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. 82nd airborne division . ORGANIGRAMME |
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Comme pour les unités de la 101st Airborne, des sigles distinctif fut peint sur les côtés des casques pour faciliter l'identification. Mais contrairement à la 101st, toutes les unités n'eurent pas de sigle.
504th PIR:
skull and crossbones (tête de mort et os croisés)
- 1st Bat. = rouge
- 2nd Bat. = jaune
- 3rd Bat. = Bleu
- HQ Bat. = blanc
A la fin de la guerre l'insigne pour le régiment est une épée enflammée sur un
écu bleu.
Infanteries :
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) (Ne participa pas au D-Day)
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR)
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) (Attaché à partir du D-Day - détaché le 1er mars 1945)
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) (Attaché à partir du D-Day)
325th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)
Artilleries :
376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)
456rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)
319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)
320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)
Autres :
80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion (AAA)
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion (AEB)
82nd Parachute Maintenance Battalion
307th Airborne Medical Battalion
782nd Ordnance Company
407th Quartermaster Company
82nd Signal Company
Military Police Platoon
Headquarters Company
Commanding General
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9 December 1943 |
Maj. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway |
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27 August 1944 |
Brig . Gen. James M. Gavin |
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18 October 1944 |
Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin |
Assistant Division Commander
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9 December 1943-26 August 1944 |
Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin |
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26 August 1943-13 December 1944 |
VACANT |
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13 December 1944 |
Col. Ira P. Swift |
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13 December 1944 |
Brig. Gen. Ira P. Swift |
Artillery
Commander
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9 December 1943 |
Col. Francis A. March |
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9 February 1944 |
Brig. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor |
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22 February 1944 |
Col. Francis A. March |
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8 May 1944 |
Col. Lemuel Mathewson |
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22 May 1944 |
Col. Francis A. March |
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16 November 1944 |
Brig. Gen. Francis A. March |
Chief
of Staff
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9 December 1943 |
Col. Ralph P. Eaton |
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28 August 1944 |
Lt. Col. Robert H. Wienecke |
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29 August 1944 |
Col. Robert H. Wienecke |
Assistant Chief
of Staff G-1
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9 December 1943 |
Lt. Col. Frederick M. Schillhammer [i.e., Schellhammer] |
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28 August 1944 |
Maj. Alfred W. Ireland |
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6 November 1944 |
Lt. Col. Alfred W. Ireland |
Assistant Chief
of Staff G-2
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9 December 1943 |
Lt. Col. Jack Whitefield [i.e., Whitfield
Jack] |
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28 August 1944 |
Lt. Col. Walter F. Winston |
Assistant Chief
of Staff G-3
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9 December 1943 |
Lt. Col. Paul L. Turner, Jr. |
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17 February 1944 |
Lt. Col. Robert H. Wienecke |
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28 August 1944 |
Maj. John Norton |
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29 August 1944 |
Lt. Col. John Norton |
Assistant Chief
of Staff G-4
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9 December 1943 |
Lt. Col. Robert H. Wienecke |
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17 February 1944 |
Maj. Bennie Zinn |
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1 June 1944 |
Lt. Col. Bennie Zinn |
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7 June 1944 |
Lt. Col. Frank W. Moorman (Acting) |
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17 June 1944 |
Lt. Col. Frank W. Moorman |
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28 August 1944 |
Maj. Albert G. Marin |
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11 November 1944 |
Lt. Col. Albert G. Marin |
Assistant Chief
of Staff G-5
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22 May 1944 |
Capt. Peter Shouvaloff |
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13 December 1944 |
Capt. Arthur W. Seward |
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12 February 1945 |
Maj. Arthur W. Seward |
Adjutant General
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9 December 1943 |
Maj. Raymond M. Britton |
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1 February 1944 |
Lt. Col. Raymond M. Britton |
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23 February 1945 |
Maj. Maurice E. Stuart |
Commanding Officer, 504th Parachute Infantry
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23 April 1944 |
Col. Reuben H. Tucker |
Commanding Officer, 505th Parachute Infantry
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6 Juillet 1942 |
Col. James M. Gavin |
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9 December 1943 |
Lt. Col. Herbert F. Batchellor |
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22 March 1944 |
Lt. Col. William E. Ekman |
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22 July 1944 |
Col. William E. Ekman |
Commanding Officer, 507th Parachute Infantry
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20 Juillet 1942 |
Lt. Col. George V. Millet Jr. |
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6 June 1944 |
Col. Edson Raff |
Ensuite, le 507ème fut rattaché à la 17ème Airborne.
