg | |
| 30.12.1944 | Fels | Luxemburg | |
| 21.01.1945 | Schieren (vic) | Luxemburg | |
| 04.02.1945 | Junglinster | Luxemburg | |
| 06.02.1945 | Scheidgen | Luxemburg | |
| 18.02.1945 | Chateau | Luxemburg | |
| 25.02.1945 | Nusbaum | Rhineland | Germany |
| 28.02.1945 | Messerich | Rhineland | Germany |
| 08.03.1945 | Dudeldorf | Rhineland | Germany |
| 10.03.1945 | Daun | Rhineland | Germany |
| 12.03.1945 | Kaisersesch | Rhineland | Germany |
| 16.03.1945 | Treis | Rhineland | Germany |
| 17.03.1945 | Kastellaum | Rhineland | Germany |
| 18.03.1945 | Simmern | Rhineland | Germany |
| 19.03.1945 | Winterburg | Rhineland | Germany |
| 21.03.1945 | Wendelsheim | Hessen | Germany |
| 22.03.1945 | Undenheim | Hessen | Germany |
| 26.03.1945 | Trebur | Hessen | Germany |
| 27.03.1945 | Waldorf | Hessen | Germany |
| 27.03.1945 | Frankfurt (adv) | Hessen | Germany |
| 29.03.1945 | Frankfurt | Hessen | Germany |
| 05.04.1945 | Lich | Hessen | Germany |
| 09.04.1945 | Bigge | Hessen | Germany |
| 11.04.1945 | Merschede | Westphalia | Germany |
| 13.04.1945 | Sundern | Westphalia | Germany |
| 15.04.1945 | Menden (adv) | Westphalia | Germany |
| 16.04.1945 | Menden | Westphalia | Germany |
| 25.04.1945 | Langenselvold (adv) | Hessen | Germany |
| 26.04.1945 | Langenselvold | Hessen | Germany |
| 26.04.1945 | Bamberg | Bavaria | Germany |
| 27.04.1945 | Grafenau (adv) | Bavaria | Germany |
| 29.04.1945 | Grafenau | Bavaria | Germany |
| 02.05.1945 | Waldkirchen | Bavaria | Germany |
| 05.05.1945 | Bischofsreut | Bavaria | Germany |
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