Amerikaanse Infantry Divisions

Inleiding

Op het moment dat de Tweede Wereldoorlog begon met de Duitse inval in Polen bestond het Amerikaanse leger uit vijf divisies. Vergeleken met andere landen stonden de Verenigde Staten hiermee op de zeventiende plaats. Als gevolg van de isolationistische politiek in het Interbellum was de omvang van de Amerikaanse strijdkrachten drastisch afgenomen. Vijf en een half jaar later hadden de Verenigde Staten ruim acht miljoen man onder de wapenen, verdeeld over de zee-, lucht- en landmacht.

79th Infantry Division in Normandië, 1944 Source US Army photo

Onderdeel van dit enorme leger waren maar liefst zeventig infanteriedivisies die werden ingezet in noordwest Europa, het Mediteraans gebied, Noord-Afrika en het Pacifisch gebied. In het op de volgende pagina’s staande overzicht staan alle Amerikaanse infanteriedivisies die actief waren gedurende de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Voor elke divisie staan het insigne, (bij)naam, basissamenstelling, commandanten en de belangrijkste campagnes vermeld.

1st - 10th

	1st Infantry Division Bijnaam: Big Red One Basissamenstelling: 16th Infantry Regiment 18th Infantry Regiment 26th Infantry Regiment 5th Field Artillery Battalion 7th Field Artillery Battalion 32nd Field Artillery Battalion 33rd Field Artillery Battalion 1st Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Donald Cubbison - vanaf juli 1941 Major-General Terry de la Mesa Allen - vanaf juni 1942 Major-General Clarence Huebner - vanaf juli 1943 Major-General Clift Andrus - vanaf december 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Algerije-Frans Marokko (Invasietroepen) Tunesië Sicilië (Invasietroepen) Normandië (Invasietroepen) Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	2nd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Indianhead Basissamenstelling: 9th Infantry Regiment 23rd Infantry Regiment 38th Infantry Regiment 12th Field Artillery Battalion 15th Field Artillery Battalion 37th Field Artillery Battalion 38th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General John Lee - vanaf november 1941 Major-General Walter Robertson - vanaf mei 1942 Brigadier-General William Harrison - vanaf juni 1945 Major-General Edward Almond - vanaf september 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	3rd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Rock of the Marne Basissamenstelling: 7th Infantry Regiment 15rd Infantry Regiment 30th Infantry Regiment 10th Field Artillery Battalion 39th Field Artillery Battalion 41st Field Artillery Battalion 9th Field Artillery Battalion 10th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General John Lucas - vanaf september 1941 Major-General Johnathan Anderson - vanaf maart 1942 Major-General Lucian Truscott - vanaf april 1943 Major-General John O'Daniel - vanaf februari 1944 Major-General William Schmidt - vanaf augustus 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Algarije - Frans Marokko (Invasietroepen) Tunesië Sicilië Napels Rome Zuid-Frankrijk (Invasietroepen) Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	4th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Ivy Basissamenstelling: 8th Infantry Regiment 12th Infantry Regiment 22nd Infantry Regiment 29th Field Artillery Battalion 42nd Field Artillery Battalion 44th Field Artillery Battalion 20th Field Artillery Battalion 4th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Terry de la Mesa Allen - vanaf december 1941 Major-General Fred Wallace - vanaf januari 1942 Major-General Raymond Barton - vanaf juli 1942 Major-General Harold Blakeley - vanaf december 1944 Major-General George Hays - vanaf november 