Commanding Officer, 508th Parachute Infantry
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20 October 1942 |
Major Roy E. Lindquist |
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December 1945 |
Lt. Col. Otho E. Holmes |
Commanding
Officer, 325th Glider Infantry
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25 March 1942 |
Col. Claudius Easley |
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9 December 1943 |
Col. Harry L. Lewis |
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22 August 1944 |
Lt. Col. Charles Billingslea |
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29 October 1944 |
Col. Charles Billingslea |
Commanding Officer, 376th Parachute Field Artillery
Battalion
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November 1942 |
Lt. Col. Wilbur Maben Griffith |
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September 1944 |
Lt. Col. Robert H. Neptune |
Commanding Officer, 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion
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25 March 1942 |
Lt Col. C. James C. Todd |
Commanding Officer, 320th Glider Field Artillery
Battalion
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25 March 1942 |
Lt Col. Paul E. Wright |
Commanding Officer, 80th Airborne
Anti-Aircraft Battalion
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3 September 1942 |
Lt. Col. Jack Withfield |
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25 August |
Major Raymond Singleton (plus tard |
Commanding Officer, 307th Glider Engineer
Battalion
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25 March 1942 |
Lt Col. Robert S. Palmer |
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6 June 1944 |
Major Edwin A. Bedell |
Commanding Officer, 307th Medical Company
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October 1941 |
Major William H. Houston |
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6 June 1944 |
Major Jerry J. Belden |
Statistique:
1. Chronologie:
25 mars 1942 – Activé
9 décembre 1943 – Arrivé en Italie
6 juin 1944 – Arrivé en France (D-Day)
194 – Nombre de jour de combat
157.835 – Nombre de prisonnier de guerre capturé
2. Récompenses et distinctions :
Congressional Medal of Honor (médaille du congrès) : 3
- Pfc Charles N. DeGlopper
- Pvt John R. Towle
- premier Sergent Leonard Funk Jr.
Distinguished Service Cross: 41
Distinguished Service Medal: 1
Legion of Merit: 24
Silver Star: 894
Soldiers Medal: 41
Bronze Star: 2478
Air Medal: 15
3. Zone de Combat:
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9 Déc 43 |
Caste Dawson |
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Ireland du Nord |
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14 Fév. 44 |
Leicester (Braunstone Park) |
Leicestershire |
Angleterre |
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6 Juin 44 |
Sainte-Mère-Eglise |
Manche |
France |
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13 Juil 44 |
Leicester (Braunstone Park) |
Leicestershire |
Angleterre |
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17 Sept 44 |
Nijmegen |
Gelderland |
Hollande |
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1 Déc. 44 |
Sissone |
Aisne |
France |
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18 Déc. 44 |
Werbomont |
Liège |
Belgique |
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19 Déc. 44 |
Habiemont |
Liège |
Belgique |
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21 Déc. 44 |
Lierneux |
Liège |
Belgique |
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22 Déc. 44 |
Bra |
Liège |
Belgique |
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24 Déc. 44 |
Habiemont |
Liège |
Belgique |
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1 Jan 45 |
Chevron |
Liège |
Belgique |
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3 Jan 45 |
Bassebodeux |
Liège |
Belgique |
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5 Jan 45 |
Abrefontaine |
Liège |
Belgique |
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12 Jan 45 |
Nonceveux |
Liège |
Belgique |
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26 Jan 45 |
Hunnage |
Liège |
Belgique |
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28 Jan 45 |
Medell |
Liège |
Belgique |
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29 Jan 45 |
Wereth |
Liège |
Belgique |
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30 Jan 45 |
Holzheim |
Liège |
Belgique |
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5 Fév. 45 |
Stavelot |
Luxembourg |
Belgique |
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8 Fév. 45 |
Rott |
Rhénanie |
Allemagne |
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10 Fév 45 |
Hurtgen |
Rhénanie |
Allemagne |
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18 Fév 45 |
Rott |
Rhénanie |
Allemagne |
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19 Fév 45 |
Sissone |
Aisne |
France |
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2 Avr 45 |
Weiden |
Rhénanie |
Allemagne |
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27 Avr 45 |
Hohenzethen |
Hanovre |
Allemagne |
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29 Avr 45 |
Bleckede |
Hanovre |
Allemagne |
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1 Mai 45 |
Neuhaus |
Hanovre |
Allemagne |
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3 Mai 45 |
Ludwigslust |
Mecklenburg |
Allemagne |
4. Statistiques:
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Campagne |
Perdus/Capturés
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Blessés |
Tués |
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Sicile |
12 |
806 |
210 |
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Italie |
2 |
1,939 |
327 |
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Normandie |
0 |
5,133 |
1,282 |
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Hollande |
80 |
3,140 |
658 |
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Belgique |
7 |
4,082 |
670 |
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Allemagne |
5 |
282 |
75 |
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TOTAL |
106 |
15,386 |
3,218 |