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Commanding General (CG):
00.06.1943-00.07.1944 | Maj.-Gen. John E. Dahlquist |
00.07.1944-00.08.1944 (acting) | Brig.-Gen. Peter P. Rodes |
00.08.1944-00.08.1945 | Maj.-Gen. Allison J. Barnett |
10.12.1944-03.05.1945 (acting) | Brig.-Gen. Thomas W. Herren |
00.08.1945-11.10.1945 | Brig.-Gen. Thomas W. Herren |
Divisional troops
Infantry
274th Infantry Regiment | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
275th Infantry Regiment | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
276th Infantry Regiment | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
Field Artillery
(FA)
725th FA Battalion (155mm) | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
882nd FA Battalion (105mm) | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
883rd FA Battalion (105mm) | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
884th FA Battalion (105mm) | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
Other
troops
370th Medical Battalion | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
270th Engineer Combat Battalion | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
70th Infantry Division Hq Company | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
70th Quartermaster Company | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
570th Signal Company | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
770th Ordnance Company | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
70th Reconnaissance Troop | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
70th MP Platoon | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
70th Counterintellegence Corps Detachment | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
70th Infantry Division Band | 15.07.1943-11.10.1945 |
Attachments
Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)
433rd AAA Battalion (Mobile) | 12.02.1944-20.07.1945 |
Armor
C Company, 753rd Tank Battalion | 28.12.1944-02.01.1945 |
B Company, 191st Tank Battalion | 29.12.1944-01.01.1945 |
3rd Platoon, 636th Tank Battalion | 29.12.1944-01.01.1945 |
A Company, 753rd Tank Battalion | 29.12.1944-02.01.1945 |
781st Tank Battalion (less A and D Companies) | 03.01.1945-16.01.1945 |
714th Tank Battalion, 12th Armored Division | 12.02.1945-17.02.1945 |
749th Tank Battalion (less A Company) | 16.02.1945-15.03.1945 |
Combat Command A, 12th Armored Division | 02.03.1945-08.03.1945 |
740th Tank Battalion | 15.03.1945-16.03.1945 |
772nd Tank Battalion | 22.03.1945-24.03.1945 |
Chemical
C Company, 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion | 13.01.1945-15.02.1945 |
99th Chemical Mortar Battalion (less A Company) | 16.02.1945-15.03.1945 |
Engineer
2755th Engineer Combat Battalion | 18.01.1945-08.02.1945 |
Field Artillery
(FA)
69th Armored FA Battalion | 01.01.1945-05.01.1945 & 15.01.1945-08.02.1945 |
160th FA Battalion, 45th Division (105mm) | 05.01.1945-07.01.1945 |
158th FA Battalion, 45th Division (105mm) | 08.01.1945-12.01.1945 |
499th FA Battalion | 08.01.1945-12.01.1945 |
17th FA Battalion | 08.01.1945-13.01.1945 |
501st Armored FA Battalion, 14th Armored Division | 10.01.1945-13.01.1945 |
93rd Armored FA Battalion | 13.01.1945-08.02.1945 |
494th Armored FA Battalion, 12th Armored Division | 10.02.1945-13.02.1945 & 17.02.1945-09.03.1945 & 13.03.1945-17.03.1945 |
495th Armored FA Battalion, 12th Armored Division | 11.02.1945-12.02.1945 & 17.02.1945-09.03.1945 & 13.03.1945-17.03.1945 |
493rd Armored FA Battalion, 12th Armored Division | 13.03.1945-17.03.1945 |
Tank
Destroyer
C Company, 882nd Tank Destroyer Battalion (SP) | 08.02.1945-19.02.1945 |
648th Tank Battalion (T) | 20.02.1945-31.03.1945 |
Sources & links: | 70th Infantry Division Association
US Army Center of Military History - ETO Order of Battle US Army Center of Military History - Combat Chronicle |
Site design & initiative: | Hans Houterman |
Site created by: | Jeroen Koppes |
Last update: | 20.03.2002 - JCK |