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië (Invasietroepen) Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	5th Infantry Division Bijnaam:Red Diamond Basissamenstelling: 2nd Infantry Regiment 10th Infantry Regiment 11th Infantry Regiment 19th Field Artillery Battalion 21st Field Artillery Battalion 46th Field Artillery Battalion 50th Field Artillery Battalion 7th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Cordtlandt Parker - vanaf augustus 1941 Major-General Stafford Irwin - vanaf juni 1943 Major-General Albert Brown - vanaf april 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië (Invasietroepen) Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	6th Infantry Division Bijnaam:Sightseeing Sixth / Red Star Basissamenstelling: 1st Infantry Regiment 20th Infantry Regiment 63rd Infantry Regiment 1st Field Artillery Battalion 51st Field Artillery Battalion 53rd Field Artillery Battalion 80th Field Artillery Battalion 6th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Clarence Ridley - vanaf januari 1941 Major-General Durward Wilson - vanaf september 1942 Major-General Franklin Sibert - vanaf oktober 1942 Major-General Edwin Patrick - vanaf augustus 1944 Major-General Charles Hurdis - vanaf maart 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Nieuw Guinea Luzon
	7th Infantry Division Bijnaam:Hourglass Basissamenstelling: 17th Infantry Regiment 32nd Infantry Regiment 184th Infantry Regiment 31st Field Artillery Battalion 48th Field Artillery Battalion 49th Field Artillery Battalion 57th Field Artillery Battalion 13th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Charles White - vanaf augustus 1941 Major-General Albert Brown - vanaf oktober 1942 Major-General Charles Corlett - vanaf april 1943 Major-General Archibald Arnold - vanaf februari 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Aleoeten Eastern Mandates Leyte Riukiu-eilanden
	8th Infantry Division Bijnaam:Pathfinder Basissamenstelling: 13th Infantry Regiment 28th Infantry Regiment 121st Infantry Regiment 28th Field Artillery Battalion 43rd Field Artillery Battalion 45th Field Artillery Battalion 56th Field Artillery Battalion 12th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General James Marley - vanaf april 1941 Major-General Paul Peabody - vanaf augustus 1942 Major-General William McMahon - vanaf februari 1943 Major-General Donald Stroh - vanaf juli 1944 Major-General William Weaver - vanaf december 1944 Major-General Bryant Moore - vanaf februari 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Centraal Europa
	9th Infantry Division Bijnaam:Old Reliables Basissamenstelling: 39th Infantry Regiment 47th Infantry Regiment 60th Infantry Regiment 26th Field Artillery Battalion 34th Field Artillery Battalion 60th Field Artillery Battalion 84th Field Artillery Battalion 15th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Manton Eddy - vanaf november 1943 Major-General Louis Craig - vanaf augustus 1944 Brigadier-General Reese Howell - vanaf mei 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Algerije-Frans Marokko (Invasietroepen) Tunesië Sicilië Normandië Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	10th Mountain Division Bijnaam:Mountaineers Basissamenstelling: 85th Mountain Infantry Regiment 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment 87th Mountain Infantry Regiment 604th Field Artillery Battalion 605th Field Artillery Battalion 616th Field Artillery Battalion 126th Mountain Engineer Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Lloyd Jones - vanaf juli 1942 Major-General George Hays - vanaf november 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noorderlijke Apennijnen Po Vallei

