Amerikaanse eenheden Iwo Jima

Amerikaanse eenheden Iwo Jima

US TASK FORCE ORGANIZATION
Overall Command of Iwo Jima Operation Admiral Raymond Spruance
Task Force 51
Joint Expeditionary Force
Vice-Admiral Richmond Turner
Task Force 52
Amphibious Support Force
Rear-Admiral William Blandly
Task Force 53
Attack Force
Rear-Admiral Harry Will
Task Force 54
Gunfire & Covering Force
Rear-Admiral Bertram Rogers
Task Force 56
Expeditionary Troops
Lieutenant-General Holland Smith
Task Force 56-1
Landing Force
Major-General Harry Schmidt
Task Force 58
Fast Carrier Force
Vice-Admiral Marc Mitscher
Task Force 93
Strategic Air Force
Lieutenant-General Hillard Harmon
Task Force 94
Forward Area
Vice-Admiral John Hoover

Amerikaanse eenheden voor Iwo Jima
Task Force 56
Expeditionary Troops
Commanding General
Lieutenant-General Holland M. Smith
V Amphibious Corps (VACLF)
Commanding General Major-General Harry Schmidt
3rd Marine Division
Major-General Graves B. Erskine
3rd Regiment Colonel James A. Stuart
9th Regiment
- 1st. Battalion
- 2nd. Battalion
- 3rd. Battalion
Colonel Howard N. Kenyon
Lieutenant-Colonel Cary A.Randell
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert E. Cushman
Lieutenant-Colonel Harold C. Boehm
21st. Regiment
- 1st. Battalion
- 2nd. Battalion
- 3rd. Battalion
Colonel Hartnoll J. Withers
Lieutenant-Colonel Marlowe Williams
Lieutenant-Colonel Lowell E. English
Lieutenant-Colonel Wendell H. Duplantis
4th. Marine Division Major-General Clifton B. Cates
23rd. Regiment
- 1st. Battalion
- 2nd. Battalion
- 3rd. Battalion
Colonel Walter W. Wensinger
Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Haas
Major Robert H. Davidson
Major James S. Scales
24th. Regiment
- 1st. Battalion
- 2nd. Battalion
- 3rd. Battalion
Colonel Walter I. Jordan
Major Paul S. Treitel
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Rothwell
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Vandegrift jr.
25th. Regiment
- 1st. Battalion
- 2nd. Battalion
- 3rd. Battalion

Colonel John R. Lanigan
Lieutenant-Colonel Hollis U. Mustain
Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis C. Hudson jr.
Lieutenant-Colonel Justice M. Chambers

5th. Marine Division Major-General Keller E. Rockey
26th. Regiment
- 1st. Battalion
- 2nd. Battalion
- 3rd. Battalion
Colonel Chester B. Graham
Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel C. Pollock
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph P. Sayers
Lieutenant-Colonel Tom M. Trotti
27th. Regiment
- 1st. Battalion
- 2nd. Battalion
- 3rd. Battalion
Colonel Thomas A. Wornham
Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Butler
Major John W. Antonelli
Lieutenant-Colonel Donn J. Robertson
28th. Regiment
- 1st. Battalion
- 2nd. Battalion
- 3rd. Battalion
Colonel Harry B. Liversedge
Lieutenant-Colonel Jackson B. Butterfield
Lieutenant-Colonel Chandler W. Johnson
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Shepard jr.
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Embleem van het US Marines Corps
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3rd Marines Division patch
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4th Marines Division patch
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5th Marines Division patch

References

Sources

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