11th Airborne Division

Composition:

  • Infanteries :

511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) 

187th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)

188th Glider Infantery Regiment (GIR)

  •  Artilleries :

457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB)

674th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)

675th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB)

  •  Autres :

152th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion (AAA)

127th Airborne Engineer Battalion (AEB)

11th Parachute Maintenance Battalion

221st Airborne Medical Battalion

711th Ordnance Company

408th Quartermaster Company

511th Signal Company

Military Police Platoon

Headquarters Company

Reconnaissance Platoon 

Band

Ordre de bataille

Commanding General

25 February 1943 - Maj. Gen. J. M. Swing

Assistant Division Commander

25 February 1943 - Brig. Gen. Albert Pierson

Artillery Commander 

25 February 1943 - Brig. Gen. Wyburn D. Brown

Chief of Staff

25 February 1943 - Col. Francis W. Farrell

Assistant Chief of Staff G-1

25 February 1943 - Lt. Col. James W. Smyly  Jr

Assistant Chief of Staff G-2

25 February 1943 - Maj. Clifford L. Dier

Assistant Chief of Staff G-3

25 February 1943 - Maj. Robert A. Ports

Jully 44 - Lt. Col. Douglas P. Quandt

Assistant Chief of Staff G-4

25 February 1943 - Lt. Col. Glenn A. Ross

Commanding Officer, 511th Parachute Infantry  

5 January 1943 - Lt. Col. Orin D. Haugen

11 February 1945 - Lt. Col. Edouard Lahti

Commanding Officer, 187th Glider Infantry

25 February 1943 - Col. Harry D. Hildebrand

Commanding Officer, 188th Glider Infantry  

25 February 1943 - Col. Robert H. Soule

Commanding Officer, 457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion

25 February 1943 - Maj. Douglas P. Quandt

Jully 44 - Maj. Nick Stadtherr

Commanding Officer, 129th Airborne Engineer Battalion

25 February 1943 - Lt. Col. Douglas C. Davis

Statistique

  1. Chronologie:

25 février 1943 – Activé

25 mai 1944 – Arrivé en Nouvelle Guinée

25 mai 1944 - Premier combat

204 – Nombre de jour  de combat

?? – Nombre de prisonnier de guerre capturé

 

  1. Récompenses et distinctions :

 Congressional Medal of Honor (médaille du congrès) : 2

ELMER E. FRYAR (private)
MANUEL PEREZ JR.(private first class)
Distinguished Service Cross: 2

Legion of Merit:

Silver Star: 48

Soldiers Medal:

Bronze Star:

Air Medal:

 

  1. Zone de Combat:

 

Avr 44 - Camp Stoneman - San-Fransisco - Etats-Unis

28 Mai 44 - Piste d'aviation - Buno-Dobodura - Nouvelle-Guinée

29 Nov 44 - Cariaga - Cabalian - Sogod - Bito - Île de Leyte - Philippines

31 Jan 44 - Tagaytay Ridge - Île de Luzon - Philippines

23 Fév 44 - Prison de Los Banos - Île de Luzon - Philippines

23 Juin 45 - Vallée de Cagayan - Aparri - Philippines

Août 45 - Occupation - Japon