11th - 31st

	11th Airborne Division Bijnaam: Angels Basissamenstelling: 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment 187th Glider Infantry Regiment 188th Glider Infantry Regiment 457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion 674th Glider Field Artillery Battalion 675th Glider Field Artillery Battalion 127th Airborne Engineer Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Joseph Swing - vanaf februari 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Nieuw-Guinea Leyte Luzon
	17th Airborne Division Bijnaam: Golden Talons Basissamenstelling: 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment 193rd Glider Infantry Regiment 194th Glider Infantry Regiment 680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion 681st Glider Field Artillery Battalion 464th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion 466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion 193rd Airborne Engineer Battalion Commandanten: Major-General William Miley - vanaf augustus 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Ardennen Centraal Europa
	24th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Victory Basissamenstelling: 19th Infantry Regiment 21st Infantry Regiment 34th Infantry Regiment 11th Field Artillery Battalion 13th Field Artillery Battalion 52nd Field Artillery Battalion 64th Field Artillery Battalion 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Durward Wilson - vanaf oktober 1941 Major-General Frederick Irving - vanaf augustus 1942 Major-General Roscoe Woodruff - vanaf november 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Centraal Pacifisch Gebied Nieuw-Guinea Leyte Zuidelijke Filipijnen Luzon
	25th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Tropical Lightning Basissamenstelling: 27th Infantry Regiment 35th Infantry Regiment 161st Infantry Regiment 9th Field Artillery Battalion 64th Field Artillery Battalion 89th Field Artillery Battalion 90th Field Artillery Battalion 65th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Maxwell Murray - vanaf oktober 1941 Major-General J. Lawton Collins - vanaf mei 1942 Major-General Charles Mullins Jr. - vanaf januari 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Centraal Pacifisch Gebied Noordelijke Salomonseilanden Guadalcanal Luzon
	26th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Yankee Basissamenstelling: 101st Infantry Regiment 104th Infantry Regiment 328th Infantry Regiment 101st Field Artillery Battalion 102nd Field Artillery Battalion 263rd Field Artillery Battalion 180th Field Artillery Battalion 101st Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Willard Paul - vanaf september 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen Centraal Europa
	27th Infantry Division Bijnaam: New York Basissamenstelling: 105th Infantry Regiment 106th Infantry Regiment 165th Infantry Regiment 104th Field Artillery Battalion 105th Field Artillery Battalion 106th Field Artillery Battalion 249th Field Artillery Battalion 102nd Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General William Haskell - vanaf oktober 1940 Brigadier-General Ralph McT.Pennel - vanaf november 1941 Major-General Ralph Smith - vanaf november 1942 Major-General George Griner Jr. - vanaf juni 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Centraal Pacifisch Gebied Westelijk Pacifisch Gebied Riukiu-eilanden
	28th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Keystone Basissamenstelling: 109th Infantry Regiment 110th Infantry Regiment 112th Infantry Regiment 107th Field Artillery Battalion 109th Field Artillery Battalion 229th Field Artillery Battalion 108th Field Artillery Battalion 103rd Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Lloyd Brown - vanaf oktober 1943 Major-General James Wharton - vanaf augustus 1944 Brigadier-General Norman Cota - vanaf september 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen Centraal Europa
	29th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Blue and Gray Basissamenstelling: 115th Infantry Regiment 116th Infantry Regiment 175th Infantry Regiment 110th Field Artillery Battalion 111th Field Artillery Battalion 224th Field Artillery Battalion 227th Field Artillery Battalion 121st Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Leonard Gerow - vanaf oktober 1942 Major-General Charles Gerhardt - vanaf juli 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië (Invasietroepen) Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Centraal Europa
	30th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Old Hickory Basissamenstelling: 117th Infantry Regiment 119th Infantry Regiment 120th Infantry Regiment 118th Field Artillery Battalion 197th Field Artillery Battalion 230th Field Artillery Battalion 113th Field Artillery Battalion 105th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Leland Hobbs - vanaf februari 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië Noord-Frankrijk Ardennen Rijnland Centraal Europa
	31st Infantry Division Bijnaam: Dixie Basissamenstelling: 124th Infantry Regiment 155th Infantry Regiment 167th Infantry Regiment 114th Field Artillery Battalion 116th Field Artillery Battalion 117th Field Artillery Battalion 149th Field Artillery Battalion 106th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General John Persons - vanaf november 1940 Major-General Clarence Martin - vanaf september 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Nieuw-Guinea Zuidelijke Filipijnen

