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.

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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