32nd - 43rd

	32nd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Red Arrow Basissamenstelling: 126th Infantry Regiment 127th Infantry Regiment 128th Infantry Regiment 120th Field Artillery Battalion 121st Field Artillery Battalion 126th Field Artillery Battalion 129th Field Artillery Battalion 114th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Irving Fish - vanaf oktober 1940 Major-General Edwin Harding - vanaf maart 1942 Major-General William Gill - vanaf februari 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Nieuw-Guinea Zuidelijke Filipijnen Luzon
	33rd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Prairie Basissamenstelling: 123rd Infantry Regiment 130th Infantry Regiment 136th Infantry Regiment 122nd Field Artillery Battalion 123rd Field Artillery Battalion 124th Field Artillery Battalion 210th Field Artillery Battalion 108th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Samuel Lawton - vanaf maart 1941 Major-General Frank Mahin - vanaf mei 1942 Major-General John Millikin - vanaf augustus 1942 Major-General Percy Clarkson - vanaf oktober 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Nieuw-Guinea Luzon
	34th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Red Bull Basissamenstelling: 133rd Infantry Regiment 134th Infantry Regiment 168th Infantry Regiment 125th Field Artillery Battalion 151st Field Artillery Battalion 175th Field Artillery Battalion 185th Field Artillery Battalion 109th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Ellard Walsh - vanaf februari 1941 Major-General Russel Hartle - vanaf augustus 1941 Major-General Charles Ryder - vanaf mei 1942 Major-General Charles Bolte - vanaf juli 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Tunesië Napels-Foggia Anzio Rome Noordelijke Apenijnen Po Vallei
	35th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Santa Fe Basissamenstelling: 134th Infantry Regiment 137th Infantry Regiment 320th Infantry Regiment 127th Field Artillery Battalion 161st Field Artillery Battalion 216th Field Artillery Battalion 219th Field Artillery Battalion 60th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General R. E. Truman - vanaf december 1940 Major-General William Simpson - vanaf oktober 1941 Major-General Maxwell Murray - vanaf mei 1942 Major-General Paul Baade - vanaf januari 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	36th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Texas Basissamenstelling: 141st Infantry Regiment 142nd Infantry Regiment 143rd Infantry Regiment 131st Field Artillery Battalion 132nd Field Artillery Battalion 133rd Field Artillery Battalion 155th Field Artillery Battalion 111th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Claude Birkhead - vanaf november 1940 Major-General Fred Walker - vanaf september 1941 Major-General John Dahlquist - vanaf juli 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Napels-Foggia Anzio Rome Zuid-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	37th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Buckeye Basissamenstelling: 129th Infantry Regiment 145th Infantry Regiment 148th Infantry Regiment 6th Field Artillery Battalion 135th Field Artillery Battalion 136th Field Artillery Battalion 140th Field Artillery Battalion 117th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Robert Beightler - vanaf oktober 1940 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noordelijke Salomonseilanden Luzon
	38th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Cyclone Basissamenstelling: 149th Infantry Regiment 151st Infantry Regiment 152nd Infantry Regiment 138th Field Artillery Battalion 139th Field Artillery Battalion 150th Field Artillery Battalion 163rd Field Artillery Battalion 113th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Robert Tyndall - vanaf januari 1941 Major-General Daniel Sultan - vanaf april 1941 Major-General Henry Jones - vanaf april 1942 Major-General Frederick Irving - vanaf februari 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Nieuw-Guinea Zuidelijke Filipijnen Luzon (Invasietroepen)
	40th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Sunburst Basissamenstelling: 108th Infantry Regiment 160th Infantry Regiment 185th Infantry Regiment 143rd Field Artillery Battalion 164th Field Artillery Battalion 213th Field Artillery Battalion 222nd Field Artillery Battalion 115th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Walter Story - vanaf maart 1941 Major-General Ernest Dawley - vanaf september 1941 Major-General Rapp Brush - vanaf april 1942 Major-General Donald Myers - vanaf juli 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Bismarck-archipel Zuidelijke Filipijnen Luzon (Invasietroepen)
	41st Infantry Division Bijnaam: Jungleers / Sunset Basissamenstelling: 162nd Infantry Regiment 163rd Infantry Regiment 186th Infantry Regiment 146th Field Artillery Battalion 167th Field Artillery Battalion 205th Field Artillery Battalion 218th Field Artillery Battalion 116th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General George White - vanaf september 1940 Brigadier-General Carlos Pennington - vanaf november 1941 Major-General Horace Fuller - vanaf december 1941 Major-General Jens Doe - vanaf juni 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Nieuw-Guinea Luzon Zuidelijke Filipijnen
	42nd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Rainbow Basissamenstelling: 222nd Infantry Regiment 232nd Infantry Regiment 242nd Infantry Regiment 232nd Field Artillery Battalion 392nd Field Artillery Battalion 302nd Field Artillery Battalion 542nd Field Artillery Battalion 142nd Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Harry Collins - vanaf juli 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Centraal Europa
	43rd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Winged Victory Basissamenstelling: 103rd Infantry Regiment 169th Infantry Regiment 172nd Infantry Regiment 103rd Field Artillery Battalion 152nd Field Artillery Battalion 169th Field Artillery Battalion 192nd Field Artillery Battalion 118th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Brigadier-General Morris Payne - vanaf februari 1941 Major-General John Hester - vanaf augustus 1941 Major-General Leonard Wing - vanaf augustus 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Bismarck-archipel Zuidelijke Filipijnen Luzon

44th - 75th

	44th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Geen Basissamenstelling: 71st Infantry Regiment 114th Infantry Regiment 324th Infantry Regiment 156th Field Artillery Battalion 157th Field Artillery Battalion 217th Field Artillery Battalion 220th Field Artillery Battalion 63rd Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Clifford Powell - vanaf september 1940 Major-General James Muir - vanaf augustus 1941 Major-General Robert Spragins - vanaf augustus 1944 Major-General William Dean - vanaf januari 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Centraal Europa
	45th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Thunderbird Basissamenstelling: 157th Infantry Regiment 179th Infantry Regiment 180th Infantry Regiment 158th Field Artillery Battalion 160th Field Artillery Battalion 171st Field Artillery Battalion 189th Field Artillery Battalion 120th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General William Key - vanaf september 1940 Major-General Troy Middleton - vanaf oktober 1942 Major-General William Eagles - vanaf december 1943 Major-General Henry Meyer - vanaf december 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Sicilië Napels-Foggia Anzio Rome Zuid-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	63rd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Blood and Fire Basissamenstelling: 253rd Infantry Regiment 254th Infantry Regiment 255th Infantry Regiment 718th Field Artillery Battalion 861st Field Artillery Battalion 862nd Field Artillery Battalion 863rd Field Artillery Battalion 263rd Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Louis Hibs - vanaf juni 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Centraal Europa
	65th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Battle Axe Basissamenstelling: 259th Infantry Regiment 260th Infantry Regiment 261st Infantry Regiment 720th Field Artillery Battalion 867th Field Artillery Battalion 868th Field Artillery Battalion 869th Field Artillery Battalion 265th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Stanley Reinhart - vanaf augustus 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Centraal Europa
	66th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Panther Basissamenstelling: 262nd Infantry Regiment 263rd Infantry Regiment 264th Infantry Regiment 721st Field Artillery Battalion 870th Field Artillery Battalion 871st Field Artillery Battalion 872nd Field Artillery Battalion 266th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Herman Kramer - vanaf april 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noord-Frankrijk
	69th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Fighting 69th Basissamenstelling: 271st Infantry Regiment 272nd Infantry Regiment 273rd Infantry Regiment 724th Field Artillery Battalion 879th Field Artillery Battalion 880th Field Artillery Battalion 881st Field Artillery Battalion 269th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Charles Bolte - vanaf mei 1943 Major-General Emil Reinhardt - vanaf september 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Centraal Europa
	70th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Trailblazers Basissamenstelling: 274th Infantry Regiment 275th Infantry Regiment 276th Infantry Regiment 725th Field Artillery Battalion 882nd Field Artillery Battalion 883rd Field Artillery Battalion 884th Field Artillery Battalion 270th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Brigadier-General Thomas Herren - vanaf december 1944 Major-General Allison Barnett - februari 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Ardennen-Elzas Rijnland Centraal Europa
	71st Infantry Division Bijnaam: Red Circle Basissamenstelling: 5th Infantry Regiment 14th Infantry Regiment 66th Infantry Regiment 564th Field Artillery Battalion 607th Field Artillery Battalion 608th Field Artillery Battalion 609th Field Artillery Battalion 271st Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Brigadier-General Robert Spragins - vanaf juli 1943 Major-General Eugene Landrum - vanaf oktober 1944 Major-General Willard Wyman - vanaf november 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Centraal Europa
	75th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Geen Basissamenstelling: 289th Infantry Regiment 290th Infantry Regiment 291st Infantry Regiment 730th Field Artillery Battalion 897th Field Artillery Battalion 898th Field Artillery Battalion 899th Field Artillery Battalion 275th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Willard Paul - vanaf april 1943 Major-General Fay Prickett - vanaf augustus 1943 Major-General Ray Porter - vanaf januari 1945 Major-General Charles Doran - vanaf juni 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa

76th - 84th

	76th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Onaway Basissamenstelling: 304th Infantry Regiment 385th Infantry Regiment 317th Infantry Regiment 302nd Field Artillery Battalion 355th Field Artillery Battalion 364th Field Artillery Battalion 901st Field Artillery Battalion 301st Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Emil Reinhardt - vanaf juni 1942 Major-General William Schmidt - vanaf december 1942 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	77th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Statue of Liberty Basissamenstelling: 305th Infantry Regiment 306th Infantry Regiment 307th Infantry Regiment 304th Field Artillery Battalion 305th Field Artillery Battalion 306th Field Artillery Battalion 902nd Field Artillery Battalion 302nd Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Robert Eichelberger - vanaf maart 1942 Major-General Roscoe Woodruff - vanaf juni 1942 Major-General Andrew Bruce - vanaf mei 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Westelijk Pacifisch Gebied Leyte Riukiu-eilanden
	78th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Lightning Basissamenstelling: 309th Infantry Regiment 310th Infantry Regiment 311th Infantry Regiment 307th Field Artillery Battalion 308th Field Artillery Battalion 309th Field Artillery Battalion 903rd Field Artillery Battalion 303rd Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Edwin Parker - vanaf augustus 1942 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	79th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Cross of Lorraine Basissamenstelling: 313th Infantry Regiment 314th Infantry Regiment 315th Infantry Regiment 310th Field Artillery Battalion 311th Field Artillery Battalion 312th Field Artillery Battalion 904th Field Artillery Battalion 304th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General I. T. Wyche - vanaf juni 1942 Brigadier-General LeRoy Warson - vanaf mei 1945 1942 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	80th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Blue Ridge Basissamenstelling: 317th Infantry Regiment 318th Infantry Regiment 319th Infantry Regiment 313th Field Artillery Battalion 314th Field Artillery Battalion 315th Field Artillery Battalion 905th Field Artillery Battalion 305th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Joseph Patch - vanaf juli 1942 Major-General Horace McBride - vanaf maart 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	81st Infantry Division Bijnaam: Wildcats Basissamenstelling: 321st Infantry Regiment 322nd Infantry Regiment 323rd Infantry Regiment 316th Field Artillery Battalion 317th Field Artillery Battalion 318th Field Artillery Battalion 906th Field Artillery Battalion 306th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Gustave Franke - vanaf juni 1942 Major-General Paul Mueller - augustus 1942 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Westelijk Pacifisch Gebied Leyte
	82nd Airborne Division Bijnaam: All American Basissamenstelling: 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment 325th Glider Infantry Regiment 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion 320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Omar Bradley - vanaf maart 1942 Major-General Matthew Ridgeway - vanaf juni 1942 Brigadier-General James Gavin - vanaf augustus 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Sicilië Napels-Foggia Normandië (Invasietroepen) Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	83rd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Thunderbolt Basissamenstelling: 329th Infantry Regiment 330th Infantry Regiment 331st Infantry Regiment 332nd Field Artillery Battalion 323rd Field Artillery Battalion 324th Field Artillery Battalion 908th Field Artillery Battalion 308th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Frank Milburn - vanaf augustus 1942 Major-General Robert Macon - vanaf januari 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	84th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Railsplitters Basissamenstelling: 333rd Infantry Regiment 334th Infantry Regiment 335th Infantry Regiment 325th Field Artillery Battalion 326th Field Artillery Battalion 327th Field Artillery Battalion 909th Field Artillery Battalion 309th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General John Hildring - vanaf oktober 1942 Major-General Stonewall Jackson - vanaf februari 1943 Major-General Robert McClure - vanaf oktober 1943 Major-General Roscoe Woodruff - vanaf maart 1944 Major-General Alexander Bolling - vanaf juni 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa

85th - 94th

	85th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Custer Basissamenstelling: 337th Infantry Regiment 338th Infantry Regiment 339th Infantry Regiment 328th Field Artillery Battalion 329th Field Artillery Battalion 403rd Field Artillery Battalion 910th Field Artillery Battalion 310th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Wade Haislip - vanaf mei 1942 Major-General John Coulter - vanaf februari 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rome Noordelijke Apenijnen Po Vallei
	86th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Black Hawk Basissamenstelling: 341st Infantry Regiment 342nd Infantry Regiment 343rd Infantry Regiment 331st Field Artillery Battalion 332nd Field Artillery Battalion 404th Field Artillery Battalion 911th Field Artillery Battalion 311th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Alexander Anderson - vanaf september 1942 Major-General Harris Melasky - vanaf januari 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Centraal Europa
	87th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Golden Acorn Basissamenstelling: 345th Infantry Regiment 346th Infantry Regiment 347th Infantry Regiment 334th Field Artillery Battalion 335th Field Artillery Battalion 336th Field Artillery Battalion 912th Field Artillery Battalion 312th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Percy Clarkson - vanaf december 1942 Major-General Eugene Landrum - vanaf oktober 1943 Major-General Frank Culin, Jr. - vanaf april 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	88th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Blue Devils Basissamenstelling: 349th Infantry Regiment 350th Infantry Regiment 351st Infantry Regiment 337th Field Artillery Battalion 338th Field Artillery Battalion 339th Field Artillery Battalion 913th Field Artillery Battalion 313th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General John Sloan - vanaf juli 1942 Major-General Paul Kendall - vanaf september 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rome Noordelijke Apenijnen Po Vallei
	89th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Rolling W Basissamenstelling: 353rd Infantry Regiment 354th Infantry Regiment 355th Infantry Regiment 340th Field Artillery Battalion 341st Field Artillery Battalion 563rd Field Artillery Battalion 914th Field Artillery Battalion 314th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General William Gill - vanaf juli 1942 Major-General Thomas Finley - vanaf februari 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Centraal Europa
	90th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Tough 'Ombres Basissamenstelling: 357th Infantry Regiment 358th Infantry Regiment 359th Infantry Regiment 343rd Field Artillery Battalion 344th Field Artillery Battalion 345th Field Artillery Battalion 915th Field Artillery Battalion 315th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Henry Terrell, Jr. - vanaf maart 1942 Brigadier-General Jay MacKelvie - vanaf januari 1944 Major-General Eugene Landrum - vanaf juli 1944 Major-General Raymond McClain - vanaf augustus 1944 Major-General James Van Fleet - vanaf oktober Major-General Lowell Rooks - vanaf februari 1945 Major-General Herbert Earnest - vanaf maart 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	91st Infantry Division Bijnaam: Pine Tree Basissamenstelling: 361st Infantry Regiment 362nd Infantry Regiment 363rd Infantry Regiment 346th Field Artillery Battalion 347th Field Artillery Battalion 348th Field Artillery Battalion 916th Field Artillery Battalion 316th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Charles Gerhardt - vanaf augustus 1942 Major-General William Livesay - vanaf juli 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rome Noordelijke Apenijnen Po Vallei
	92nd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Buffalo Soldiers Basissamenstelling: 365th Infantry Regiment 370th Infantry Regiment 371st Infantry Regiment 597th Field Artillery Battalion 598th Field Artillery Battalion 599th Field Artillery Battalion 600th Field Artillery Battalion 317th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Edward Almond - vanaf oktober 1942 Major-General John Wood - vanaf juli 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noordelijke Apenijnen Po Vallei
	93rd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Bloody Hand Basissamenstelling: 25th Infantry Regiment 368th Infantry Regiment 369th Infantry Regiment 593rd Field Artillery Battalion 594th Field Artillery Battalion 595th Field Artillery Battalion 596th Field Artillery Battalion 318th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Charles Hall - vanaf mei 1942 Major-General Fred Miller - vanaf oktober 1942 Major-General Raymond Lehman - vanaf mei 1943 Major-General Harry Johnson - vanaf augustus 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noordelijke Salomonseilanden Bismarck-archipel Nieuw-Guinea
	94th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Neuf Quatres Basissamenstelling: 301st Infantry Regiment 302nd Infantry Regiment 376th Infantry Regiment 301st Field Artillery Battalion 356th Field Artillery Battalion 390th Field Artillery Battalion 919th Field Artillery Battalion 319th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Harry Malony - vanaf september 1942 Brigadier-General Louis Fortier - vanaf mei 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa

95th - 106th

	95th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Victory Basissamenstelling: 377th Infantry Regiment 378th Infantry Regiment 379th Infantry Regiment 358th Field Artillery Battalion 359th Field Artillery Battalion 920th Field Artillery Battalion 360th Field Artillery Battalion 320th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Harry Twaddle - vanaf augustus 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen Centraal Europa
	96th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Deadeye Basissamenstelling: 381st Infantry Regiment 382nd Infantry Regiment 383rd Infantry Regiment 361st Field Artillery Battalion 362nd Field Artillery Battalion 363rd Field Artillery Battalion 921st Field Artillery Battalion 321st Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General James Bradley - vanaf augustus 1942 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Leyte Riukiu-eilanden
	97th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Trident Basissamenstelling: 303rd Infantry Regiment 386th Infantry Regiment 387th Infantry Regiment 303rd Field Artillery Battalion 365th Field Artillery Battalion 389th Field Artillery Battalion 922nd Field Artillery Battalion 322nd Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Brigadier-General Louis Craig - vanaf februari 1943 Brigadier-General Milton Halsey - vanaf januari 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Centraal Europa
	98th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Iroquois Basissamenstelling: 389th Infantry Regiment 390th Infantry Regiment 391st Infantry Regiment 367th Field Artillery Battalion 368th Field Artillery Battalion 369th Field Artillery Battalion 923rd Field Artillery Battalion 323rd Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Paul Ransom - vanaf september 1942 Major-General George Griner, Jr. - vanaf november 1943 Brigadier-General Josef Sheetz - vanaf juni 1944 Major-General Ralph Smith - vanaf juli 1944 Brigadier-General Josef Sheetz - vanaf augustus 1944 Brigadier-General Wayne Zimmerman - vanaf oktober 1944 Major-General Arthur Harper - vanaf oktober 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Verdediging van Hawaï
	99th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Checkerboard Basissamenstelling: 393rd Infantry Regiment 394th Infantry Regiment 395th Infantry Regiment 370th Field Artillery Battalion 371st Field Artillery Battalion 372nd Field Artillery Battalion 924th Field Artillery Battalion 324th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Thompson Lawrence - vanaf november 1942 Major-General Walter Lauer - vanaf juli 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	100th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Century Basissamenstelling: 397th Infantry Regiment 398th Infantry Regiment 399th Infantry Regiment 373rd Field Artillery Battalion 374th Field Artillery Battalion 375th Field Artillery Battalion 925th Field Artillery Battalion 325th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Whiters Burress - vanaf november 1942 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	101st Airborne Division Bijnaam: Screaming Eagles Basissamenstelling: 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 327th Glider Infantry Regiment 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion 463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion 321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion 907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion Commandanten: Major-General William Lee - vanaf augustus 1942 Major-General Maxwell Taylor - vanaf maart 1944 Brigadier-General Anthony McAuliffe - vanaf december 1944 Major-General Maxwell Taylor - vanaf december 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Normandië (Invasietroepen) Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	102nd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Ozark Basissamenstelling: 405th Infantry Regiment 406th Infantry Regiment 407th Infantry Regiment 379th Field Artillery Battalion 380th Field Artillery Battalion 381st Field Artillery Battalion 927th Field Artillery Battalion 327th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General John Anderson - vanaf september 1942 Major-General Frank Keating - vanaf januari 1944 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Centraal Europa
	103rd Infantry Division Bijnaam: Cactus Basissamenstelling: 409th Infantry Regiment 410th Infantry Regiment 411th Infantry Regiment 382nd Field Artillery Battalion 383rd Field Artillery Battalion 384th Field Artillery Battalion 928th Field Artillery Battalion 328th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Charles Haffner, Jr. - vanaf november 1942 Major-General Anthony McAuliffe - vanaf januari 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Rijnland Ardennen-Elzas Centraal Europa
	104th Infantry Division Bijnaam: Timberwolves Basissamenstelling: 413th Infantry Regiment 414th Infantry Regiment 415th Infantry Regiment 385th Field Artillery Battalion 386th Field Artillery Battalion 387th Field Artillery Battalion 929th Field Artillery Battalion 329th Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Gilbert Cook - vanaf juni 1942 Major-General Terry de la Mesa Allen - vanaf oktober 1943 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Centraal Europa
	106th Infantry Division Bijnaam:Golden Lions Basissamenstelling: 422nd Infantry Regiment 423rd Infantry Regiment 424th Infantry Regiment 589th Field Artillery Battalion 590th Field Artillery Battalion 591st Field Artillery Battalion 592nd Field Artillery Battalion 81st Engineer Combat Battalion Commandanten: Major-General Alan Jones - vanaf november 1944 Brigadier-General Herbert Perrin - vanaf december 1944 Major-General Donald Stroh - vanaf februari 1945 Belangrijkste operaties/gevechten: Noord-Frankrijk Rijnland Ardennen

References

Sources

Greenwald, R. - Order of Battle of the United States Army World War II

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Article by: Pieter Schlebaum

Published on: 19-03-2010

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Amerikaanse Infantry Divisions

Inleiding

1st - 10th

11th - 31st

32nd - 43rd

44th - 75th

76th - 84th

85th - 94th

95th - 106th

References

Sources

Slag om Guadalcanal

Norman Cota

Anthony McAuliffe

Alan Jones

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